The first mobile phone with the new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor is official

After the main mobile phones have made headlines, such as the new Xiaomi 14 Ultra and its arrival in Europe, it is now the turn of the models that occupy a rung below; cheaper cell phones, but with access to the latest hardware.

This high-end mid-range will gain importance in 2024, offering new components at a more moderate price. The star is perhaps the new Qualcomm processor, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, presented only this week, but already present in a mobile phone.

On this occasion, Xiaomi was responsible for launching the new Snapdragon brand chip. The 8s Gen 3 was born for bringing AI technologies to cheaper mobile phones

and from brands like Redmi, Honor and Realme, but without costing as much as a normal Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used by the Galaxy S or the Xiaomi 14, for example.

Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, pioneering mobile

The Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is the first mobile phone presented to use this new processor. The Civi brand is little known in Europe, but in China it is a reference for those looking for a mobile phone with good quality/price ratio. In Europe these phones sometimes arrive in the form of the “Lite” version of the corresponding Xiaomi phone, so It is possible that it is the Xiaomi 14 Litealthough the company has not officially confirmed this.

If this is confirmed, it would be good news, because the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro represents a good leap from previous generations

on the technical side ; and not just because of the new processor, although that will help, as will the 16GB of RAM it can be configured with.

The screen is also compliant, with a size of 6.55 inches and a resolution of 2750 x 1236 pixels, with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a touch sampling rate of 240 Hz; For its part, the maximum brightness is 3,000 nits. The panel is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2 and the front hole is pill-shaped like the iPhone; The reason is that in reality, there is not one front camera but two

, both 32 Mpx but for different tasks. The primary is a regular camera with an f/2.0 aperture, and the secondary is a wide-angle with a 100-degree angle and an f/2.4 aperture, ideal for group photos.

The rest of the photographic aspect reserves fewer surprises, with a configuration that we have already seen in other Xiaomi models. The main camera is 50 Mpx, accompanied by a telephoto lens with optical zoom increases also 50 Mpx; Finally, the wide angle is 12 Mpx. Finishing the technical aspect, the battery is 4,700 mAh, with 67 W fast charging.

The Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro comes with the new HyperOS as standard, based on Android 14. It will be available in two different types of finishes, one basic and another limited edition with half of the back covered in vegan leather. The starting price is 2,999 yuan, or around 382 dollars at the exchange rate.