Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone, the Mi 8 Explorer Edition, has a transparent glass back panel that shows off its camera module, chip set, battery and connectors. Photo: Handout

Xiaomi launches see-through Mi 8 flagship smartphone ahead of blockbuster IPO

The Beijing-based company’s new Mi 8 Explorer Edition features a transparent glass back panel that evokes the design for see-though watch movement in some luxury mechanical timepieces

Topic | Xiaomi

Yingzhi Yang in Beijing

Published: 6:30am, 1 Jun, 2018

Updated: 3:10pm, 1 Jun, 2018

Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone, the Mi 8 Explorer Edition, has a transparent glass back panel that shows off its camera module, chip set, battery and connectors. Photo: Handout

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Yingzhi Yang

Yingzhi Yang is a Beijing-based technology reporter focusing on the rise and fall of tech firms in China and impact they exert in domestic and international society.