Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer specification and prices
First information about the Mi 8 Explorer by Xiaomi appeared on May 2018. This device belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer price in USA for now is $388.94. The phone is already on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless as well as retail stores like Wal-Mart, RadioShack.
The phone runs on the most popular OS in the world for now - Android OS. Mi 8 Explorer has the new Android version: 8.1 (Oreo). It means that the phone owners will be able to play any games and run any apps. The model has Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) CPU which shows a perfect performance. The cell phone runs 8 GB RAM which is a great amount of memory.
Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer camera has 2.4 aperture that is a typical size for mobile phones. If you like to shoot pictures in dark rooms, you won't shoot quality pictures as the camera lets in low light. Mi 8 Explorer also will not suit for capturing fast action shots. Mi 8 Explorer 20 (f/2.0 megapixel front camera is perfect for shooting amazing selfies. It can shoot 4K high definition video with its rear camera. 4K is the highest resolution that mobile phones support for now.
The Mi 8 Explorer has a rather big 6.21 inch display size. This means that many users will experience difficulties using the mobile phone with one hand. Such screen size has cool benefits in compare to the smaller one: it's more comfortable to use the display as a viewfinder, better for watching movies and amazing for quick typing.
Mi 8 Explorer has non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh battery.
The phone's weight is 177 grams (6.24 oz), it is 154.9 mm (6.10 in) high, 74.8 mm (2.94 in) wide and has a 7.6 mm (0.30 in) depth what means that this phone is thin.
You can purchase Mi 8 Explorer in Black (transparent back) color.
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- 2018, May
- Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, July
- Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
- Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
- Adreno 630
- Dual: 12 MP (f/1.8, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual-pixel PDAF) + 12 MP (f/2.4, 1/3.4", 1.0µm), 2x optical zoom, dual pixel phase detection autofocus, dual-LED flash
- 20 MP (f/2.0, 0.9µm), 1080p
- 2160p@60fps, 1080p@30/240fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
- 6.21 inches, 97.1 cm2
- 1080 x 2248 pixels (~402 ppi density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5 - HDR10 display - DCI-P3 - MIUI 10
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh battery
- 154.9 x 74.8 x 7.6 mm (6.10 x 2.94 x 0.30 in)
- 177 g (6.24 oz, 0.39 lb)
- Front/rear glass, aluminum frame (7000 series)
- Dual SIM
- Black (transparent back)
- 128 GB, 8 GB RAM
- No
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
- 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
- Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
- Yes
- No
- Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- Face ID, fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- HTML5 - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 4.0+) - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.265 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer
- No
- GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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