Xiaomi Mi 9 renders leaked - Confirmed to be powered by Snapdragon 855

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Xiaomi is going to unveil its latest premium flagship device Mi 9 on February 20 in China. Prior to this event, a number of renders have been leaking on Internet, and this time a new render confirms that the smartphone will be powered by the  Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC processor.

The renders were leaked on the company's official account on the Chinese social media Weibo. This time the image shows a gradient finish at the back, however, the company is still shying away from revealing the front portion of the smartphone.

The images were posted by the company's CEO Lei Jun, who clearly mentioned in the post that the device will house the latest flagship processor from Qualcomm. The image shows the pink-blue gradient finish at back and had already rendered one more such image with blue-green gradient before this. 

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Earlier the company had stated that it is using a "nano-scale laser holography process and a double layer coating" to create "holographic illusion" colours. 

Further, the global spokesperson of Xiaomi Donovan Sung, also teased the presence of an in-display fingerprint sensor on Twitter. However, he didn't share any other details.

Mi 9 is reported to come with Android Pie 9 out of the box. It will sport a 6.4 inches Full HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch. It may have a triple rear camera setup with a 48MP lens and the front portion will feature a 24MP selfie camera. The device will be powered by a 3,500 mAh battery.