Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the world’s first smartphone with Snapdragon 888 chipset, the Mi 11. Ahead of the December 28 launch, the company has been revealing key details in a series of posts via Weibo. Amidst this, a tipster now says that Mi 11 will be the only flagship device available in large quantities before the spring festival.
Digital Chat Station on Weibo says Xiaomi has been preparing the inventory of Mi 11 well-in-advance. Precisely, he says the company has planned to keep the scale of stocks to 1 million. This corroborates with an earlier report where a Xiaomi executive had said that there will be enough stocks.
According to the tipster, Xiaomi is able to achieve this through the exclusivity of Snapdragon 888 SoC. If we recall, soon after Qualcomm’s event, Lei Jun broke the news that Mi 11 will be the first to launch with flagship SoC. Coming back, he says as per the priority list, Xiaomi should have got the chipsets from Qualcomm two months ago.
Anyway, with this amount of stocks in its kitty, Xiaomi will reportedly be the only company to produce so many Snapdragon 888-powered devices before the Spring Festival of China. For the unaware, Spring Festival starts on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. From here, it runs for 23 days, and for 2021, it falls on February 12.
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Either way, Mi 11 will debut in the country by Next Monday(Dec.28). This iteration of Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone will succeed the yesteryear Mi 10. And reports say the successor, although not the cheapest flagship out there, will bestow the spirit of a premium smartphone.
Leaked posters have already confirmed punch-hole screen, squircle-shaped triple-cameras, while the company has confirmed the presence of LPDDR5 RAM, Wi-Fi 6 standard. The device will weigh 196.4 grams and probably feature a 6.67-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz display, 108MP primary camera, 4,780mAh with 55W fast charging.
A leak on color and memory variants says Mi 11’s 8GB variant will darn Smoked Purple(leather), While color while the 12GB variant will sport Blue, Smoke Purple (leather), and a Special Edition.
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