We've heard about Xiaomi going with the Snapdragon
700-series for its budget Android One-powered smartphones before, and now we
have another confirmation coming from a fairly reputable source. According to a tweet, the phones are
codenamed Bamboo Sprout and Cosmos Sprout, which makes sense as the previous
generations Xiaomi Mi A devices carried the same Sprout naming suffix.
Unfortunately, the info doesn't come with precise
info regarding the chipsets, but our best guess is that the Snapdragon 730 or
at least 712 will be powering up the Xiaomi Mi A3 while the A3 Lite will settle
for the slightly less powerful Snapdragon 710.
Interestingly, the report also says that Xiaomi is
working on a third Snapdragon 7XX-powered smartphone codenamed
"Pyxis" but more info needs to pile up before we can paint a full
picture. If rumors are to be believed, the Mi A3 shapes up to be a pretty
sweet mid-range handset with a powerful SoC and an in-display fingerprint
reader, which in turn means that the Mi A3 will be the first of the series with
an OLED panel.
