Performance
At the heart of the Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 chipset, a powerful mid-range processor built on a 10 nm architecture. Paired with an octa-core CPU (2x2.2 GHz Kryo 360 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver) and Adreno 616 GPU, the phone handles multitasking and gaming with ease. The device ships with Android 9.0 (Pie), and is upgradable to Android 10, featuring Xiaomi's proprietary MIUI 11, offering a user-friendly and feature-rich interface. The performance is further enhanced with RAM options of 6GB and internal storage configurations of either 64GB or 128GB, utilizing UFS 2.1 technology for swift data access. Additionally, storage can be expanded via a microSDXC card utilizing the hybrid SIM slot.