Xiaomi’s itsy-bitsy Mi 9 SE flagship is designed to be used with one hand

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by Sindy Cator on June 6, 2019 at 4:12 pm

Xiaomi’s assault on the European smartphone market continues. Today, it announced the UK launch of its compact Mi 9 SE flagship, which will retail starting at £349 (roughly $440) for the entry-level model. This device bears many similarities with the previously released Mi 9 handset, albeit with a drastically modified form factor. It sits in the space previously occupied by devices like the iPhone SE, which has largely been ignored as manufacturers embrace bigger phablet-style form factors. Another key difference: It comes with recently-released Qualcomm Snapgragon 712 platform, rather than the more powerful Snapdragon 855 CPU which ships with the…