ISSUE 67 • ANDROID ADVISOR 87BUYING GUIDEThere are new colour options, too, and though our
review sample is sadly the standard Piano Black there
are also two ‘holographic’ (read: iridescent) designs in
Ocean Blue and Lavender Violet. We caught a glimpse
of these versions at MWC and they were stunning.
Some changes you can’t see, and inside Xiaomi
has swapped out the 2018 Qualcomm Snapdragon
845 (a 10nm chip) for this year’s 855 (7nm). This
offers improvements of up to 45 percent in general
processing power, and 20 percent in graphics.
It’s also added in wireless charging, which was
previously found only in the Mi Mix line. But for
something with which it has come late to the party,
it has stolen everyone else’s thunder with top speeds
of 20 watts. A charger that can actually output this
much wireless power is not found in the box, however.
Wired charging is faster, too, at 27 watts.Around the edges the new
Mi 9 looks to be much
shinier, with a highly
polished metal frame