At Xiaomi’s eight anniversary at the end of March 2018 three new smartphones were announced Xiaomi Mi 8, Xiaomi Mi 8 SE and the Xiaomi Mi 8 Eplorer Edition.The release time of Discovery Edition was postponed to July 30th. Today they are on sale and we are going to speak about Mi 8 smartphone that has fantastic specifications at a crazy-low price.

Xiaomi Mi 8 package

The Xiaomi 8 Discovery on the package uses different design than the previous one. It’s a square shape box which carries the number “8” on the front. After removing the outermost box, we can see transparent box, and then the phone. Its back panel is covered by a special sticker. In fact the sticker is phone’s original motherboard with a copper plate to make two motherboardsboards at the top and bottom. It is actually a complete decorative PCB motherboard at the top. According to official data, there are 101 capacitors, 32 resistors, 6 switch ICs, 11 sensor ICs, and 7 signal control ICs. But Mi 8’s selling oint is not the transparent back cover.

Xiaomi Mi 8 features

The Xiaomi Mi 8 is the world’s first Android smartphone supporting 3D structured “light-back technology”. There is a completely new features to Xiaomi’s phone line: the dreaded screen notch. Its screen covers more area of the device like Iphone X and LG G7, while retaining area is equipped by selfie camera, sensors and earpiece speaker. The phone comes with a screen-to-body bordering ratio on 87%, now a larger display than ever at 6.1inch.

At the top area of screen Xiaomi added a number of components, icluded infrared camera, a dot maxtix projector, A flooflighting component, a Tof distance sensor and 3D structured optical modules. The 3D structured optical module uses a coded structured light. The structure of the code can be seen under the infrared camera, this is different from the ihone X’s structure light.

At the bottom of the screen, The Xiaomi Mi 8 is also equipped with a screen fingerprint module. The fingerprint recognition speed is the highest on the market. To meet the users’s needs, the 3D structured light is more suitable when the finger is wet.

What concerns to Xiaomi Mi 8’s remaining features. It is packed with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845  flagship SoC, a 12MP + 12MP wide angel camera ( IMX363, f/1.8, four-axis optical zoom). The smartphone sports a 3000mAh battery. And at the end it comes with an 8GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

Xiaomi Mi 8 Specification

Model	Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition
Network	2G: GSM B2/B3/B5/B8 CDMA1X/EVDO BC10 3G: WCDMA B1/B2/B4/B5/B8 TD-SCDMA B34/B39 4G: TD-LTE B34/B38/B39/B40/B41(120MHz) FDD-LTE B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B20
SIM Card	Dual SIM Card Dual standby, Dual Nano-SIM
Style	Bar
Color	Black
Shell Material	Metal and glass back cover
System
OS	MIUI 9
CPU	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Octa Core, max to 2.8GHz
GPU	Adreno 630 710MHz
RAM	8GB LPDDR4x
ROM	128GB UFS
Card Extend	Not support
Screen
Display Size	6.21 Inch AMOLED
Type	FHD+ capacitive touch screen, DCI-P3 color gamut, Sunlight mode, Night mode, Reading mode, Color temperature adjustment, Standard mode
Resolution	2248*1080 Pixel
PPI	402
Multi-Touch	Yes
Support Format
Audio File Format	PCM, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, MP3, AMR – NB and WB, FLAC, APE, WAV
Video File Format	MP4, M4V, MKV, XVID, WAV, AAC, MP3, AMR, FLAC, APE, H.265/HEVC(Main profile), H.264(Baseline/Main/High profile), MPEG4(Simple profile/ASP)
Image File Format	JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG
E-book Format	TXT
Data Transfer & Connectivity
Data transfer	USB/Bluetooth
Mobile internet	WAP/Wi-Fi
General
Camera/Picture Resolution	Front Camera: 20.0MP AI Beautify, 3D Beautify, AI portrait mode, 10 types of AI scene modes Selfie countdown, Face recognition, Mirror, HDR Back camera: AI 12.0MP+12.0MP Dual Rear Camera 12 MP wide-angle, f1.8 12 MP telephoto, f2.4 Dual PD, flash light 4-axis optical image stabilization (OIS) Low-light photography enhancements HDR adjustment, Panorama Burst mode, Face recognition Video recordings: 4K video recording, 30fps 1080p video recording, 30fps 720p video recording, 30fps 720p Slow Motion video recording, 240fps 1080p Slow Motion video recording, 240fps
Language	Chinese, English
Message	SMS/MMS/E-Mail
Input	Handwrite, The virtual keypad
GPS	Yes, GPS:L1+L5, Galileo:E1+E5a, QZSS:L1+L5, GLONASS:l1, Beidou:B1
WIFI	Supports Wi-Fi (2.4G/5G), 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Support MU-MIMO, 2×2 MIMO, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi Direct, AAC/aptX/aptX-HD Audio
Volte	Whether you can use VoLTE depends on the local carriers.
GPRS	Yes
WAP	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes, V5.0
Proximity sensor	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes
Ambient light sensor	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
E-compass	Yes
Vibration motor	Yes
Hall sensor	Yes
Barometer	Yes
NFC	Yes
Fingerprint	Yes, In-display fingerprint sensor
Face Recognition	Yes, 3D Face unlock
Fast charge	Support, QC4.0+
Battery(Built-in)	3000mAh(typ), 2900mAh(min)
Charge interface	USB Type-C
Charger	type, 18W, QC3.0
Other Features	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Browser, MP3, MP4, MMS, Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, etc
Dimensions	154.9*74.8*7.6mm
Weight	177g