A few hours ago from the well-known Chinese social network Weibo we received a piece of news, or rather a rumor, because this is seen as confirmation of the company we do not have, about an event that would resemble a rebrand: a well-known Chinese blogger called "Technlogy aestethetic", He has us leakato is Xiaomi could launch one new series of smartphones (which would become 5) the 24th December, almost to make us a Christmas present. The name would be Xiaomi Play, a new rebrand dedicated to gaming, possibly.
Xiaomi Play: a new rebrand dedicated to gaming
The well-known blogger asks us a question rather than telling us what will really happen, given that he does not have security either, and tells us: "A new model? From latest news, halfway between 17 and 26 (December), Xiaomi will hold a new conference for the launch of a smartphone, reliable for Xlenia December's date on Christmas Eve, in which a new model called Xiaomi Play will be launched. What are your expectations for this new series?"
Now, if we pause for a moment to think Xiaomi it does not have its own gaming device since Balck Shark at the bottom is only one sub-brand and if we remember what happened to the brand Honor which has developed a dedicated device completely dedicated to videogames (Honor Play), the thing may not sound so strange. In fact we believe that Xiaomi, given the success of a previous rebrand (POCOPHONE) and given the success of the gaming phone (Black Shark), may have decided to develop a personal device, dedicated to that kind of smarthpone. Who knows, maybe we're wrong and it's about one series of accessories more than a new series of devices, but on the other hand to the smartphone categories offered from the big Chinese of technology, a series dedicated to gaming is missing: we have so far only entry-level, mid-range and high-end phones. One thing we can say almost certainly, is that the processor will be one Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, since it has become the SoC par excellence of gaming-phones.
Furthermore, other rumors from Chinese canals would seem to state that Xiaomi play will be presented as the national variant, or Chinese, of POCOPHONE. What do you think about it? You would be interested in a gaming phone exclusively for Xiaomi?
is the phone going to launch Globally or it's just for China?
Actually we have no clues yet, but we believe it is going to be exclusively for chinese market: indeed, globally we have Pocophone F1.