Mi 8 Lite and Redmi Note 7 get the same Gorilla Glass protection

After months of silence, Xiaomi has finally broken the silence. The manufacturer has admitted to using the same Gorilla Glass glass cover on the Mi 8 Lite, launched months earlier, as the first standalone Redmi model, the Note 7, which was launched recently.
When the Mi 8 Lite was announced, we were only speculating whether the Mi 8 Lite would have a plastic back or some kind of tempered glass cover. Officially it was not indicated, the existing specifications were not officially confirmed.
But now that the Redmi Note 7 is getting more and more attention, and the glass resistance is being demoed on every social media portal, the Mi 8 Lite has been pushed to the background. As expected, demand for it in China may have fallen off as the Redmi Note 7 is already available there, and with a similar price tag, it's a better deal than the cheaper Mi 8, the Mi 8 Lite, which is based on the same SoC but with a weaker camera and smaller battery.
Corning's Gorilla Glass 5 is currently the latest development, more resistant than their previous product. Of course, we hear this every time there is a model change, but the service department could argue that if you drop the phone on its heel, for example, you probably won't get away with a few scratches on the frame.
So the GG5 is 4x more resilient than previously exploited solutions.
So the kitchen challenges continue, with the Mi 8 Lite following on from the Redmi Note 7 as a cutting board. We've seen Note 7s dropped on a lot of hard-shelled and heavy fruit, used as nutcrackers, roller skates....

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So the Mi 8 Lite, with its selfie champion 24MP Sony IMX576 sensor, is just as great a kitchen accessory as the Redmi Note 7.
I'd be curious to see the sales in a few months time, which model will have more fans.