Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship — the Xiaomi 12 — will reportedly be hitting the mass production stage as early as next month. It will be joined by the Xiaomi MIX 5 later on.
As per reliable tech blogger Digital Chat Station, the standard variant of the Xiaomi 12 will be the first to go on sale, presumably in December. The Pro and Ultra variants will follow soon.
A similar release pattern was seen with the current generation flagship models as well, with the Xiaomi Mi 11 launching in January this year and the Mi 11 Ultra following a few months later in April.
The Xiaomi 12, being a top-of-the-line phone, will obviously be packing specifications to live up to its flagship tag. As such, it is known to be powered by Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 898 processor. Rumors have it that the phone will actually be the very first to feature the chip.
The Snapdragon 898 processor will be using Samsung’s 4nm manufacturing process and will employ an octa-core CPU comprised of a Cortex-X2-based main core clocked at 3.0 GHz along with 3x Cortex-A710-based performance cores running at 2.5 GHz. The CPU will be paired with Adreno 730 GPU to take care of the graphically-intensive workloads.
The Xiaomi 12 is expected to have a curved display and a center-aligned punch hole to house the selfie snapper. Its primary rear camera is known to be a Samsung ISOCELL HP1 sensor with a 50MP resolution.
Moving on to the Xiaomi MIX 5, it is expected to be released a month earlier next year when compared to the MIX 4’s release date. Digital Chat Station says that its development seems speedier than its previous generation.
The Xiaomi MIX 4 hit the shelves on August 10 this year so the MIX 5 will likely be going live sooner in either June or July, or perhaps even earlier.
The tech blogger further pointed out that the MIX 5 is still under early development stages and is yet to be finalized. Many aspects are still in the verification stage, a possible reason being that it is packed with cutting-edge tech.
Specifications expected with the phone include the Snapdragon 898, just like the Xiaomi 12, paired with a 2K 120Hz display. The RAM + ROM combo may top at 16GB+1TB. Its body is expected to be lighter than this year’s model.
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