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Thursday 31 May 2018

Xiaomi Mi 8 with 6.21-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, AI dual rear cameras and Mi 8 Explorer Edition with in-display fingerprint sensor, 3D face unlock announced

Xiaomi just announced its flagship Mi 8 smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.21-inch FHD+ AMOLED display from Samsung with a notch and 88.5% screen-to-body ratio. It has a glass back with an  unique water drop arc design, four curved glass body with 7 series aluminum frame. It is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB of RAM  and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI on top. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX363 sensor, 1.4µm pixel size, OIS, Dual Pixel auto focus and a secondary 12-megapixel rear camera for AI portraits  has AI scene recognition. The 20-megapixel front camera has support for AI portrait selfies with real-time background blur, AI Studio Light Effect, and the phone also has face unlock, which uses an infrared sensor and lens that works even in dark by scanning 4096 facial points. The company said that it scored 105 in DxO Mark for photo and the overall DxO Mark score is 99. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3400mAh battery with support for Quick Charge 4+. There is also Mi 8 Explorer Edition with a pressure-sensitive in-display fingerprint sensor that has dedicated pressure sensor that activates ...