Some time ago we came across a clearly fake list of smartphones, which nominated several devices whose release was scheduled for this year. These included names like Xiaomi Zero, Xiaomi Mi Mix 4S, Redmi Note 9S + (which we already know is not true given the recent release of the entire range) and even Xiaomi Mi 7. We are talking about the latter today, given that a post was published on Weibo that would represent the prototype. This, according to the post on the Chinese social network, would be on sale at a price far from affordable. But are we sure it's really a Mi 7?
The Xiaomi Mi 7 prototype is on sale on a Chinese e-commerce: 100.020 yuan, corresponding to around € 13.000 ... but is there a shortcoming?
Before seeing the post "offending" let's understand well what is the story behind the device in question, that is Xiaomi Mi 7. We know that after the sixth, the beloved Xiaomi Mi 6 which was the subject of an April Fool who made us dream, Lei Jun's company went directly to the eighth in chronological order. Xiaomi Mi 8, clone of iPhone X he was the successor of the Mi 6 flying over the number 7. In this pile of numbers, however, no one ever wondered why the brand skipped the number 7.
Rear photo of the alleged Xiaomi Mi 7
The reason was explained years ago by an official of the company: the sound of the Chinese name for Xiaomi Mi 7 looks too much like the one used for the Disney character name Mickey Mouse. For the Chinese telephony giant it would certainly not have been a good business card and therefore he abandoned the idea of creating the seventh of the Mi series. Without this necessary and curious clarification, let's move on to the actual news.
A Chinese user would have put the prototype of the device in question for sale at a modest price of 100.020 yuan, or approximately € 13.000 at the current exchange rate. In addition to having placed the announcement, the technical sheet and photos depicting it. Unlike others who are flaunting this news as true, we immediately tell you that this is not a Xiaomi Mi 7. Seeing the photos you will understand too.
Let's go in order and see the specifications: the code name is “dipper", has 6 GB of RAM memory, a processor that reaches maximum at 2.8GHz e 128 GB of internal storage. Also, in the post caption it is reported that the processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. But it's not about the specs of Xiaomi Mi 8? Yes, precisely ... also the design is that too. Only one thing can be said to refute our claim: Xiaomi Mi 8 has a nice big notch, why is it not present in the photo? Simply because in the settings (Settings> Display> Notch and status bar> Hide notch) there is the possibility to hide it giving life to a band rather than the so-called "horns".
Basically it is a fake which in the last few hours is passing like Xiaomi Mi 7. Anyhow, we, we put the link in source to show you that what has been said is all inventanto and that there really is no smartphone.
Source | Weibo
