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Xiaomi leak suggests there’s a fourth Mi 8 variant inbound
June 04, 2025
An unknownXiaomiphone, currently speculated to be a variant of theMi 8, has been spotted online. AWeibouser uploaded photos of the handset on the Chinese social media websiteearlier today(viaPlayful Droid), referring to the handset as the Mi 8X.
Xiaomi revealed its Mi 8 series, which includes the Mi 8, Mi 8 SE and Mi 8 Explorer Edition, at theend of Maybut this is the first we’ve heard of a potential fourth model. The photos, seen above, include shots of the rear of the device, one with a pale, duck egg type rear and one in metallic blue.
The device shares a lot in common aesthetically with the Mi 8 Explorer edition, like the curved back and upper-left mounted dual camera system. Also like the Explorer Edition, the uploader said it would come with a Snapdragon 710 chip and in-display fingerprint scanner.
Neither the standard Mi 8, nor the Mi 8 SE, include in-display scanning, so it’s possible that the Mi 8X would be at the more premium end of the scale. However, we don’t know what concessions (if any) might have been made. For context, the Mi 8 starts at 2,699 yuan (~$395) and the Mi 8 Explorer Edition comes in at 3,699 yuan (~$540), so the Mi 8X could potentially fit somewhere in between.
This is firmly in rumor territory for now but it will be interesting to see how this turns out. Xiaomi already launched one new X device this year with theMi 6X(the basis of theMi A2), while the 5X appeared around August 2017. Could the 8X appear later this month? We don’t have long to wait to find out.
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