The Chinese company Xiaomi officially introduced the new model to us at its Chinese press conference in September Xiaomi CIVI. It focuses mainly on photographic features, but also offers a processor Snapdragon 778G with support for fast 5G connection.
Xiaomi CIVI with a beautiful design and unconventional colors
News Xiaomi Citizen at first glance, it impresses with its elegant design. It will surprise you especially with its low thickness of only 6,98 millimeters and also with its low weight of only 166 grams. These are values that are close to the recently introduced stylish smartphone Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite NOT 5G. Despite having up to a 6,55 ″ display, the overall width of the smartphone has stopped at 71,5 mm.
Not interesting are the available color versions of the news. It is no secret that the smartphone in China is designed mainly for the fairer sex, as evidenced by the available designs. In addition to the blue pearl design, which we saw in the photos before the show, the phone will also be available in a black pearl and pink design, which has a texture literally of cat fur.
Equipment further includes 6,55 ″ 3D OLED display with curved edges, Full HD + resolution and high refresh rate up to 120 Hz. This time, the fingerprint reader is located below the surface of the display. The display has up to 1 billion colors and also includes a 32 MPx front camera. In addition, it offers very thin frames, especially the lower one, which is only 2,55 millimeters.
4500 mAh in a 7 mm thin construction
As already announced before the performance, Xiaomi CIVI comes with a big one 4500 mAh battery. Due to the thickness of the construction below 7 mm, Xiaomi managed to integrate a really decent piece of battery into the body.
It is also available 55 W fast charging, thanks to which the battery is 100% charged in just 45 minutes. Xiaomi declares stamina for more than one day.
In terms of performance, we can look forward to an eight-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 778Gwhich is produced by 6 nm technology. It is supplemented by an Adreno 642L graphics chip, 8/12 GB RAM and 128/256 GB internal storage.
We will also find in the equipment a pair of stereo speakers with the sound of Dolby Atmos, while there is also NFC for contactless payments.
Focused on photography
The Xiaomi CIVI smartphone was presented at the show with a focus on photography. Xiaomi focused primarily on perfect selfie photography with advanced facial smoothing, as the phone is primarily targeted to the female sex. The front camera got 32 MPx resolution.
Artificial intelligence is equipped with skin-level skin rejuvenation technology, which preserves skin properties and a kind of natural skin surface.
At the back is a large camera module that resembles a competing model from Vivo. The main sensor with a size of 1 / 1,97 ″ offers 64 MPx resolution, has aperture f / 1.79, being a Samsung GW3 sensor. This sensor is also supplemented by 8 MPx ultra-wide sensor with an angle of view of up to 120 °, aperture f / 2.2. This pair is supplemented only by 2 MPx macro sensor with aperture f / 2.4.
Price and availability of a smartphone
As Xiaomi CIVI has only been introduced in China so far, we have Chinese price tags available. Below you can see the individual configurations as well as the official sales prices announced by the manufacturer directly at the press conference:
- 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage for the sum of 2599 Chinese yuan (343 € / USD 402)
- 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage for the amount of 2899 Chinese yuan (383 € / USD 448)
- 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage for the amount of 3199 Chinese yuan (422 € / USD 495)
European availability has not been announced yet, but even if it got to Europe, we will probably know it again under a different name.
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