The China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference or ChinaJoy as it is popularly called is the largest gaming and digital entertainment exhibition in China and Asia at large. Every year, it holds in Shanghai, and this year will be no different.

The four-day event is an opportunity for manufacturers, investors and fans to connect. This year’s edition will begin on Friday, August 2, and end on Monday, August 5.

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Your favorite phone manufacturers will be attending and a few of them have even released posters confirming their presence. The thing is that all the posters look the same. They share the same design save for the manufacturer’s name, the phone in the picture and the text in the images.

Nubia, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi are those who have confirmed they will be attending.

For the Nubia poster, the Red Magic 3 is the device shown. OPPO’s poster has its Reno 10x Zoom phone and Vivo’s poster has the iQOO gaming smartphone. The Xiaomi poster includes a photo of the Mi 9 Transparent Edition.

What is common to all four posters is the Qualcomm logo at the top and the Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming logo at the bottom.

Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming was announced this year. It is a set of hardware and software features that “transforms premium mobile devices into gaming machines”. The technology is only available on phones powered by the Snapdragon 855.

These four phones will be on display at the expo, and if you are attending, you should be able to take them for a spin.

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The Xiaomi Mi 9 Transparent Edition can be called the successor to last year’s Mi 8 Explorer Edition. Just like the Mi 8 EE, the Mi 9 Transparent Edition has a see-through glass back that shows the “internals” of the phone. The phone which went on sale this month is already shipping to owners. Below are unboxing photos which of the phone and it has an important surprise.

When the Mi 9 launched, a review by Gsmarena revealed the phone ships with an 18W charger and not a 27W charger which the phone supports. If you want the 27W charger, you will have to purchase the 20W wireless charger bundle which includes the 27W charger and the 20W wireless charging pad.

For the Mi 9 Transparent Edition, unboxing photos shared by ITHome shows the phone ships with the 27W charger, so you don’t need to spend extra to get it. However, you still have to buy the 20W wireless charger separately. The 27W charger supports 5V/3A, 9V/3A, 12V/2.25A, and 20V/1.35A power ratings.

Apart from the difference in design, the Mi 9 Transparent Edition has 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It also has an 8GB RAM + 256GB version which won’t be available for purchase until April. Another major difference is the primary camera. The 48MP sensor on the Mi 9 Transparent Edition has an f/1.47 aperture while the regular Mi 9’s 48MP sensor has an f/1.8 aperture. The rest of the specs are the same.

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The Mi 9 Transparent Edition is a beautiful phone and while the internals you see is not real, save for the wireless charging coil, it will still turn heads when you pull it out of your pocket.

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Xiaomi’s Mi 8 transparent edition turned out to be quite popular among fans, all thanks to its unique see-through back design. Naturally, when Xiaomi announced the new Mi 9 lineup earlier this year, we got a new Mi 9 transparent edition as well. However, it looks like the company has finally decided to remove last year’s Mi 8 transparent edition from its official channels.

IThome was first to spot that the old model was no longer available to purchase on the company’s website. A simple search revealed that only its cases were left for purchase. Even on JD.com, it was found that the old model was nowhere to be seen. So it’s quite clear that Xiaomi decided to scrap the old model in favor of the new one.

In case you don’t know, the transparent back on both the Mi 8 and Mi 9 models doesn’t really show the internals of the phone. Unlike the transparent HTC U12+ which did reveal some of its parts, Xiaomi’s take on this design is to fake the internals. This means that what you see on the back is just another design element that’s placed below the glass.

The new Mi 9 transparent model comes with an even fancier design. And, if you don’t mind that it’s a fake design, then it’s definitely something that will stand out of the crowd. Of course, you’ll have to shell out a lot more for the transparent edition, and currently, it retails for nearly $600, that is, if you can get hold of one in a flash sale.

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The Mi 9 Transparent Edition is Xiaomi’s first phone with 12GB of RAM. But that is not the only thing that sets it apart from the regular Mi 9. It also has a different design thanks to its see-through glass. Also, its 48MP rear camera has an f/1.47 aperture and a 7P lens.

While the standard variant of the Mi 9 has already had its first sale, tomorrow is the first time the Mi 9 Transparent Edition will be available for purchase. According to Xiaomi, it will go on sale at 10 a.m. (local time) for ¥3999 (~$598). If you will be buying from resellers, expect to pay higher than that.

Xiaomi’s founder revealed in a post that the Mi 9 Transparent Edition undergoes a different production process. The phone has to be assembled in a room that is totally dust-free. It also has to be packaged and transported in a dust-free environment.

Just like the standard Mi 9, it also has a 6.39-inch AMOLED display with a water-drop notch. The display is covered with Gorilla Glass 6. There is a Snapdragon 855 processor paired with the RAM and storage is 256GB.

Its 48MP f/1.47 main rear camera is paired with a 12MP telephoto lens and a 16MP super-wide angle lens. All three cameras are covered with a single piece of sapphire glass. It also has a 20MP front-facing camera.

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The Mi 9 Transparent Edition has an in-display fingerprint scanner, Bluetooth 5.0, dual-frequency GPS, and a dedicated AI assistant button. It packs a 3300mAh battery with support for 27W wired charging and 20W wireless fast-charging. It ships with MIUI 10 based on Android 9 Pie.

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Xiaomi had an event today where it announced a bunch of products. At the launch, it unveiled its new flagships – the Mi 9 and the Mi 9 Transparent Edition. Both phones don’t disappoint in terms of specs and even surprise us with their prices.

Mi 9

The Mi 9 packs a 6.39-inch 2340 x 1080 AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch that houses the selfie camera. As Xiaomi revealed a few days ago, the display is supplied by Samsung and is covered with Gorilla Glass 6.

Under the hood of the Mi 9 is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 processor and it is paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. There is also an 8GB RAM variant with 128GB of storage too. Sorry, there is no 64GB version this year or rather Xiaomi didn’t announce one today.

The Mi 9 is Xiaomi’s first triple camera phone and it doesn’t disappoint. The first camera with the holographic ring around it (red on the transparent edition) is actually the telephoto lens – a 12MP Samsung ISOCELL S5K3M5 sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and 2x optical zoom. Beneath the sensor is the laser-focus module.

The next sensor is the primary camera – a 48MP Sony IMX586 f/1.75 sensor with a 6P lens. There is also a 16MP Sony IMX481 f/2.2 sensor for taking wide-angle photos and macro shots. It has a 117° viewing angle. All three sensors are covered with sapphire glass. The selfie camera is a 20MP sensor The Mi 9 can record 960fps slow-motion, record videos using the wide-angle camera, has a bunch of modes including AR avatars and an integration with TicTok.

Xiaomi also revealed the phone’s DxOMark score at the event. The Mi 9 scored 99 in video recording, making it the best phone for video recording at the moment. Its overall DxOMark score is 107, putting it behind the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and the Huawei P20 Pro.

The Mi 9 has an in-display fingerprint scanner which is 25% faster than the previous generation. It has NFC with NXP’s new SN100T chip for faster transaction speeds, a dedicated AI button, Bluetooth 5.0 dual-frequency GPS for better positioning, an infrared port for controlling electronics in the home, and a USB Type-C port. It also supports face unlock.

The phone packs a 3,300mAh battery with support for Xiaomi’s 27W fast-charging which allows you to charge the phone from empty to 70% in just 30 minutes. Xiaomi says it also supports Quick Charge 4+. The fast-charging technology is certified as safe by TÜV Rheinland.

The Mi 9 runs Android 9 Pie based on MIUI 10. It has a dark mode and also comes with a Game Turbo Mode.

Mi 9 Transparent Edition

The Mi 9 Transparent Edition comes with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its primary 48MP camera also has an aperture size of f/1.47 and has a 7P lens. Unlike the Mi 9, it has a see-through body which is pretty gorgeous.

Pricing and Availability

The Xiaomi Mi 9 is priced at ¥2999 (~$447) for the 6GB+ 128GB version while the 8GB RAM version is priced at ¥3299 (~$491). The Mi 9 Transparent Edition with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage will sell for ¥3999 (~$595).

The phones will be available for pre-order starting tonight at 6 PM local time. The first sale is scheduled for February 26.

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The Xiaomi Mi 9 launches tomorrow and there will be a version with a whopping 12GB of RAM. That version has been spotted on Geekbench and it appears it was benchmarked a few hours after the 8GB RAM version today.

Benchmarked as the “Mi 9 Transparent Edition” and first spotted by Mysmartprice, the device runs Android 9 Pie. It has 12GB of RAM and its codename is “cepheus” too just like the 8GB RAM version. However, its scores are a bit lower.

The Mi 9 Transparent Edition scored 2982 points in the single-core test and 10382 points in the multi-core test. A second benchmark result shows the device scored 3047 points in the single-core test and 10,688 points in the multi-core test.

The Mi 9 Transparent Edition will come with a see-through glass back that lets you see the wireless charging coil and a printed version of the phone’s internals. It will also have an improved primary camera than the regular variant.

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The Mi 9 series will come with an AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 855 processor, and support for 20W wireless charging. It will also have a dedicated AI assistant button that calls up Xiaomi’s XiaoAI assistant for the Chinese variant and Google Assistant for the international version.

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