Xiaomi on Tuesday launched the Mi Mix Fold, its initially foldable smartphone. Even although it borrows a web page or two from Samsung’s textbook – anything that Huawei has also performed lately – the Mi Mix Fold packs lots of sector firsts to make it stand out and raise the bar for foldables.
Like the Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Mi Mix Fold also has a screen that unfolds from the inside. Xiaomi claims its U-shaped hinge guarantees a 27 % lowering of weight compared to other foldables. As for durability, Xiaomi says it can withstand 200,000 bends.
That latter bit will be important to cementing Xiaomi’s position as a foldable-maker simply because if history is something to go by, foldables are challenging to pull off. Xiaomi itself showed off its initially folding phone prototype more than two years ago and the solution that it is lastly prepared to ship is far much less ambitious, as far as style is concerned.
Mi Mix Fold hardware
Moving on to the hardware, the Mi Mix Fold has an 8.01-inch “flexible” OLED show on the inside. This screen has symmetrical bezels on all sides and there is no unsightly camera cutout. It has a WQHD+ resolution and typical 60Hz refresh price. Brightness peaks at 900nits although Xiaomi says it supports each HDR10+ and Dolby Vision playback. The 4:3 aspect ratio also appears excellent for productivity. The outer screen is 6.5-inch AMOLED with a 2520×840 pixels resolution, 27:9 aspect ratio and 90Hz refresh price. Peak brightness is once more set to 900nits but it only supports HDR10+.
The Mi Mix Fold is the initially phone in the planet to use liquid lens technologies in its camera. This makes it possible for Xiaomi to let “one lens virtually cover functions of two lenses” for 3x optical zoom, up to 30x telephoto, and a minimum concentrate distance of 3cm. The Mi Mix Fold also marks the debut of Xiaomi’s in-home Surge C1 image processing chip that the brand has been working on for the final two years. The rest of the camera package contains a key 108MP camera (HM2 sensor) and an additional 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera. Telephoto/macro is handled by an 8MP camera. There is also a 20MP – technically a selfie – camera on the outer screen.
Elsewhere, the Mi Mix Fold has Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 processor with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 512GB UFS3.1 storage, 5020mAh double-cell battery with 67W quickly wired charging, dual 5G, Wi-Fi 6, MIUI 12 based on Android 10, and 4 Harman Kardon-tuned speakers.
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The foldable comes in Standard with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and Ceramic Special Edition.
Mi Mix Fold cost, availability
The Mi Mix Fold begins at CNY 9,999 (roughly Rs 1,11,777) for the base variant with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage whilst the 12GB/512GB and 16GB/512GB models will sell for CNY 10,999 (roughly Rs 1,22,977) and CNY 12,999 (roughly Rs 1,45,339) respectively.
Like most Mi Mix phones in the previous – by the way, this also marks the return of the series – the Mi Mix Fold is also a China-only affair for now, but at least it is prepared to ship to more purchasers so as opposed to the Mi Mix Alpha that saw restricted availability. Pre-orders will begin March 30 whilst shipping will start from April 16.