Yesterday, Xiaomi announced that its upcoming Mi 10 series will feature the new-age LPDDR5 memory across the entire lineup. Micron was first to confirm this news and it announced the mass production of the first LPDDR5 RAM chip for Mi 10.
However, soon after this announcement, netizens on Weibo wondered whether Xiaomi planned to use Samsung made LPDDR5 memory chips as well. This was a valid question given how the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S20 series, Nubia’s Red Magic 5G flagship are expected to use Samsung’s new memory chip. And yesterday night, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the Mi 10 series will be using Samsung as well as Micron’s LPDDR5 memory chips.
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Both Samsung and Micron LPDDR5 memory chips promise speeds of up to 6.4 Gbps, which a significant 50% boost as compared to previous LPDDR4X generation. The new age chips also promise a 20-30% reduction in power consumption. And if Samsung is supplying LPDD5 memory chips for the Xiaomi Mi 10, we can’t entirely rule out the possibility of the top-end variant featuring a Samsung made 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM. After all, Samsung had revealed that it was working on a 16GB RAM module for 2020.
Xiaomi has never been shy to include high RAM modules inside its flagships. For example, its most recent Mi 9 Pro 5G has a 12 GB RAM variant as well. So, it won’t be surprising to see a 16GB LPDDR5 RAM module in the top-end Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro 5G model.
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