The Mi 8, Mi 8 Pro, Redmi 6A and Band 3 from Xiaomi. Everything you need to know. Part 1

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Wait a minute though, because Xiaomi had a big suprise for us.

Meet the Mi 8 Pro.

It’s here in the UK and marks a global debut. The UK will be the first country outside of China to get this.

That transparent rear has a titanium colourant – believe me, you’ll be staring at that quite a bit. I found it amazing that you could see into phone. It drew you in. Made from an aluminium frame, it has a 4-sided curved glass arc design, making it easy to hold in your hand.

The guys behind this… you get a sense of their passion for this company and the products they create. They showed us their university photos. They showed us the endless tests they’d done to get the camera setup just right. They’ve even stamped the hexadecimal representation for the launch date of the Mi 1 – 132DDEO.

The Mi 8 Pro is their milestone product. I was very impressed with the thing. The 6.21″ AMOLED display has 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass with always-on tech an that in-display fingerprint sensor.

The rear dual camera setup is “one of the world’s best cameras” according to the company, and you’re getting this same setup on the Mi 8 that you can buy from Three. A video showed the length of time that both took to switch focus from an object that was close and one that was further away. It’s faster and more accurate.

The cameras also have 4-axis stabilisation and, after a huge amount of testing, they’ve received a DXO score of 105 – making it one of the worlds highest-ranking cameras. The DXO review states that the camera stands “shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the best smartphone cameras we’ve ever tested”.

There’s AI scene detection, which we’ve seen in handsets like the Huawei and Honor handsets.

Meanwhile, up front, a 20 megapixel camera with “super pixels”. These are create when 4 pixels are combined into one to let in more light.

There’s also Qualcomm’s most advanced Quick CHarge Protocol. NFC, WiFi, dual-frequency GPS too – that’ll reduce interfernce from buildings etc.

But how much is the Mi8 Pro? Here in the UK you can pick it up for £499.

That’s a flat-out amazing price. AMAZING.

But it’s not all about phones. Now we have to take a look at the wearable that is going to be given away with a lot of Xiaomi handsets. It’s cheap too.

That screen is a 0.78″ OLED display with the ability to see notifications, decline calls and you can swim up to 50 metres. The battery life is up to 20 days. It’ll track your heart rate, your sleep, your activity – all pushed into the Mi Fit app on your phone. You can set goals, monitor your heart, track your workout and check your sleep.

Again, that’s an amazing price.

OK, true, this is the sort of price that those who’ve bought from China are familiar with, but in the UK – from a UK store- it’s amazing.

Even better, if you get yours before November 23rd and you’re one of the first 10,000, you can get it for just £19.99. There’s even a limited-edition UK strap.

Full press release details below. We’ll be bringing you more details over the coming days.

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