Xiaomi Mi 8 Specifications, Price, and Release Date

The Mi 8 smartphone was released in May 2018. The device has a 6.21-inch touchscreen display with an aspect ratio of 18.7:9 and a resolution of 1080x2248 pixels and a pixel density of 402 ppi. An octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, with 4 cores clocked at 2.8GHz and 4 cores clocked at 1.8GHz, powers the Mi 8. It has 6GB of RAM installed. The Mi 8 has a 3400mAh battery and runs Android Oreo.

The Mi 8 has two 12-megapixel cameras on the back: a 12-megapixel (f/2.4, 1.0-micron) secondary camera and a 12-megapixel (f/1.8, 1.4-micron) primary camera. Phase detection autofocus is available on the rear camera configuration. It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with a 0.9-micron pixel size and an f/2.0 aperture for taking selfies.

The Mi 8 has 64GB of internal storage and runs MIUI 10, which is based on Android Oreo. A dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone, the Mi 8 takes Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. The Mi 8 weighs 175.00 grams and has dimensions of 154.90 x 74.80 x 7.60mm (width x thickness). It was introduced in the colors White, Gold, Light Blue, and Black.

The Mi 8 has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC, USB OTG, USB Type-C, 3G, and 4G connectivity options (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). The phone has a fingerprint sensor, proximity sensor, gyroscope, barometer, compass/magnetometer, accelerometer, and ambient light sensor. Face unlock is supported on the Mi 8.