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Xiaomi Mi A3 May Be in Development, MIUI 10 Code Hints

Xiaomi Mi A3 May Be in Development, MIUI 10 Code Hints 3r1r4z

By Aditya Shenoy | Updated: 4 January 2019 11:30 IST

Xiaomi could be working on a Mi A2 (above) successor 13y12

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Xiaomi might be working on a new Android One smartphone
New code-name discovered in firmware files
device could be a successor to the Xiaomi Mi A2

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Xiaomi might be working on a successor to the Mi A2, a new report indicates. The Xiaomi Mi A2 is the company's second smartphone under the Android One programme. The Mi A1 was the first product from Xiaomi under this programme which offered powerful hardware along with stock Android. Xiaomi launched the Mi A2 and the Mi A2 Lite internationally but only the Mi A2 made it to our shores. It was quite popular at the time of launch since it was the only smartphone that offered a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC at an aggressive price.

Xiaomi's A series might be getting a new addition soon. XDA member Xiaomi Mi Mix 3.

The code-name “orchid_sprout” does not reveal much about the device, but it can be confirmed that the device will be a part of Xiaomi's A series as well as Google's Android One programme. The “_sprout” code-name is present on almost all devices that are a part of the similar fashion where the code-names were found in firmware files.

There is no information about the display size, if it will sport a notch or not, the processor and RAM combination or the battery capacity. The device is expected to NFC since the firmware files mention a new NFC chip from NXP. If “orchid_sprout” turns out to be the Xiaomi Mi A3, then it'll be the first smartphone in this series to sport NFC.

Mi 5X. We will need to wait for some more time to see what Xiaomi has in store for 2019.

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