Xiaomi Mi 8 to launch on 31 May in China on Xiaomi's 8th anniversary, Snapdragon 845 and dual cameras expected

On 31 May, Xiaomi will celebrate its 8th anniversary with the launch of the **Mi8** , its flagship smartphone for 2018. Sadly, the device will be launched in China first and we don’t know if it’s ever coming to India. [caption id=“attachment_4478653” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Xiaomi Mi 8. Twitter/ Donavan Sung.[/caption] The launch date was confirmed by Donovan Sung’s tweet, he’s the product manager at Xiaomi. In the tweet, he shared a poster with a shining and gigantic numeral ‘8’. By the looks of it, Xiaomi seems to be focussing on an elaborate launch. According to GSMArena, leaks about the Mi 8 shows that the device may come in two variants. These are 6 GB RAM and 64 GB storage for CNY 2,799 and 8 GB RAM and 128 storage at CNY 3,199. The phone is expected to sport a 6.01-inch screen with 3D face recognition that could be similar to Face ID. It is expected to come with a Snapdragon 845  chipset ,  which was confirmed by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun during a Qualcomm event, as per the report. Where’s the Mi 7? We’ve no idea. Xiaomi likely skipped that model because it would be nice to launch a Mi 8 on their 8th anniversary. Apple did, after all, skip the iPhone 9 when they launched the iPhone X. Mi Fans, amazing news! 😎

Mi Fans, amazing news! 😎

To celebrate our 8th year anniversary, we'll be launching Mi 8 at our annual flagship product launch in Shenzhen on May 31. ❤️

Stay tuned for more details!#Xiaomi #Mi8 #flagship #launch #shenzhen pic.twitter.com/O7Lh3MJAqw

— Donovan Sung (@donovansung) May 22, 2018

Other leaks hint at a dual camera which might come with AI capabilities, offering 200 different scene modes and at least 12 different portrait modes.