Xiaomi Mi 11 has been officially announced during a virtual conference that will take place at Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2020.The new flagship of the Mi series will be among the first phones to come with the recently introduced Snapdragon 888 SoC, co-founder and CEO of Xiaomi, I read. Jun revealed. The specifications of the Mi 11 have yet to be officially revealed. However, rumor has suggested that the new smartphone would come with a 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera and at least 6GB of RAM. The Mi 11 is expected to debut alongside the Mi 11 Pro in January.
The Mi 11 will come as the successor to the Mi 10 that was announced at last year’s Snapdragon Tech Summit and launched in January. It is announced that the new smartphone will debut very soon as a “cutting edge” product from Xiaomi.
“I am very happy to tell you that Xiaomi’s next-generation premium 5G smartphone powered by Snapdragon 888 will be launched very soon,” Jun said in the keynote address. “This is a cutting edge product packed with numerous top-notch features.”
Jun did not provide further details on the Mi 11 during Qualcomm’s keynote speech. However, recent reports suggest that the new Mi phone would come with a 48-megapixel ultra-wide camera. A Geekbench listing with a model number M2012K11C also suggested that the Mi 11 could come with at least 6GB of RAM and run Android 11 out of the box.
The Mi 11 is likely to come alongside the Mi 11 Pro which is rumored to have a QHD + display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Both Mi 11 and Mi 11 Pro are expected to debut in January and come with MIUI 12. It is likely that the Mi 11 Pro from the series will also work with the Snapdragon 888 SoC.
In addition to the Mi 11, the Snapdragon 888 SoC is expected to power a range of flagship Android smartphones in 2021. Companies such as Asus, Black Shark, Lenovo, LG, Meizu, Motorola, Nubia, Realme, OnePlus, Oppo and Vivo have announced its support for the new chipset.
The Snapdragon 888 SoC is the successor to last year’s Snapdragon 865. It comes with the Snapdragon X60 5G modem and includes a 6th generation Qualcomm AI engine. The chipset was previously rumored as the Snapdragon 875.
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