Xiaomi could relaunch the Mi 10 series with a Snapdragon 870 model
- Xiaomi could prepare a Snapdragon 870 version of the Mi 10.
- The series phones were previously made with Snapdragon 865 silicon.
Xiaomi only launched the Mi 11 a few weeks ago to take on Samsung and OnePlus. According to a new rumor, the company isn’t done with its Mi 10 lineup just yet.
Tipster Digital Chat Station claims in a Weibo post that Xiaomi is preparing a Mi 10 model to run on the newly announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset. See the full machine-translated post below.
So far, all models in the Mi 10 series have used the Snapdragon 865, so this model would be particularly special and a little faster. The Snapdragon 870 is effectively an overclocked 865 Plus with a clock speed of 3.2 GHz instead of 3.1 GHz. That’s a small gain, but a performance boost is a boost nonetheless.
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The tipster was unable to provide the exact name or suffix of the Mi 10 device, but this is not the first time the existence of a Xiaomi phone with Snapdragon 870 power supply has been mentioned. Qualcomm itself confirmed that Xiaomi’s silicon will be used in an upcoming “flagship”. Other customers are OnePlus, Oppo and Motorola, who will be presenting the first Snapdragon 870 smartphone in the form of the Motorola Edge S.
As with other specs, Xiaomi is likely to stick with the 6.67-inch AMOLED display, 108-megapixel main camera on the back, and at least 30W of wired and wireless charging on the Mi 10 models.
The recycling of some specifications from the previous models apparently also fits the advertised price. Digital Chat Station estimates the device could cost around 3,500 yuan (~ $ 540), which would make it significantly cheaper than the Mi 10’s initial demand for 3,999 yuan (~ $ 618) in China.
