Xiaomi along with Mi 8 and Mi 8 Explorer Edition has also announced a mid range smartphone called Mi 8 SE. It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI 9 on top and is upgradable to MIUI 10.
The handset measures 147.28 x 73.09 x 7.5 mm and weighs 164 grams. It has rear mounted fingerprint sensor and 2.5D glass body. The phone packs in dual SIM slots and supports dual 4G VoLTE.
The Mi 8 SE specs include 5.88-inch AMOLED display with 2244 x 1080 pixels resolution, 18.7:9 aspect ratio, 60000:1 contrast ratio, 600nits brightness and DCI-P3 color gamut.
It is powered by recently announced octa-core (2.2GHz Kryo 360 x 2 + 1.7GHz Kryo 360 x 6) Snapdragon 710 Mobile Platform with Adreno 616 GPU. It comes with 4GB / 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB eMMC 5.1 storage space.
At the back side is 12MP primary rear camera with LED Flash, F/1.9 Aperure, 1.4µm pixel size and Dual PD. There is a 5MP secondary rear shooter with F/2.0 Aperture and 1.12µm pixel size.
The hardware is fueled by 3120 mAh (typical) / 3020 mAh (minimum) battery with Quick Charge 3.0 support. Connectivity wise, it supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Dual Band (2.4/5GHz) 2X 2 MIMO, Bluetooth V5.0 LE, GPS/GLONASS, USB Type-C and Type-C audio.
- 4GB RAM / 64GB storage model : 1799 Yuan (US$ 280 / Rs. 18,960 approx.)
- 6GB RAM / 128GB storage model : 1999 Yuan (US$ 312 / Rs. 21,070 approx.)
The Xiaomi Mi 8 SE comes in Black, Gold, Red and Blue colors. It will go on sale in China from June 8th.