The Xiaomi “Cepheus” has swung by Geekbench and it showed what the Snapdragon
855 can do. If the name “Cepheus” sounds familiar, you may have
seen the recent APK-teardown by XDA, which found references to this code name.
There was evidence of a 48MP camera, an in-display fingerprint reader and an
always on display mode.
So, clearly a Mi flagship and it’s quite possible
that this is the Xiaomi Mi 9. The S855 chipset will be used in the 5G version
of the Mi Mix 3, though we doubt that Xiaomi will also change the camera – it’s
already upgrading the chipset and connectivity.
The “Cepheus” ran Android 9 Pie and packed 6GB of
RAM, no huge surprises here (the Mi 8 also had 6GB RAM as standard). The
benchmark results are much closer to what we expect from the 855 than the
Galaxy S10 Lite score from earlier today.
Anyway, we expect to see the new Redmi phone (two
actually, including a Redmi Note) this Thursday. The Xiaomi Mi 9 is probably
months away (the Mi 8 was unveiled in May).
