The Xiaomi Mi 9 SE (Special Edition) was introduced
by company CEO Lei Junas the first in the world with the new Snapdragon 712
chipset. It has a 48 MP camera with Sony IMX586 sensor on the back, and an UD
fingerprint scanner on the front.
The Mi 9 SE is a bit smaller than the flagship - it
has a 5.97" AMOLED panel with a waterdrop notch on top and slightly
thicker bezel on the bottom. The Snapdragon 712 chipset is coupled with 6 GB
RAM and 64/128 GB storage.
Speaking about the new SoC, it is pretty much the
same as the Snapdragon 710, but with a slightly faster CPU. It is still built
on the 10nm FiNFET process and its modem supports all the usual Wi-Fi
standards, Bluetooth 5.0, and dual LTE.
The main shooter has a 13 MP ultra wide-angle lens
and an 8 MP telephoto lens to keep it company. The front-facing camera is 20 MP
with plenty of Beauty filters for all the social media addicts out there. There is fast-charging for the
3,070 mAh battery in the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE, but it is capped at 18W. The handset
lacks 3.5 mm audio jack, so you’ll have to rely either on the USB-C port or
wireless headphones. Other features include the Game Turbo booster, latest MIUI
10 and an NFC chip.
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE specifications
- 5.97-inch (1080 × 2280 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with 103.8% NTSC Color gamut, 600 nits brightness, >60000:1 contrast ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 712 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.3GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU
- 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage
- Dual SIM
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with MIUI 10
- 48MP rear camera with 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.75 aperture, LED flash, 8MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size, 13MP ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.4 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size
- 20MP front-facing camera with 0.9μm pixel size, f/2.0 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 147.5×70.5×7.45mm; Weight: 155g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB Type-C
- 3070mAh battery with 18W fast charging
The Xiaomi Mi 9 SE comes in Blue, Violet and Dark
great colors, is priced at 1,999 yuan (US$ 297) for the
6GB RAM with 64GB storage version and the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version
costs 2,299 yuan (US$ 341). It will go on sale in China
from March 1st.
