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Xiaomi plans to launch the Mi 8 instead of the Mi 7 on May 31. There was certainly a massive ball of confusion related to why the company chose to name the smartphone Mi 8 instead of Mi 7 since that would have been the correct order. Well, Xiaomi has now explained what prompted it to skip the number 7.

Xiaomi shared a new picture that has a huge number 7 written on it through its official Weibo page. Below the number 7, it reads Mi 8. The caption on the picture says that the upcoming smartphone is a huge improvement over the previous generation, that’s why the company thought it was apt to just skip the number 7.