Xiaomi surprised everybody with yet another phone
getting launched, the Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition.
The smartphone is basically an upgraded Mi 8 with a
translucent back cover, an under-display fingerprint scanner and 3D Face ID.
Xiaomi’s face recognition system works in the same way as what we find on the
iPhone X. This means it utilizes a dot projector and a flood illuminator to
precisely register and recognize a face, making it much more accurate than
other Face recognition technologies.
Meanwhile fingerprint scanner works in a small
portion of the display, which means it’s not as convenient as the half-display
scanner on the VIVO Apex concept phone, but rather more like what we find on
the VIVO X21 UD. That said, the Mi 8 SE sensor appears to be much faster than
the one on VIVO’s phones.
The Mi 8 Explorer Edition comes with 8GB of RAM and
128GB of UFS2.1 internal storage. The Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition will be
available for 3699 Yuan, around US$ 577.60.
