The main technical features of this model were unveiled about a week before the announcement thanks to the Chinese regulator TENAA
At the same time, it was difficult to imagine, on what platform was this model built, because only the frequency of the processor (2.3 GHz) was known and the number of hearts was eight. Various hypotheses have been adopted: the smartphone has been allocated to various MediaTek platforms, from Helio P30 to Helio P90 models. In fact, Xiaomi Play is the world's first smartphone on the MediaTek Helio P35 platform. But this is not the Helio P35 that we wrote in 2016.
The Helio P35 will be produced by TSMC for the 12 nm technology process, which is advantageously different from the 16 nanometer Helio P30. The eight cores of the ARM Cortex-A53 have been preserved, but because of the relatively high clock frequency of 2.3 GHz and the presence of CPU / GPU Turbo technology, the SoC bypasses its closest competitors face Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 and 625. This GPU is used PowerVR GE8320
You can now talk about the smartphone itself. Play is an entry-level model of high quality, so that the device is positioned in the company. It closes the price window in the range of 145 to 190 USD (4,000 to 5,200 UAH).