Xiaomi Mi CC9e

The second device in the CC line is the CC9e. The “e” here stands for Essential Edition and Xiaomi claims it offers all the major function of the regular CC9 in a smaller form factor.

The cameras on the front and back are the same as the larger counterpart but the display is downscaled to 6 inches and 1560 x 720 px resolution. It retains the AMOLED technology and UD fingerprint sensor as well as the battery capacity. One major difference is in the chipset department where the CC9e runs the brand new Snapdragon 665.

Xiaomi Mi CC9e specifications

• 6.08-inch (1560 x 720 pixels) HD+ AMOLED display with 102.7% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
• Octa Core Snapdragon 665 11nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 610 GPU
• 4GB / 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
• Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
• Android 9.0 (Pie) with MIUI 10
• 48MP rear camera with 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.79 aperture, LED flash, EIS, 8MP 118° ultra-wide angle lens with 1.12μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, 2MP depth sensor with 1.75μm pixel size, f/2.4 aperture
• 32MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack, Infrared sensor
• Dimensions:  156.8×74.5×8.67mm; Weight: 179g
• Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band, Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C
• 4030mAh (typical) / 3940mAh (minimum) battery with QC 3.0 support, 10W charger

The Mi CC9e is priced at 1299 yuan (US$ 189) for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version, 1399 yuan (US$ 203) for the 6GB RAM with 64GB storage version and the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs 1599 yuan (US$ 232). It will be available in China from July 9th.