Xiaomi Mi 9, Mi 9 SE launches in China

Xiaomi has finally launched in China the newest iteration to their Mi-series, the Mi 9 flagship smartphone, and the mid-range Mi 9 SE.

Most of the leaks are true as the Mi 9 sports a 6.39-inch sAMOLED display, Snapdragon 855 chipset, 6GB/8GB of RAM, 128GB storage, 48MP + 12MP + 16MP triple rear cameras, 20MP front camera, and 3,300mAh battery with wireless fast charging.

The Mi 9 SE, on the other hand, has a 5.97-inch sAMOLED display, Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 712 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 64GB/128GB of storage, 48MP + f/2.4 + 13MP triple rear cameras, 20MP front camera, and 3,070mAh battery with fast charging.

Xiaomi Mi 9 specs:

• 6.39-inch FHD+ sAMOLED display @2340x1080px, 403ppi, HDR
• Corning Gorilla Glass 6
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 2.84GHz octa-core processor
• Adreno 640 GPU
• 6GB/8GB/12GB (explorer edition) RAM
• 128GB/256GB (explorer edition) UFS 2.1 storage
• Dual-nano SIM card
• 48MP IMX586 f/1.75 main + 12MP Samsung S5K3M5 f/.2.2 2x optical zoom + 16MP f/2.2 IMX 481 wide-angle, macro triple rear cameras
• 4K 60fps/30fps, 960 slow-mo video recording
• 20MP f/2.0 AI front camera
• 4G VoLTE
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2×2 MIMO, MU-MIMO (2.4GHz, 5GHz)
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Face Unlock
• In-display fingerprint scanner
• NFC
• IR Blaster
• USB Type-C
• MIUI 10 (Android 9 Pie)
• 3,300mAh battery w/ 20W wireless fast charging, 27W wired QC4 fast charging
• 74.67 x 157.5 x 7.61mm
• 173g

Xiaomi Mi 9 SE specs:

• 5.97-inch sAMOLED FHD+ display @2340x1080px , 432ppi, HDR
• Corning Gorilla Glass 5
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 2.3GHz octa-core processor
• Adreno 616 GPU
• 6GB RAM
• 64GB/128GB storage
• Dual nano-SIM card
• 48MP f/1.75 wide-angle + f/2.4 telephoto + 13MP f/2.4 super wide-angle triple rear cameras
• 20MP front camera
• 4K 30fps, 120fps slow-mo video recording
• 4G LTE
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac MU-MIMO (2.4GHz, 5GHz)
• Bluetooth 5.0
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
• Face unlock
• In-display fingerprint scanner
• NFC
• IR Blaster
• USB Type-C
• 3,070mAh battery w/ 18W fast charging

Here are their prices:

• Xiaomi Mi 9 6GB + 128GB – CNY 2,999PHP 24,175USD 412INR 34,917EUR 392 (~PHP 23,192USD 395INR 33,503EUR 376CNY 2,878)
• Xiaomi Mi 9 8GB + 128GB – CNY 3,299PHP 26,593USD 453INR 38,410EUR 432 (~PHP 25,512)
• Xiaomi Mi 9 SE 6GB + 64GB – CNY 1,999PHP 16,114USD 275INR 23,274EUR 261 (~PHP 15,459)
• Xiaomi Mi 9 SE 6GB + 128GB – CNY 2,299PHP 18,532USD 316INR 26,767EUR 301 (~PHP 17,779)

The Xiaomi Mi 9 series will officially launch globally on February 24, 2019.