You'll probably be hard pressed to remember, but
before Samsung's onslaught of announcements today, Xiaomi also unveiled the Mi
9. This phone also has a transparent special edition, that for now will only be
available in China.
We already knew it would boast 12GB of RAM and 256GB
of storage, as well as a back design that shows some components under the glass
- although these aren't the real ones, mind you, that would have required an
internal redesign. The look is inspired by Alita Battle Angel, apparently, but
there's another difference between this version and a vanilla Mi 9.
According to this slide shown at the presentation,
the Mi 9 Transparent edition (which may be called Mi 9 Explorer) will have a
special camera with f/1.47 aperture and a 7P lens. It's unclear which of the
three rear shooters this will be, but we're assuming (and hoping) that it's the
main one - with 48 MP resolution and the Sony IMX586 sensor.
This means the Mi 9 Transparent edition will let in
much more light than the vanilla version, and more than any of its competitors
at the moment - if only by a hair. Still, expect to see even better night-time
photography coming out of this Mi 9 variant.
It will be priced at CNY 3,999, which right now
equates to about US$ 595 or € 524. Hopefully the company will decide to sell it
outside of its home market as well.
