Rumoured Xiaomi Civi series phone tipped to feature MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset | Tech Tips
The Xiaomi 14 Civi was announced in India in June with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset. Now, a tipster has hinted that another Xiaomi smartphone with the yet-to-be-launched MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoC is in the works. While the tipster hasn’t mentioned the name of the device, it is speculated to be a smartphone from the Xiaomi Civi series. Here are the expected details of the alleged smartphone.
Alleged Xiaomi Civi series phone with MediaTek Dimensity 9400
- Tipster Smart Pikachu on Weibo mentioned that an alleged Xiaomi phone has been tested with the Dimensity 9400 SoC, and its performance is good.
- The tipster did not state the name of the Xiaomi device that was tested with the MediaTek chipset. But he clarified that it is not the Xiaomi 15.
- The tipster also suggested that the flagship Xiaomi 15 series will be equipped with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner rather than an optical fingerprint sensor.
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset expected details
The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset is yet to be announced and will compete with the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset. It will likely be equipped with the TSMC 3nm process, and its single-core performance is anticipated to be 30 percent higher than the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset, which powers the Vivo X100 series.
Though not confirmed, the SoC is expected to feature an octa-core architecture consisting of a single Cortex-X5 prime core running at a 3.4GHz frequency, three Cortex-X4 performance cores, and four Cortex-A720 efficiency cores. Also, it is anticipated that the frequency of the prime core will increase by the time the processor is launched.
The yet-to-be-launched MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoC is speculated to be equipped in smartphones like the Vivo X200, Vivo X200 Pro, OPPO Find X8, OPPO Find X8 Pro and Redmi K80 Ultra. Also, the chipset is expected to include improved AI image generation capabilities compared to the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset.
