Release : Xiaomi MIX

[艹艹艹]

XIAOMI

Specifications:

-6.4” edgeless display: Ultra-high 91.3% screen-to-body ratio—highest on any smartphone to date
– Full ceramic body: Ceramic back cover, frame, and side buttons, 8 MoHs hardness. Seamless connectors fuse Mi MIX’s body without any external adhesives
– Cantilever piezoelectric ceramic acoustic technology replaces the traditional earpiece speaker, allowing you to listen to calls without the earpiece
– Ultrasonic proximity sensor hidden behind the display, replaces traditional infrared proc sensor
– Custom 17:9 display, large 16:9 viewing area even with soft keys
– Soft keys with auto-hide Quick Ball allow easy navigation and reachability while keeping Mi MIX sleek and minimalist
– Compact front camera, 50% smaller than traditional camera modules, imperceptibly located along Mi MIX’s “chin”
– Custom round-edged display allowed us to create a more immersive, edgeless viewing experience
– Snapdragon 821 at 2.35GHz
– 4GB LPDDR4 RAM + 128GB UFS 2.0 storage; 6GB + 256GB (Mi Mix 18k)
– 4400mAh battery, Quick Charge 3.0
– Full NFC Functionality: Read, write, card emulation, P2P, Mi Pay ready
– HD audio quality, 192kHz / 24-bit resolution
– GPS high-precision positioning
– 16MP PDAF rear camera
– MIUI 8
– Mi MIX 18k with 18-karat gold rims around camera and fingerprint sensor; 6GB + 256GB
– RMB 3499 (4GB + 128GB, approx USD 516)
– RMB 3999 Mi MIX 18k (6GB + 256GB, approx USD 590 )

Xiaomi didn't just drop the Mi Note 2 upon us today, but also revealed what is going to be Xiaomi's most ground-breaking smartphone yet- the MIX.

We had earlier thought that it is the Mi Note 2 itself that will come sporting a bezel-less display, but it's the futuristic MIX that sports a 6.4-inch bezel less display with a 91.3 per cent screen to body ratio. That is more than what any phone offers currently as most smartphones comes with a thick upper and lower bezel for housing the microphone, the proximity sensor and the ambient light sensor.

So how does the MIX allow for calls? The MIX doesn't come with a conventional microphone for speaking on call. Instead, Xiaomi has developed its own in-house technology which uses conduction technology to conduct sound from the top section of the phone. The MIX makes up for the lack of a proximity sensor with an ultra-sonic technology that automatically turns off the screen when you place the phone on your ear during a call.

The smartphone comes with an all-ceramic build that renders strength and sturdiness to the MIX. The phone has been designed by Philippe Stark, a renowned French designer famous for designing Steve Jobs' personal yatch.

The MIX will be powered by the performance edition of the Snapdragon 821 processor which bumps up the processor speed to 2.35GHz coupled with 4GB/6GB LPDDR4 RAM.

The device will come in 128 GB and 256 GB storage variants with a 4400mAh battery and Qualcomm's QuickCharge 3.0.

As for the camera, the MIX will sport a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash which can shoot 4K videos at 30fps. On the front, there's a 5-megapixel selfie camera on the bottom of the screen which is a first for any smartphone.

The MIX will run MIUI 8 under Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It has been priced at CNY 3499 (Roughly Rs 34,500) for the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage variant and CNY 3999 (roughly Rs 39,450) for the 6GB RAM and 256GB storage variant which has been named MIX Pro.

The MIX Pro will also sport gold plated rings around the camera and the fingerprint scanner at the back.

MIX and MIX Pro will be available in China from November 4 onward.

 

[qwerrty]

monster specs

 

[singlefighter]

Whats the price in Pakistan

 

[艹艹艹]

Whats the price in Pakistan

bro，Sorry, I really don't know.

 

[AndrewJin]

The future of Xiaomi in the home market (i'm not discussing emerging countries with relatively low purchasing power), should be in the middle/high-end market. They should rebrand their products like how Huawei creates an independent brand called Honor. One brand is for higher-end phones, of course another brand with a low-end focus should be maintained.

The process of rebranding will take very long time
given that Chinese consumers now perceive Xiaomi as low-end.

Let's see the performances of Mi Note2 (2799-3499yuan) and Mi Mix (3499-3999).
If they fail, hope they do not give up.
China will have very limited room for <1000 yuan phones in the future.

Mi Note 2
2799-3499yuan （$413-516)

Mi Mix
3499-3999yuan ($516-590)

Whats the price in Pakistan

Mi Note 2 and Mi Mix have just been launched in mainland China.
Usually it is launched later in overseas market, probably in a new name.

 

[AndrewJin]

 

[qwerrty]

 

[AndrewJin]

Take a glance from Apple's iPhone 7 to Google's new Pixel and you'll immediately see a resemblance. Despite Apple's lawsuits, pretty much all phones have looked just about the same since the iPhone. Will it ever really change? It's hard to know for sure, but this new phone from Chinese company Xiaomi offers a glimpse at the possible, subtly different, and lovely looking future.

The Mi Mix is the newest phone from the Chinese juggernaut that, as of right now, doesn't have a huge presence here in the United States. The first thing you'll notice about it is the almost complete lack of bezels, that extra space around the top, bottom, and sides that typically hides all the electronics that a screen needs to function. Not only does it look pretty, but it helps you fit a much bigger screen into a much smaller phone.


The iPhone has been married to its iconic top and bottom bezels for years and years—the bottom so there's room for a button, and the top presumably for the sake of symmetry. Android phones, meanwhile, have experimented with cutting back on the non-screen space to varying degrees. Motorola phones like the Moto X and the Nexus 6 have some of the smallest bezels you can find on mass-market phones, but they're still there. And they're technically there on the new Xiaomi Mi Mix as well, but they're so thin as to be practically a technicality.

Xiaomi isn't the first company to pull this extreme trick. In 2014, Sharp released a phone called the Aquos that looks striking similar, if not quite as refined. Unfortunately, by most accounts, it was also a fairly mediocre phone. In the years since, Sharp's updated the design with a little more polish, producing another concept phone even more like the Xiaomi, but it's not for sale.

While Sharp may not be a big name phone-maker like Xiaomi is in China, Sharp's fancy phones are actually more exciting for a very particular reason: Apple is rumored to be in talks with Sharp to provide screens for future iPhones, future iPhones that may not have buttons and no real need for bezels. Future iPhones that are due for a big, flashy update for the gadget's tenth anniversary coming up in 2017. There's no guarantee—or even rock-solid indication—that Apple is eyeing this particular tech for the iPhone 8, but it's not out of the question.

Of course while removing bezels has its upsides—prettier, smaller phones with a bigger screens—it also comes with its challenges. Without bezels, a phone's screen will routinely be in contact with your palm, so the phone needs software that teaches it the difference between that and an on-purpose touch. Not to mention that bezel-free screens can be easier to break and harder to replace. Still, the increasing prevalence of this trick in more and more phones that are actual for sale means that the hardware and software challenges are starting to be tackled. It's only a matter of time before we see this in something like an iPhone or a Pixel.

Xiaomi's new Mi Mix will be available in China on November 4th at roughly $510 or $590 for the 128GB and 256GB versions, respectively.

Early Tuesday, Chinese smartphone OEM Xiaomi unveiled its most ambitious smartphone ever, the Xiaomi Mi Mix. If you think smartphone design has stagnated, one look at this will tell you there is so much more that could be done with the familiar form factor. Xiaomi has created a phone with bezels so small it has a 91.3 percent screen-to-body ratio, which the company says is the "highest on any smartphone to date." That means it can fit a 6.4-inch screen in a body that has "similar dimensions" as the 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus.

The corners of the 6.4-inch "edgeless display" are actually round, which allows them to creep that much closer to the bezel. Xiaomi hasn't talked about its display technology or manufacturer, but we have to wonder if the company is using Sharp's "free form" IGZO technology. More display oddities: it has an 17:9 aspect ratio with a resolution of 2040×1080. This allows Xiaomi to fill out more of the phone with display, and—since this is Xiaomi's first device to use on-screen navigation buttons—gives a 16:9 display area for content. At 6.4", that's only 360 pixels per inch. 360ppi still qualifies for "retina display" density if you're Apple, but current-gen smartphones hit upwards of 500ppi.

Having such a large display means pushing some components out of their usual spot, namely the earpiece, front-facing camera, and proximity sensor. For an earpiece replacement, Xiaomi is using something called "Cantilever piezoelectric ceramic acoustic technology" that it says will let you use the phone like a phone, despite the missing earpiece. There's a ultrasonic proximity sensor hidden behind the display, which replaces the need for the usual sensor cluster at the top of the phone (we'd guess the auto-brightness sensor is on the bottom chin). The front-facing camera now lives on the bottom chin, but thanks to the magic of auto-rotate, you can just flip the phone around when it's time for a selfie or video call. The layout seems similar to the Sharp Aquos Crystal we reviewed (and loved) in 2014, but this is a high-end phone.


For $516 (RMB 3499), you get a 2.35GHz Snapdragon 821, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of UFS 2.0 storage, a 16MP camera, and a 4400mAh battery. There's an even higher-end "Mi Mix 18k" version, which ups the specs to 6GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for $590 (RMB 3999). The "18K" version also has a ring of 18 karat gold around the camera and fingerprint sensor. Both versions get a "full ceramic" body, which means the back, frame, and side buttons all use the stuff. There is also NFC and a rear fingerprint reader on both versions.

Xiaomi gets a lot of grief for copying Apple and Samsung, but with the Mi Mix, it has created something that looks truly original and eye catching.

Sadly, the Mi Mix is stuck in China for now. Bring this to America, Xiaomi.

 

[TaiShang]

 

[AndrewJin]

We're used to surprise announcements at Xiaomi events, but this time, it's a rather special one. After showing off the Mi Note 2, the company unveiled the Mi MIX "concept phone" -- one that's headlining with a cool 6.4-inch, edge-to-edge 1080p LCD (even at the top two round corners, and without using the old optical illusion trick). The high-end device also features glossy, full ceramic body and buttons, with no earpiece or proximity sensor, allowing for a cleaner look on the device's top edge. And, naturally, as the flagship phone it has flagship specs. For a moment there, we were wondering why Xiaomi would spend so much time talking about a concept phone, but then, as a final surprise, we learned it's something people will actually be able to buy.

According to Global VP Hugo Barra, the Mi MIX was kept under wraps before launch, to the point where CEO Lei Jun didn't even use the relevant slides during rehearsal. It's no wonder, then, that were no leaks about the device. The closest I got was a rumor -- which turned out to be false -- about Xiaomi launching two versions of the Mi Note 2: one curved and one flat.

Xiaomi's collaboration with famed French designer Philippe Starck on the Mi MIX was another surprise. Barra said the project started in 2014, with Starck's main contribution being that he helped set the high-level direction for the team. Later on, he was heavily involved in guiding the device's look and feel. While sharing the stage with Lei, Starck took the opportunity to express his fondness of the ceramic edition Mi 5, which was Xiaomi's first attempt at using this fancy-looking material. By comparison, the ceramic edition Mi 5 was apparently more difficult to manufacture than the Mi MIX, due to the body's 3D curve.

Going back to the Mi MIX, you'll see that the earpiece and infrared proximity sensor have been removed from the top to make way for the edge-to-edge display. It's so expansive, in fact, that it occupies a whopping 91.3 percent of the available surface space. These features are replaced by a cantilevered piezoelectric actuator behind the glass to produce audible sound for phone calls. There's also ultrasound for proximity sensing -- a first for smartphones. The latter is powered by Elliptic Labs' cunningly named "Inner Beauty" software solution (because it contributes to the device's outer beauty, get it?), but as simple as it sounds, this Norwegian startup has been working on this technology with Xiaomi since the end of 2014.

"Qualcomm tried to do this, but they pulled out of this market," Elliptic Labs CEO Laila Danielsen told Engadget. "We know that many other smartphone manufacturers have been trying to do that, but they're not able to because it's really difficult," she added, referring to how you'd need a sophisticated algorithm to address the distortion when the signal travels through glass.

Danielsen believes that a Norwegian company like hers is more likely to succeed in this field thanks to the local expertise on ultrasound technology, which is used in the region for fishing, healthcare and seismic analysis. Now, with the launch of the Mi MIX, Elliptic Labs is apparently already 16 to 18 months ahead of the competition as it has the automatic testing tools plus scalability. Its next goal: to bring ultrasonic gesture control to smartphones as well.

The rest of the Mi MIX is just as impressive. This Android phone features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset clocked at 2.35GHz, along with either 4GB or 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM, 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.0 storage, a massive 4,400mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 support, a fingerprint reader, NFC, HD audio playback, a 16-megapixel main camera and a tiny custom-made 5-megapixel selfie camera (the module is half the size of conventional ones). Like the Mi Note 2, the Mi MIX also supports LTE Cat 11 with download speeds of up to 600Mbps using tri-carrier aggregation.

Combining these great specs with such an ambitious design, it's only fair for Barra to call this phone the "Formula One" product from Xiaomi. Still, there's no doubt that the Chinese company will also continue to serve the mainstream market -- after all, it does have some catching up to do if it wants to gain Chinese marketshare. Even so, devices like the Mi MIX feel refreshing at a time when the market for phones -- and the rate of innovation, for that matter -- is otherwise slowing.

The Mi MIX will be available in China on November 4th. The base model costs 3,499 yuan (around $516), while the top-end model -- which sports 18-karat gold rims around the main camera and fingerprint reader -- is priced at 3,999 yuan, or about $590. These cost a good deal more than what Xiaomi usually asks for, but given the unique design and specs, the price is still reasonable compared to other phones, and the phone will probably indeed sell well in a country where Xiaomi has already won many fans.

 

[baqai]

screen size is too big else i would had ordered this, ended up ordering a Nexus 6p which still is a kick *** phone and right now at a great value, Pixel is too expensive for me, i prefer having 5.5" screen

 

[AndrewJin]

I think the release of Mi Mix is a huge threat to other high-end phones in China,
especially the coming Huawei Mate 9.
I am not sure if the effect is as big as DJI Mavic on GoPro Karma.....

@Chinese-Dragon @cnleio @Zain Malik @Lure @Kaptaan @Götterdämmerung @grey boy 2 @Two et al

screen size is too big else i would had ordered this, ended up ordering a Nexus 6p which still is a kick *** phone and right now at a great value, Pixel is too expensive for me, i prefer having 5.5" screen

Brands you mention have nearly zero market here in China though Nexus 6p is in cooperation with Huawei.

 

[cirr]

Scalpers are going to have a field day if the rumoured monthly shipment of 10000 units turns out to be true.

 

[艹艹艹]

screen size is too big else i would had ordered this, ended up ordering a Nexus 6p which still is a kick *** phone and right now at a great value, Pixel is too expensive for me, i prefer having 5.5" screen

too big ？
iphone7 plus：158.2 mm*77.9 mm*7.3 mm
xiaomi mix ： 158.8 mm*81.9 mm*7.9 mm

 

[AndrewJin]

Scalpers are going to have a field day if the rumoured monthly shipment of 10000 units turns out to be true.

Possibly....I don't think we have the massive manufacturing capacity of such phones.