Yesterday Xiaomi introduced its new Civi line with the aptly named Xiaomi Civi midranger. It carries an attractive feature set sort of a 6.55-inch 120Hz OLED, 32MP selfie cam with an autofocus lens and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 778G.
Unfortunately the aftermath of the event brought some bad news to those looking to urge the phone outside of the company’s homeland. Xiaomi confirmed to Android Authroity the device will remain exclusive to China .
With no plans to bring the Civi to global markets albeit you probably did manage to import one you’ll likely have great trouble running stuff like Google services thereon if it’s in the least possible. and therefore the shipping fees and import taxes would render such an attempt pointless on a mid-range phone.
On the upside, Xiaomi features a history of bringing devices to global markets with different names so there’s still an outdoor chance we’d see a rebranded Xiaomi Civi down the road .