Xiaomi Mi 11: official launch date. That's when it will come with Snapdragon 888
Source: HW Upgrade added 24th Dec 2020
Xiaomi surprisingly announces the date of launch of the top of the range of the brand. It will be the first smartphone with the brand new Snapdragon on board 888. Here is the date, specifications, and official benchmarks in the full article
by Lorenzo Tirotta published 24 December 2020 , at 10: 31 in the Telephony channel
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After the event that led to the official presentation of the latest home SoC Qualcomm, Xiaomi confirmed, together with OPPO and realme, to be ready to launch new smartphones with Snapdragon 888 on board. The first device to mount the powerful processor will be the Xiaomi Mi 11, expected by many users and enthusiasts who today received the surprise news they were waiting for. There have been many rumors that, in the last weeks, they revealed some of the main specifications and images of the device, yet to be confirmed.
Xiaomi Mi 11 will arrive on 28 December: here are technical characteristics and first official benchmarks for the Snapdragon 888
The news arrived on the Chinese social media platform Weibo , where the co-founder of the company Lei Jun announced that Xiaomi Mi 11 will be presented on 28 December at 19: 30 .
What we expect is a top of the range and, according to the latest rumors, Xiaomi Mi 11 will feature a resolution display QHD + at an update rate up to 120 Hz along with several display features. Needless to say, the strong point will be characterized by the Snapdragon 888 . Xiaomi Mi 01 will have more powerful Wi-Fi 6 connectivity with the 4K QAM module .
Today the official results of the first benchmarks tested on GeekBench . Xiaomi Mi’s single-core score 11 and Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro, powered by Snapdragon 888, is from 1. 135 while the result multi-core is 3. 818 . According to the numbers made, the new chipset is faster than the Kirin 9000 and its predecessor Snapdragon 865.
Other technical characteristics have not yet been confirmed by the company, as well as the launch price. The latest rumors leaked a few hours ago speak of figures around CNY 4. 800 for the version 8 / 256 GB , approximately 600 EUR.