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There is a key difference between the screens here, though, which has been necessary to keep down costs. Whereas every other Mi 8 model has an AMOLED panel, known for their incredible vibrancy and saturated colours, the Mi 8 Lite has an IPS panel. But while it’s not quite as good as those flagship models, it’s still very good, and IPS is the technology favoured by all other Xiaomi phones such as the budget Redmi line. It produces realistic colours, good contrast and strong viewing angles. It has a maximum 450 nits brightness, and claimed contrast ratio of 1500:1. We measured brightness as high as 437 nits in our own tests, which will make it very easily usable in all lighting conditions.

The resolution is Full-HD+ (2280×1080 pixels), with a pixel density of 403ppi, and Xiaomi has never gone higher than this in any of its phones. It’s more than adequate for clear images and text on a screen of this size. Looking around the edges of the phone the Mi 8 Lite has a lot in common with its Pro sibling. With a USB-C port on the bottom there is no 3.5mm headphone jack here, though you do get a 3.5mm- to USB-C adaptor in the retail box. Also gone is the IR blaster found in Xiaomi phones lower down the range. What looks like dual speakers are visible from the bottom of the device, although sound is fired only from the right side of the USB-C port.

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The Mi 8 Lite has an upgraded DSP algorithm and Mi Sound built-in, and we found audio really rather good for a range of genres. It’s usefully loud, too. A slot-loading SIM tray at the top left edge can also accept two Nano-SIMs for dual-SIM, dual-standby operation, but unlike the Pro you can swap out one of those SIMs for a microSD card up to 256GB in capacity. Fortunately, with the Mi 8 Lite’s internal storage options as generous as 64- and 128GB you might not be forced to make that decision. Around the rear is a slightly raised dual-lens camera module, slightly lower-specced than that of other Mi 8 models. Where they all have twin 12Mp lenses the Lite has one 12Mp Sony IMX363, f/1.9, 1.4um pixel lens and one 5Mp Samsung S5K5E8 f/2.0, 1.12um pixel telephoto lens, though it makes up for this at the front with the best selfie camera of the lot – a 24Mp, 1.8um pixel beast in the shape of Sony’s IMX576.

Both assemblies build in AI, which means they can intelligently select the scene and automatically configure appropriate settings, and there’s a beautify feature that will be able to retouch facial areas to achieve an enhanced nude make-up look. Jump straight to camera performance. Also here is a fingerprint sensor, and only the Mi 8 Pro and Explorer Edition feature an in-display version. Unfortunately the Mi 8 Lite does not support NFC, which is necessary for making mobile payments.

The Mi 8 Lite is not waterproof but there is Gorilla Glass 5 protection for the display, and overall it feels very well made. Mi 8 Lite Core Hardware & Performance One clear area where Xiaomi has cut down on costs with the Mi 8 Lite is in substituting the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor seen elsewhere in the range for the Snapdragon 660. Both are octa-core chips, but this cheaper processor is built on the 14nm- rather than 10nm manufacturing process. It has four cores running at 2.2GHz and four at 1.8GHz.