Mi 8 Explorer Edition Price in Jordan

Why consider it?

The Mi 8 Explorer Edition is the transparent-backed Mi 8 from June 2018, and Xiaomi's own table reserves three things for it that the standard Mi 8 never got: the see-through glass back, a pressure-sensitive in-display fingerprint reader and 3D structured-light face unlock, on top of 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. At ≈ 75, those three items are the whole argument for picking it over a plain Mi 8 — nearly everything else is shared.

Who it suits

Suited to someone who wants a phone that looks like nothing else, with an AMOLED panel and a real telephoto lens, who enjoys details like dual-frequency positioning and is not put off by a China-market release.

Who should look elsewhere

Not for anyone who needs a battery that survives a long day, who wants a headphone jack or a memory-card slot, or who is counting on documented carrier services outside China.

Performance, camera, display and battery — and the limits of the evidence

Xiaomi's Chinese spec table splits the two models column by column: both run a Snapdragon 845 at 2.8GHz with Adreno 630 graphics at 710MHz, but this edition ships with 8GB of LPDDR4x and 128GB of UFS storage, and a 3000mAh battery (2900mAh minimum) where the standard Mi 8 gets 3400mAh — the transparent back cost real capacity. The display is a 6.21-inch Samsung AMOLED at 2248x1080 and 402 ppi, quoted at 600 nits in high-brightness mode and 430 nits typical, with a 60000:1 contrast ratio, DCI-P3 coverage, always-on display and HDR support. The rear pair is two 12MP cameras: a wide f/1.8 with four-axis optical stabilisation and dual-PD autofocus, plus an f/2.4 telephoto, with a 20MP camera in front. On charging, the handset supports the QC 4.0+ protocol while the charger in the box is an 18W QC 3.0 unit, and no maximum wattage is published for the phone itself. A footnote on Xiaomi's English page is worth repeating: the components visible behind the glass are not necessarily a one-to-one representation of the actual hardware, so treat the back as styling rather than an engineering window. Xiaomi called it the first phone with dual-frequency L1+L5 positioning; it weighs 177g at 7.6mm and carries Bluetooth 5.0 with aptX HD. There is no headphone jack and no microSD slot — wired audio runs through a bundled Type-C adapter — and the Chinese sheet limits VoLTE to a single Chinese operator as published.

Alternatives worth comparing

• Galaxy M33 5G — Cheaper by ≈ 3 at ≈ 72; a 6000mAh battery, a 6.6-inch 120Hz screen, 5G and a phone four years newer, against an Exynos 1280 that sits below the Snapdragon 845 in our spec index. (72 JOD · estimate)

Strengths and trade-offs in detail ›

Verdict — conditional on your needs and the documented price above

Worth it if the transparent back, the pressure-sensitive in-screen fingerprint reader and 3D face unlock are exactly what you are paying for, and a 2018 China-market handset does not trouble you. If your days run long away from a charger, the battery is the hard limit: 3000mAh is the smallest figure in the Mi 8 family, and that is the factory number, not the number a seven-year-old cell delivers.

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We have not tested this phone hands-on: the analysis above is built from the manufacturer's published specifications and from the price and price status in our record — not from camera or battery measurements we ran, and not from user reviews. Sources: Xiaomi China — Mi 8 Transparent Explorer Edition official spec table (小米8 透明探索版 参数) · Xiaomi UK — Mi 8 page, English footnotes listing the Explorer Edition exclusives · Text updated: 2026-09-14