Earlier this year, Xiaomi had debuted the Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 5G as its first 5G smartphone. Today, the company has confirmed that it is gearing up to launch its second 5G flagship phone in the market since it has bagged the three necessary certificates. Based on the recent reports it can be said that the company is now preparing to launch the Xiaomi Mi 9S 5G as its second 5G flagship smartphone.

For a smartphone to go official in China, it needs to receive three certificates. It includes approvals from 3C body, telecom equipment access network and radio transmission equipment model. Now that the undisclosed 5G smartphone has bagged approval, it all set to go official in China.

A Xiaomi phone that has a model number of M1908F1XE was recently spotted on the database of 3C and TENAA certification bodies. The 3C certification revealed that it is a 5G smartphone that will be equipped with a 45W fast charger whereas it TENAA listing had revealed its entire specifications.

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China Unicom had recently revealed the names of the upcoming 5G phones that it will be supporting. It revealed that the Vivo iQOO Pro 5G will be releasing in August whereas other phones such as Samsung Galaxy Note 10 5G, Vivo NEX 5G, Huawei Mate 30 5G, Samsung Galaxy A90 5G, Vivo X series 5G phone and Xiaomi Mi 9S phones will be available for purchase through it in September. Hence, it appears that the upcoming 5G phone from Xiaomi could be called Xiaomi Mi 9S or Xiaomi Mi 9S 5G.

The TENAA certification of the M1908F1XE phone has revealed that it houses a 6.39-inch AMOLED display with full HD+ resolution support. The Snapdragon 855+ chipset that includes 2.96GHz octa-core processor will be powering the device with up to 12 GB of RAM. The handset may come with up to 512 GB of storage.

The Android 9 Pie OS along with MIUI skin will come preloaded on the device. The rear side of the phone is fitted with a 48-megapixel triple camera setup and it features a front camera of 20-megapixel. The display of the phone is embedded with an in-screen fingerprint reader. Lastly, it is backed by a 4,000mAh battery.  It is speculated that Xiaomi may officially announce the MIUI 11 alongside the Xiaomi Mi 9S 5G smartphone.

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