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Xiaomi Mi 8 – Specs, Price and Release Date

Xiaomi Mi 8

Xiaomi is launching its new smartphone to celebrate its 8-year success. The company skipped number 7 and announced Xiaomi Mi 8 instead. Let us have a look at Mi 8 specs, price and release date.

Xiaomi Mi 8

Xiaomi is celebrating its 8 year success with this smartphone. The phone is expected to offer good specs at a reasonable price.

Xiaomi Mi 8 specs

The phone may have a large 6.01 inches 18:9 screen with an in-display fingerprint. And OLED panel will be used as the display which will also have always-on feature.

Xiaomi Mi 8 will utilize Android Oreo as the operating system. The MiUI custom skin will provide further features and customizations.

There will a dual camera setup on the back. The cameras will be enhanced by utilizing AI. The cameras will also be used for facial recognition.

The 3D scanning mechanism is spotted in the firmware files on the XDA. Although the fingerprint will be available, Xiaomi is giving facial recognition just for the convenience.

Internal include the storage amount of up to 256 GB. Snapdragon 845 chipset will utilize 6 and 8 GB of RAM to give you a speed boost.

Leaked photos suggest that the display could have a notch. The notch is a deal breaker for the majority of the users.

Xiaomi Mi 8 will be a bezel-less smartphone. There would no headphone jack. The removal of the headphone jack is another deal breaker for most of the people. Everyone wants its mobile to be useful when he needs it. Removal of headphone is a big drawback for the device.

Xiaomi Mi 8 release date

Xiaomi has now officially announced that it is going to release the phone on May 31, 2018. It is expected that the smartphone will be available to order right away.

Xiaomi Mi 8 price

The price for Xiaomi Mi 8 is expected nearly $500. The company has not said any word about the pricing yet. We hope the price will be reasonable, like its other device.