Last week, Qualcomm officially unveiled the
Snapdragon 845 chipset which will be used for standard flagship smartphones
next year. Many top manufacturers including the likes of Samsung and Xiaomi are
already on deck to use this chip which has a strong performance with low power
consumption. No doubt, Samsung Galaxy S9 is on queue to sport this processor
but the first device in China to use it will be definitely Xiaomi Mi 7. Recall
that Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun, attended the Snapdragon 845 conference in the United
States where he publicly said that the next Xiaomi flagship will use this
chipset – of course, the next Xiomi flagship is the Mi 7.
Current reports now suggest that Xiaomi Mi 7 will
have the “Plus” variant – Xiaomi Mi 7+ which is expected to have a larger
screen like most plus variants with respect to their predecessors. We didn’t
see the Xiaomi Mi 6+ and the reason for this is pretty clear, the Snapdragon
835 chipset was highly unavailable thus there was no way Mi 6+ could touch down.
If the production capacity of Snapdragon 845 is high then we may just see the
Mi 7 and Mi 7+ launching simultaneously. Scheduled to be released in March
2018, the Mi 7 should cost 2699 Yuan (US$ 408) while the Mi 7+ should sell for
2999 Yuan (US$ 454).
As of now, speculations have it that the Xiaomi Mi 7
will come with a 5.65-inch display while the plus variant will use a larger
6.01-inch screen. Both smartphones will use an 18:9 full-screen design with
dual glass, metal frame design, support for wireless charging and other
functions. While the plus model will have a 3500 mAh battery, the Mi 7 will
come with a smaller 3200 mAh battery. Well, we already know the processor that
these smartphones will use but it is said that 6GB of RAM will be the lowest.
In the camera department, we will probably see a dual rear-camera setup (12MP +
20MP) combination of IMX380 + IMX350 sensor, which will be introduced into AI
technology.
