Set for a 12 June announcement, the latest member of the Mi 9 family also features an in-display fingerprint sensor
Image: Honor Buy
Chinese phone giant Xiaomi has been teasing its latest camera phone, the Xiaomi Mi 9T, with a series of terrible pun-based 'T-sers' around the new model's signature initial and features.
Due to be announced on 12 June, the Xiaomi Mi 9T is the latest iteration of the snazzy Xiaomi Mi 9 that we were very impressed by in our hands-on review.
While the 9T features a similar rear triple-camera array as its predecessor, the new phone features an clean notchless screen – so the 20MP selfie camera will now occupy a pop-up mechanism instead.
The Xiaomi Mi 9T will be officially announced on 12 June (image: Honor Buy)
Accordingly Xiaomi wasted no time in using plenty of #PopUpInStyle hashtags on its teaser posts, although something may have been lost in translation – we understand the metaphor of a gopher popping out of a burrow, but we're not quite sure how Schrödinger's cat fits into things.
That notwithstanding, a listing on Honor Buy sheds more light on the Xiaomi Mi 9T, including the fact that it has an in-display fingerprint sensor rather than a dedicated reader on the back of the device.
According to the retailer, the rear array seems to be slightly different to the standard Mi 9. The primary camera is still a mighty 48MP affair, using a Sony IMX586 0.8μm sensor with an f/1.75 aperture, supported by an 8MP telephoto camera with 1.12μm f/2.4 aperture, and 13MP lens with an ultra-wide 124.8° angle.
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An in-display fingerprint sensor will replace the physical back sensor (image: Honor Buy)
The phone also boasts a 6.39-inch, 19.5:9 Samsung AMOLED full screen display, a Snapdragon 730 octacore 2.2GHz processor, 128GB of storage with 6GB of RAM, a headphone jack, and packs a 4,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging.
Honor Buy is listing the Xiaomi Mi 9T for preorder at $409 ( £323), but official pricing and shipping information will be revealed by Xiaomi itself when the phone is announced proper on 12 June.
James has 22 years experience as a journalist, serving as editor of Digital Camera World for 6 of them. He started working in the photography industry in 2014, product testing and shooting ad campaigns for Olympus, as well as clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal. An Olympus, Canon and Hasselblad shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes.
