Xiaomi Mi 9 taken apart, check out the 20W wireless charging coil and triple camera

The Xiaomi Mi 9 packs a lot of flagship inside a €450 package. Want to see what goes inside that package? It starts with the Gorilla Glass 5 on the back that comes in some wild iridescent colors.

Just below that is the coil for the world’s fastest 20W wireless charging, the NFC antenna too. And below that is the 3,300mAh battery. The front and back glass as well as everything inside is mounted to the 7000 series aluminum chassis.

Removing the GG5 back • A close up of the 20W wireless charging coil

3,300mAh battery • CNC machined 7000 series aluminum

This is the motherboard of the Mi 9, it contains the new Snapdragon 855 chipset, up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage. Everything is covered with metal heatspreaders thermal paste.

The motherboard • Copper heatspreader

The Mi 9 has one of the best cameras on the market. It features a 48MP main module, 16MP ultra-wide and 12MP telephoto (2x). All that leaves is the bottom daughterboard, which holds the bottom-firing loudspeaker, USB-C port and a few other components.

The triple camera • Loudspeaker and USB-C port

And finally a group shot of all the Xiaomi Mi 9 components.

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