Mystery Xiaomi device codenamed 'Valentino' spotted on Geekbench with Snapdragon 638 SoC

Xiaomi is currently on a spree of launching smartphones both for China and the global audience. In the last two months, we have seen the launch of the Mi Mix 2S, Redmi 5A, **Redmi 5** , Redmi 6X, **Redmi Note 5 Pro** , **Redmi Note 5** and more recently there are indications of a new smartphone called as the Redmi S2 which is going to be launched on 10 May. [caption id=“attachment_4454803” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Xiaomi store. Reuters[/caption] Along with the upcoming launch of the possible Mi 7, a report by Gizmochina tells of another Xiaomi device that is about to see the light of day. The listing surfaced on Geekbench points to a new phone codenamed ‘Valentino’ and it will come with a brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 638 SoC. Xiaomi had introduced the Snapdragon 636 chipset in its Redmi Note 5 Pro, however, this is the first time we are hearing of the Snapdragon 638 chipset. As far as the results are concerned the phone showed a single-core score of 1,485 and a multi-core score of 5,440, which is quite impressive for a mid-range phone. In comparison, the Redmi Note 5 Pro had scores of 1,332 for single core and multi-core score of 4,631. [caption id=“attachment_4459449” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Geekbench results for Xiaomi ‘Valentino’.[/caption] So what is this mystery ‘Valentino’ device? Unfortunately, that isn’t very clear. Xiaomi has got the **Redmi S2** as an upcoming smartphone but the specs spotted in earlier reports indicated that the phone would come with Snapdragon 625 SoC. We’ll have to wait and see what this phone could be.