We’re still parsing all the Mi 8 information, but here’s what we know so far about the new Xiaomi Mi 8 specifications.

The Mi 8 comes with a 6.21-inch AMOLED Full HD+ display. It’s an 18.7:9 aspect ratio panel with a great 88.5 percent screen-to-body ratio. That ratio could’ve been even higher, but a large notch occupies much of the top of the screen.

The Mi 8 is powered by a Snapdragon 845 processor, in line with other 2018 Android flagships. There’s 6GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. The Mi 8 Explorer Edition comes with 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage only.

On the back, you get dual cameras with twin 12MP sensors. The cameras feature 1.4-micron pixels, OIS, dual-pixel autofocus and AI-powered portrait mode. Xiaomi announced the Mi 8 got a score of 105 in DxOMark’s rankings.

The phone uses AI to identify scenes and apply the best settings, as well as for “Studio Lightning” portrait photography, obviously inspired by Apple.

Up front, there’s a 20MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture that uses pixel binning to create larger virtual pixels, for improved photography.

The Mi 8 also features dual-frequency GPS, supporting both L1 and L5 bands, resulting in much more accurate navigation.

The Mi 8 Explorer Edition features similar specs to the Mi 8, but comes with several special features, including a couple of industry firsts.

Xiaomi claims the Mi 8 Explorer Edition is the first Android device to feature three-dimensional face unlock, using infrared light (the first device ever being the iPhone X, of course). The infrared lighting system and camera are placed in the notch. Other Android phones have offered infrared-based authentication before, the Vivo X21 being first to come to mind. But Xiaomi claims the Mi 8 ExplorerEdition is the first to actually do it in 3D, which adds more security.

Besides security, the 3D infrared camera is used for…an Animoji clone. Just like on the iPhone, you can record little animations of emoji that track your facial expressions.

The Mi 8 Explorer Edition also comes with a pressure-sensitive in-display fingerprint scanner. Phones like the Vivo X21 and the Huawei Mate RS have offered in-display fingerprint scanners before, but Xiaomi’s version is pressure sensitive, which the company calls an industry first. This should allow the phone to unlock faster.

The Xiaomi Mi 8 SE features a 5.88-inch display, but it’s still AMOLED. The processor is the new Snapdragon 710, Qualcomm’s chip for upper-mid-range devices that was just introduced the other week. The Mi 8 SE is the first phone to come with this chip, which is supposed to deliver a 30 percent battery consumption improvement compared to the Snapdragon 660.

The Xiaomi Mi 8 and the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE will go on sale in China starting on June 5, and June 8 respectively.

. The base model of MI8 is priced at CNY 2,699, which translates to roughly Rs 28,000 and base varient of MI8 SE is priced roughly around Rs 19,000.

Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition 
Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition comes with a similar set of specifications but with in-display fingerprint sensor, 3D face recognition technology and a transparent back panel. The 8GB + 128GB variant of the phone is available for CNY 3,699, which is Rs 39,000 approximately.