Along with Mi 8, the Chinese company has also launched a higher end variant of the device called as Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition. The smartphone comes with In-Display Fingerprint scanner and 3D face unlock technology. It also comes with transparent back design. The device packs 8GB RAM and Snapdragon 845 SoC.
Xiaomi Mi8 Explorer Edition comes with dual camera setup. It comes with 12 Megapixel Sony IMX363 sensor primary and 12 Megapixel Samsung S5K3M3 sensor secondary rear camera with Dual LED flash, 4-axis OIS, Optical zoom and 4K video recording. For selfies, It comes with a 20 Megapixel front camera. It comes with 256GB in-built storage, which cannot be expanded.
Its connectivity options include 4G, VoLTE, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS/AGPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi Direct, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB OTG, and USB Type-C. It packs a 3,000 mAh battery with Quick Charge 4. It comes with 3D Face Unlock and In-Display Fingerprint sensor.
Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with a layer of MIUI 9 which is upgradable to MIUI 10. It is a dual sim device with dual standby support.
Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition Key Specifications:
- 6.21 inch Full HD+ screen
- 2.8GHz Octa core processor
- 8GB RAM
- Adreno 630 GPU
- 12 Megapixel + 12 Megapixel rear camera with Dual LED Flash
- 20 Megapixel front camera
- 3,000 mAh battery
- 256GB Internal storage, can be expanded upto 256GB
- Android 8.1 Oreo
Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition price is 3699 Yuan. It comes with transparent back. The device will go on sale in China from 5 June.