KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Xiaomi has announced the arrival of the Mi 9T, the latest smartphone in its highly popular flagship Mi 9 family.

In a statement, Xiaomi Country Manager of Malaysia and Singapore, Allen An said, Malaysia was the very first market in Southeast Asia for the Mi 9T to be introduced and has set a new benchmark for smartphones in its price range.

The Mi 9T features the best-in-class Qualcomm Snapdragon TM 730 mobile platform, offering an increase of 35 per cent for CPU performance, and 10 percent for the GPU, as well as twice the AI performance.

The smartphone also comes with the new Game, Turbo 2.0, for an ultimate gaming experience by optimising the touch response, display, sound quality, network and in-game calls.

Featuring a 6.39-inch AMOLED screen without a notch, the display of the Mi 9T supports reading and sunlight mode 2.0, low-brightness color grayscale optimisation and 256-scale eye protection technology, delivering an incredible immersive viewing experience.

Offering an AI triple camera setup, it also features a main 48MP camera with a 1/2″ Sony flagship IMX 582 sensor that can produce ultra-high resolution photos.

For night portraits, the camera sensor supports merging four pixels to form large 1.6μm pixels to capture more details in low-light conditions.

Featuring a large 4000 mAh battery and an AI energy saving mode to automatically adjust screen brightness and for activating sleep mode at night, the Mi 9T has power to last through a day of heavy use.

The smartphone will available in two versions, starting from June 25. The 6GB+64GB version will retail for RM 1199 and is available exclusively on Lazada.

Meanwhile, the 6GB+128GB version will retail for RM1399 and available exclusively at Mi stores on June 29.

The Mi 9T will be available in Carbon Black, Glacier Blue and Flame Red for both versions.

As an exclusive online deal with Lazada, customers who pre-book from June 20-24 are entitled to purchase at RM1099 as an early bird offer.