A few days ago, Chinese manufacturing giant, Xiaomi, released the Xiaomi Mi 9 series which includes a cheap version of the Xiaomi Mi 9 dubbed Xiaomi Mi 9 SE. After the first official sale of the Xiaomi Mi 9 which lasted for only 53 seconds, the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE is set to hit the market at 10 am tomorrow. Xiaomi founder and CEO, Lei Jun, said that compared with the Xiaomi Mi 9, Xiaomi Mi 9 SE is a small screen version and they both have 7 major similarities, as follows:
- Holographic illusion process
- Sony IMX586 48MP camera
- 20MP beauty front camera
- Fifth-generation on-screen fingerprint sensor
- Samsung AMOLED screen with the same resolution
- Multifunctional NFC with infrared remote control
- UFS 2.1 high-speed storage
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The smartphone is a small screen flagship which uses a 5.97-inch display, officially it is the same size as a traditional 5.1-inch mobile phone which makes one-hand operation easy and without pressure.
The Xiaomi 9 SE launched with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 mobile platform coupled with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. In the camera department, the Xiaomi Mi 9SE comes with a 48MP wide-angle + 8MP telephote + 13MP super wide-angle camera’s with a 3070 mAh battery. In terms of price, the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE 6GB+64GB version is priced at 1999 yuan ($299), and the 6GB+128GB version is priced at 2,299 yuan ($344).
So is this better value than Mi Note 7 Pro at $200? I don’t think so.
Furthermore, Snapdragon 712 does not natively support 48MP camera sensors. How the hell is it going to make use of the Sony IMX586? Strange stuff.
Treat it as a 12mp, has a flagship camera, comparing to note 7 and these huge upgrades:
Holographic illusion process
Sony IMX586 48MP camera
20MP beauty front camera
Fifth-generation on-screen fingerprint sensor
Samsung AMOLED screen with the same resolution
Multifunctional NFC with infrared remote control
UFS 2.1 high-speed storage
Sony imx586 is not an upgrade. Mi Note 7 pro has the same sensor.
Maybe not but all the other are upgrades, at least they matter for me but the most important part is that they added the ultra wide angle sensor that I miss from the time I owned the LG G5 and G6.