The launch event started hard and lasted long. According to the announcement, it was going to begin at 7 a.m. but of course it was delayed 20 minutes. Go right ahead.....
The launch event was presented by Xiaomi CEO, Xiaomi CEO who spoke about the new devices for 3 hours continuously. The introduction was not about the successes up to date, it only included the independence of the Redmi brand.
Xiaomi Mi 9 / Mi 9 Transparent Edition
After some minutes, he came to the point immediately, he presented the Mi 9. You may ask what he could tell about it after the plenty of information we have had so far. You are right.
First, he talked about the back of the Mi 9 for long. The colour, the reflection technology, the holographic effect caused all difficulties but fortunately they managed to solve the mass production for 3 colours. There was some news about the difficulties of the back a couple of days ago although it will affect availability. We will see!
They put a tremendous amount of time and energy into the design of the Mi 9. The edges, curves, camera position, minimalising thickness, just to mention a few...They combined engineers' accuracy and artistic freedom.
Zhu Yin, Cai Yangyang, Wei Xu and Wu Ning, designers of the Mi 9, explain how they created the phone.
Then, they discussed the display in details, they keep the AMOLED technology as LCD is not capable of under display fingerprint scanner. Xiaomi CEO also noted it sadly... However, in spite of its high price, it has many advantages. In details:
Size 6.39″
Resolution 2340 x 1080 FHD, 403 PPI
Brightness: 600 nit
High contrast: 60000:1
Wide colour gamut: NTSC 103,8%
90.7% body-to-screen ratio
Standard mode | Colour temperature setting
256 degree eye-protection mode
Blue eye protection certified by VDE
Sixth-generation Gorilla Glass 6
HDR display
Fingerprint scanner mounted under the display
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC is not a novelty as we have known about it for days. Compared to the former processor, it offers 45% faster speed which is considered to be really good. We have been satisfied with the graphics performance of SD845, I have no idea if it really needs to be further enhanced. The only advantage is that game manufacturers can exploit the possibilities of the new chipset and it will give a better user's experience.
One plus thing is the GAME TURBO, or Game accelerator function which turns off every disturbing function, it also turns down the notifications and provides players with a special menu and even with CPU/GPU/FPS data. AnTuTu scores also back this up.
The Mi 9's AI triple camera is made up of three modules:
SONY IMX586, 48 MP, 0.8 μm, 1/2″light-sensing area, FOV 79°, f/1.75 aperture, 6P object-lens, AF, 4 in 1 (12MP, 1.6 μm)
SONY IMX481, 16 MP, 1.0 μm, 1/3″ light-sensing area, FOV 117°, f/2.2 aperture, 6P object-lens, AF,
Dual-toned LED flash
The advantages of the 16 MP Sony sensor are super wide angle and 4 cm macro.
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The camera of the Mi 9 has performed better in DxOMark's ranking.
At last! Xiaomi has achieved the highest video score of any phone! They have been unable to get among the first 10 and now they are the best....And in still images the Mi 9 has reached the third place. Congratulations!
960 FPS slow motion images are not new and its rear camera can take images with 720/1080p resloution and 120/240/940 FPS.
However, these successes are due to its new feature, its "Motion tracking". It is the process of locating a moving object over time using a camera.
The front camera has developed a lot as well, not in terms of pixels but in terms of quality and software. The beauty function could also be called digital surgeon as it is able to re-draw the lines of the face and the body so the images seem to be totally natural.
Sony 20 MP front camera, 0.9 μm, f/2.0 aperture, HDR, Full Screen, Countdown, Facial Recognition, Mirror, Age recognition, Dream eyes, AI Intelligent beauty (Baby beauty), AI portrait mode, AI scene camera, AI Studio light effect
It recognizes our age, sex automatically and if we want it tailors our body completely so as to be even more beautiful and attractive. In China it is the fashion. Not fashion but lifestyle. But for us Europeans, it is all strange as we know that the whole Internet is based on lies. After all, for Hungarian women, this function is totally useless as they are the most beautiful in the world! ;-)
The Xiaomi Mi 9's battery capacity is extremely low (compare SE's below). 3,300 mAh is the lowest among flagship phones launched recently. Last time, the battery of Mi 5 was not so low. However, Xiaomi CEO explained that dark mode, the SD855 and AMOLED display enable to reduce consumption significantly. Then a 27 W charger and 20 W wireless charger are added!
But if it's still not enough, then you can buy Xiaomi 10,000 mAh power bank with 10 W wireless charger or automatic car holder with 20 W wireless charging. Anywhere you go, it will be with you!
Infrared remote control, NFC and programmable AI button
NO B20! The Xiaomi Mi 9 Chinese edition does not have 800 MHz which the Hungarian people would require. Perhaps on Sunday, at MWC, they will bring it to us!
Alita, the battle angel that is the Xiaomi Mi 9 Transparent Edition does not differ much from Mi 9. It got a 48 MP Sony camera sensor and a better object-lens, f/1.47 aperture, with chromatic aberration reduction. The storage has expanded to 12 GB and its back is transparent similarly to that of Mi 8 EE.
