After launching the Xiaomi CC9 series last week in China, Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi will be launching its K20 series next week in India. It’s as if there’s a new Xiaomi smartphone in the market every 15 days. We say this because we have some fresh news from our supply chain sources and they reveal that the Xiaomi Mi A3 will meet us real soon too. How soon? We don’t have an exact date, but know that the phone will soon be ready for shipping.

After the success of the Mi A2, there’s been a lot of speculation whether there’ll be a successor this year. Turns out, there will be one and we can confirm this information. And like Ishan revealed via MSP yesterday, it will be a rebranded CC series model. However, our source has a slightly different information. 

According to our source, the Xiaomi Mi A3 will be a rebranded Mi CC9e model. In fact, it is said that the A3 is already being stocked up. But there will be one more device, which will be a rebranded CC9 model. Unfortunately, our source couldn’t confirm the name of this model. It’s said that the rebranded CC9 model will launch in September. 

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There’s some information on the pricing as well. The price of the 4GB+64GB Xiaomi Mi A3 model is said to be around $199. This could be the pricing for the Indian market, which converts to around Rs. 13,700. If this is true, then the Xiaomi Mi A3 will feature Snapdragon 665 with a 48MP triple camera setup, a 6-inch 720p display and a 32MP selfie camera. Note that the Mi A3 series will continue to feature stock Android on board like its predecessors.

If you notice, this information is quite different from Ishan’s leak. He said that the Mi A3 will feature a Snapdragon 730 processor while the Mi A3 Lite would feature a Snapdragon 675 processor. But our source seems to be quite sure of the above information.

Interestingly, the Mi A3 Android One model had already passed through FCC and IMDA certifications last week. And guess what – the model number of the certified Android One model, M1906F9SH was very similar to the Mi CC9e that was certified back in June. This adds even more credibility to what our source revealed. 

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However, what’s confusing is that if the Mi A3 is a rebranded Xiaomi Mi CC9e, then the company is essentially bringing down its Mi A series lineup to a lower priced category. That would also explain the cheaper $199 price tag. If you recall, the Mi A2 started at Rs. 16,999 in India last year, which comes to around $234.

Anyway, the official Mi A3 launch shouldn’t be far off. So, we’ll get to know official details very soon!

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Earlier today, we reported that the Xiaomi CC9e was seen on Geekbench. None of the benchmark results revealed the exact chipset powering the phone but we were able to deduce it is actually the Snapdragon 665 chipset. Now, we can confirm it will actually be the first Snapdragon 665 phone.

Thanks to a new leak that shows images of the phone running system diagnostics app, AIDA64, we now know for certain that there is a Snapdragon 665 under the hood of the Xiaomi CC9e.

The first of the images actually show the processor name as Snapdragon 640/665 but we already know there is no chipset called the Snapdragon 640 which leaves the SD665. The SoC has eight cores – four are clocked at 1.8GHz while the other four are clocked at 2.0GHz.

The original source of the images also revealed that the Xiaomi CC9 will be powered by the Snapdragon 710 processor and not the Snapdragon 730

AIDA64 confirms the phone runs Android 9 Pie and has March’s security patch installed. It also reveals the phone has a battery capacity of 4030mAh. But that’s not all.

If you take a look at the second image, you will see the Build ID says “laurel_sprout….”. The parameter that also says “Fingerprint recognition” (after translation) also has “laurel_sprout”.

If you have been following news of Android One devices, then you will know that all Android phones have the “sprout” suffix in their codenames. This means the Xiaomi CC9e will also be an Android One phone (at least when it launches outside China).

#Xiaomi Mi CC9e-
6-inch display
3940mAH
153.48×71.85×8.475(mm)
10W charging support

Looks like Mi CC9e would be Mi A3 Lite (according to model number). pic.twitter.com/yUTcWfJ6NJ

— Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) June 28, 2019

#Xiaomi
M1805D1Sx- Redmi 6 Pro/Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite
M1906F9Sx- Xiaomi Mi CC9e

M1804D2Sx- Xiaomi Mi 6X/Xiaomi Mi A2

M1904F3Bx- Xiaomi Mi CC9 Mito Edition
M1905F9Sx- Xiaomi Mi ?X/Xiaomi Mi A3

— Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) June 29, 2019

Upcoming leaker, Sudhanshu Ambhore, known for his Xiaomi-related leaks believes the Xiaomi CC9e will launch as the Mi A3 Lite. He revealed that in a tweet last week and this new leak reinforces it. Based on that, the Xiaomi CC9 might as well be the Mi A3.

Back in March, the guys at XDA-Developers found details of upcoming Xiaomi Android One smartphones in firmware files. The devices which had the codenames “bamboo_sprout”, and “cosmos_sprout” both have 32MP front-facing cameras and in-display fingerprint scanners. While none of the codenames matches that of the Xiaomi CC9e, we do know it has a 32MP selfie camera and an in-display fingerprint scanner. The CC9 also has these two features but we don’t know its codename.

Nevertheless, these details reinforce that the Xiaomi CC9e and Xiaomi CC9 might launch in other markets as the Mi A3 Lite and Mi A3 respectively.

(Sources: 1, 2, 3)

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A few days ago, we reported that a new phone called the Redmi Y3 received its Wi-Fi certification. The phone which will run Android Pie out of the box may actually go by another name in some markets. To be specific, this may be the same device that will be sold as the Redmi 7 Pro.

A finding carried out by XDA-Developers has shown that the unreleased Redmi Y3 has nearly the same model number as the Redmi 7 but its actually their codenames that shows the key info. The Redmi Y3’s model number is M1810F6G and its device codename is “onc_global”.

The already released Redmi 7 has multiple model numbers – M1810F6LG for the global variant, M1810F6LI for the Indian variant, and there is M1810F6LH which is also a global variant. You can see they all share the first seven characters with the Redmi Y3. The codenames for all three Redmi 7 phones are “onclite”, “onclite_india”, and “onclite_global_b” respectively.

The “lite” in the codenames shows they are less-specced models of “onc_global”. So if “onclite” is the Redmi 7, “onc” should be the Redmi 7 Pro.

Let’s also not forget that last year’s Redmi 6 Pro is known outside China as the Android One Mi A2 Lite. Does this mean the Redmi Y3 a.k.a. Redmi 7 Pro, is also the Mi A3 Lite? Since none of the aforementioned codenames have the suffix “ _sprout” which is a trait of Android One phones, one can hold the thought.

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There are two other devices with model numbers and codenames similar to that of the Redmi Y3, one is M1810F6H (“onc_global_b”) and the other is M1810F6I (“onc_india”). There are also two others with similar model numbers but no codenames – they are M1810F6LE and M1810F6LT. There is also no info on their marketing names.

(Source)

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In a few months, Xiaomi should follow up its Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite Android One phones with successors. The phones are expected to arrive as the Mi A3 and Mi A3 Lite, and a new report has revealed they will be coming with an in-display fingerprint scanner.

The folks at XDA-Developers who are known for digging up details about upcoming phones from firmware files and similar sources said they found evidence of three new devices that Xiaomi is currently hardware testing. The devices are codenamed “pyxis”, “bamboo_sprout”, and “cosmos_sprout”. The last two are confirmed to be Android One phones as all Android One devices have “_sprout” in their codenames.

It is said that the three phones are being tested with “fod” which is short for fingerprint-on-display a.k.a in-display fingerprint scanners. The three phones may also have 32MP front-facing cameras with 4-in-1 pixel binning as the hardware test reveals the phones have an image output resolution of 32MP (6560 x 4928) for the front-facing camera.

The rest of the specs are still unknown but it is suggested that “pyxis” might be the MIUI version of either “bamboo_sprout” or “cosmos_sprout”. The phones will most likely be powered by different processors. The Mi A2 has a Snapdragon 660 processor and there are lots of chipsets to choose for its successor. There is the Snapdragon 670, the Snapdragon 675, the Snapdragon 710, and the Snapdragon 712 which debuted on the Mi 9 SE.

The Mi A3 Lite also has a fair number of processors to choose from such as the Snapdragon 632, Snapdragon 636, or even the Snapdragon 660. All three phones will be available in different RAM and storage configurations and should have at least dual rear cameras. They should also run Android Pie out of the box.

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It is not surprising that these mid-range phones will have in-display fingerprint scanners. About a month ago, Xiaomi’s product manager said more mid-range phones released this year will have the feature. The upper mid-range Mi 9 SE has an in-display fingerprint scanner.

The new Android One phones are not expected until July or June at the earliest.

(Source)

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