XIAOMI MI 8 Se The Evolution of Next Generation Budget Smartphone

Xiaomi made wonders in the past few years with few of its smartphones that have Xiaomi's own innovative hardware implementations. One such example is the Mi Mix that have cantilever piezoelectric ceramics and an ultrasonic distance sensor which replaced the devices' speaker and proximity sensor respectively. The company is mostly popular for it's budget segment devices. Specially in India, the redmi series ruled the hearts of the younger generation. Early this year the redmi note 5 pro right after its launch in the Indian market, set a new record of sale. Now, Xiaomi is bringing something for the first time, that really deserves to be called next generation.

Qualcomm announced their next generation snapdragon 700 series chipset early this year in MWC with much powerful A.I. capabilities than its previous generation. It will come with Qualcomm's multicore A.I. engine that can deliver up to 2x performance over on board applications than the 600 series mobile platform. It will be the same 10 nm technology like the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and will include the kryo 360 gold and kryo 360 silver cores. You can imagine what how fast and efficient it can be. Qualcomm said that the first snapdragon 700 series powered devices will hit the market in the second half of the 2018. Now, the time has come and it is first Xiaomi that announced first such phone which is going to be the Mi 8 Se.

The Mi 8 Se is the first budget segment device from Xiaomi which includes a notch and a gorgeous all metal and glass body. Here is a short video that describe it's features:

If we talk about it's specifications then it is featuring-

• 5.88 inch AMOLED screen with 2244*1080 resolution, a 423 ppi density and amazingly DCI-P3 coverage as well as HDR 10 support.
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 CPU with 8x2.2Ghz Kryo 360 cores and an adreno 616 GPU.
• A dual camera setup of 12+5 MP where the main sensor is a PDAF sensor of f/1.9 aperture 1.4µm and the secondary camera is a depth sensor of f/2.0 aperture 1.12µm. It can shoot 4k videos up to 60 fps and 1080p footage up to 120 fps. A great camera specification for a budget segment device, isn't it?
• The front facing camera is a 20 MP sensor of f/2.0 2.0µm.
• It will come in two variants, one of 4 gb ram 64 gb internal and other of 6 gb ram 64 gb internal.
• The battery capacity will be 3120 mAh that will support quick charging. It will come with a USB type-c port.

The 6 gb 64 gb will be priced around 287 usd or 20k inr. The phone will hit the Indian market before July.