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Xiaomi Mi Play

Announced: December 2018.OS: Android 9 Pie. VDRD-summary: It is better not to buy!
Starting price of $170 after the release dropped by 36% and now the average price is $109. Starting price of 10 520 ₽ after the release dropped by 36% and now the average price is 6 745 ₽. Starting price of 6 273 ₴ after the release dropped by 36% and now the average price is 4 022 ₴.
Status: Almost gone.
  • Screen 5.84" IPS LCD
  • Rear сamera 12 MP 2 modules
  • Selfie camera 8 MP
  • CPU 8 cores Helio P35 (12nm)
  • Memory 4 GB RAM
  • Storage 64 GB ROM
  • Memory cards microSDXC
  • Battery 3 000 mAh
  • Thickness 7.8 mm
  • Sim Cards 2 items dual sim
All characteristics

Short description Xiaomi Mi Play

This is a smartphone on Android 9 Pie with a very fast and productive processor, with a large touchscreen size, with a good camera that has 2 modules (12 MP, Depth sensor), and the front camera here turned out to be absolutely ordinary. And Xiaomi Mi Play has such features: a slot for two SIM cards, cut-out notch above the screen (so that a selfie camera, speakers and additional sensors are placed there).

Versions: M1901F9E.

Disclaimer. The table shows the main technical characteristics of the device. For a full list of features and capabilities of this model, see the manufacturer’s website. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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Android version and market relevance

In December 2018 Xiaomi company introduced its new smartphone Xiaomi Mi Play. This is a new model with support for two SIM cards, which is running on 9 Pie.

If you think that for today such an android smartphone on the version 9 Pie already outdated, then we advise you to look DROID-smartphones in our directory, where we collected a list of devices on the latest version of Android.

Screen, body and battery

It is worth paying attention to good 5.84-inch capacitive IPS LCD touchscreen smartphone Xiaomi Mi Play. This is a large screen, and you need to consider the size of your palm, so it was convenient to hold the smartphone in your hand and use it. In addition, Xiaomi Mi Play has very small frames around the screen (speaking in numbers, the screen occupies from 80% to 90% of the area of the entire front panel. And drop-like notch above the screen adds recognition to the smartphone and increases the screen area, but does not increase the physical size. The thickness of the case is 7.8 mm. This also accommodated a battery capacity of 3 000 mAh.

Main camera and selfie camera

Let′s briefly describe the cameras in Xiaomi Mi Play. The main camera got several modules (dual camera smartphones): 12 MP with a regular lens + Depth sensor. Why, for example, has multiple lenses in a smartphone camera become the absolute norm on the market today? Because with these smartphones you can take beautiful portraits with blurred backgrounds (this is called the Bokeh effect). And manufacturers have also learned to make software enhancements to photography based on the analysis of frames from each lens. It seems that this is exactly the case when it is better to see once than read about it a hundred times. Therefore, we advise you to take a few shots yourself with the camera of this smartphone.

The front camera has one module: 8 MP with a regular lens. Do not say that this is very much, is in our catalog selfie smartphones, whose frontcamera will be an order of magnitude better. This model has a front camera as usual at the top of the screen, like 99.9% of all smartphones. But, if this makes you bored, then we can offer smartphones with pop-up front camera. In these models, the front camera is located inside the body and goes up only when you activate the front camera mode. It sounds interesting, but how convenient it is and how long this mechanism will work is not yet clear.

Processor and Internal Memory

A smartphone without a processor will not work. And the better the processor, the faster the smartphone works. Xiaomi Mi Play received 8-core processor Helio P35. The amount of RAM in it is 4 GB.

But, more importantly, it′s the amount of built-in memory for storing your information (photo, video, music, etc.). Here you will receive 64 GB. You can still do this — buy a smartphone with a minimum amount of memory to save a bit, and buy a memory card microSDXC, because in this model there is a slot for memory cards.

Price for Xiaomi Mi Play: buy or not to buy?

So we told about cheap powerful smartphone Xiaomi Mi Play with a large screen, conventional main camera and weak frontal, and still there is a good battery.

All these characteristics in 2018 may be good, but the time goes by and the smartphone will somehow become obsolete in half a year of the beginning of sales. And by the way, to sell it start in December 2018 at a price of $170. This is the official price from the manufacturer without taxes and fees, so it can differ in each country, and not only for different sellers.

Before you buy Xiaomi Mi Play, be sure to check out all the photos and video reviews on it, or better still go to the offline store (electronics supermarket) and twist it in your hand. And already then, based on the emotions received from the smartphone, make the decision to buy.

And if Xiaomi Mi Play is not already sold, when you are reading this text, then do not be upset. We advise you to always visit the page DROID smartphones, where we collect only the most current models on new versions of Android OS.

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