It looks like with its next flagship, Xiaomi will focus more on design than it did with the Mi 8. Xiaomi's Product Director Wang Teng Thomas divulged that the Mi 9 will be designed by the person behind the Mi 6 - Mi Liu. The Mi 6 was undoubtedly Xiaomi's best-looking flagship (sorry Mi Mix) with its seamless mirror finish, its quad-curved glass and its Blue and Gold paint job. The Mi 9 should be right around the corner. We've seen purported renders of it, we expect it to have a triple camera (including a main 48MP one), a Snapdragon 855 chipset and very fast charging. Xiaomi...
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