Xiaomi Mi 8 now available in the UK

Chinese manufacturing giant, Xiaomi, is getting set to open its forst Autorized Mi Store in the UK. After dealing with the fiasco that emanated from its "crazy £1 sale", the company is now selling the Xiaomi Mi 8 in the UK. This smartphone comes in Blue and Black colours and while the 6GB+64GB variant sells for £460, the 6GB+128GB variant sells for £489. Other offline stores sell att the same price as the official Xiaomi. The company also has the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (£330), Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro (£500), Xiaomi Redmi 6A (£100), Xiaomi Mi A2 and Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite on sale at different outlets.

This smartphone is equipped with a notched 6.21-inch Samsung AMOLED display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor while its battery capacity is 3400 mAh. In the camera department, it uses the same dual-camera module as Xiaomi MIX 2S. It adopts a 12MP wide-angle + 12MP telephoto sensors on the rear. The main lens is the Sony IMX363, which supports Dual DP dual-core focusing and four-axis optical anti-shake. On DxOMark, this smartphone rear camera scored 105 points which is 4 points higher than iPhone X’s 101 points. However, we have a 20MP selfie shooter.

In addition, the Mi 8 is also the world’s first smartphone that supports dual-frequency GPS positioning. It supports L1+L5 dual-frequency positioning, which can effectively solve the problem of inaccurate positioning of single-frequency mobile phones.