Xiaomi Mi MIX Hands On – the future of smartphones?

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Xiaomi Mi MIX Hands On – the future of smartphones?

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All screen, all the time – that's the Xiaomi Mi MIX in a nutshell. Is it enough to make this behemoth of a phone give us a glimpse into our future?

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107 COMMENTS

Malik Shoebur - posted on October 29, 2016 6:50 am

The phones design looks nice but UI looks horrible

Anna - posted on November 14, 2016 8:57 am

Malik Shoebur Agreed

Emir Hafyzzuddin - posted on November 18, 2016 4:37 am

cm 14 come to papa

Emir Hafyzzuddin - posted on November 18, 2016 4:39 am

Ghassane Ibrahim El Hamzaoui mi mix is running on snapdragon 821 .the cm
dev will raise their hands on this beast

Emir Hafyzzuddin - posted on November 18, 2016 4:42 am

does mi mix running on marshmallo ?? i think xposed can be used in this

Alistair Jiang - posted on December 7, 2016 10:39 am

Malik Shoebur Agree with you. Downloading a better launcher is gonna be
necessary

sky ara - posted on October 29, 2016 6:56 am

Do you remember Sharp Aquos Crytal?

Yoghi Adhi Sri Bawono - posted on November 2, 2016 9:13 am

girlsdrinkfeck the edge is actually a 3d glass witch fool your visual
thinking it was edgeless. (it has actually). this one is true bezelless for
not ‘deceiving your eyes’. and still s7edge and mimix screen to body ratio
is different, xiaomi still win over the bezelless title. lol

girlsdrinkfeck - posted on November 2, 2016 3:10 pm

+Yoghi Adhi Sri Bawono er no the screen is actually moulded into a curve
too and Samsung did this several years ago

Vojtěch Hodek - posted on October 29, 2016 7:05 am

The phone is cheap because it is build in small quantities? It should be
the other way arround.

TrollTechRUS - posted on October 30, 2016 1:53 am

10000? because of the production difficulty? where did you get this info?

Jeferson Afonso - posted on October 30, 2016 7:48 am

Vojtěch Hodek it is cheap cause it is developed in china.

Torrey Ellison (Highgear1) - posted on October 30, 2016 4:35 pm

Lamborghini Venano only 3 made $4million each

Liqi Liang - posted on October 30, 2016 6:05 pm

+TrollTechRUS 10000 per month. It’s from the launch event. Just it’s in
Chinese

TrollTechRUS - posted on October 30, 2016 10:18 pm

+Liqi Liang Thanks!

selw0nk - posted on October 29, 2016 7:07 am

I bet the iPhone 8 will copy the bezel less screen next year.

Nayan Lad - posted on October 31, 2016 9:12 am

+sanshinron That would be wierd

Nayan Lad - posted on October 31, 2016 9:13 am

+sanshinron That would be wierd

Blake Briley - posted on November 30, 2016 7:06 pm

selw0nk nah iPhone 8 will be the same damn thing they have been doing since
they came out

X - posted on November 30, 2016 7:35 pm

+Blake Briley Is that you Marty?!

Blake Briley - posted on November 30, 2016 8:27 pm

X if that’s a joke it flew over my head and into a iPhone ????????????

ricky stewart - posted on October 29, 2016 7:08 am

why will they make a phone only for China and not for us its BS

Nikka M - posted on October 29, 2016 6:08 pm

ricky stewart Because it is a concept device, apparently the ceramic build
takes a long time to make and is not suitable for mass production. Plus,
the technology behind having almost no bezels (apparently they have
developed software to prevent accidental touches) is probably not mature
yet. The real World reviews will be interesting.

ricky stewart - posted on October 29, 2016 6:09 pm

+Nikka M yea cant wait

mink chen - posted on October 29, 2016 10:48 pm

We can’t buy it in China too.

Harry Lin - posted on October 30, 2016 2:34 am

They have the right to keep the best stuff only for domestic market, just
like Japan.

bunnyfreakz - posted on October 30, 2016 5:48 am

Because China have frikking 1,5 billion people. They probably want to focus
on that first instead establish a flagship stores and distributor overseas

Karim Sumar - posted on October 29, 2016 7:09 am

I think Xiaomi should release a 5.7″ which is about a sweet spot for
smartphone. Then market it globally.
128Gb”is great (No SD req)
6Gb RAM wow
Dual Sim would be nice
Dual speakers
Audio enhancement B&O
I would definitely buy…

Karim Sumar - posted on October 30, 2016 5:08 am

+myfeetaresoawesome
Nice.. Agreed hope Samsung are listening ????

Karim Sumar - posted on October 30, 2016 5:12 am

+Tyata Samrat
Nope. I own a Note 3 and recently returned Note7.
If it’s 6″ it’s a little big to fit in pocket. The point I am making is
keep 5.7″, reduce top and bottom bezel and the phone will fit perfectly.
You could probably go 5.8″ and still maintain a smaller form factor.
I now wait till Spring / Summer 2017 for Note 8.

Karim Sumar - posted on October 30, 2016 5:12 am

+Dieuduchao ⁽⁰⋅¹ᵏ⁾
Nice… Hope Samsung can do this for S8 and Note 8… ????

Dieuduchao ⁽⁰⋅¹ᵏ⁾ - posted on October 30, 2016 6:32 am

ye haha

AMD and Nvidia GPU vs Games - posted on November 4, 2016 5:13 am

mi note 2?

Keyrel Magura - posted on October 29, 2016 7:15 am

not bad at all, while some big great company got so many fat on the chin..
????

mlordy Æll - posted on October 31, 2016 4:51 am

MC_RG Gaming I’ve used an s7 edge it lags & most games are not even
playable with less than 30 fps. Lagdroids is a typical name for android
devices. Lmao the note 7 got beat by the year old 6S in performance.

mlordy Æll - posted on October 31, 2016 4:53 am

MC_RG Gaming & half of the apps are missing on the playstore lmao no
support no optimization, lack of updates. I can go on & on.

colbert chan - posted on October 31, 2016 10:30 am

Thats funny, i use xiaomi note for one year already, i play lots of games,
and it never lag. U should common after u use xiaomi products.

jesse särkkinen - posted on December 20, 2016 1:50 pm

mlordy Æll I’ve found out that only Samsung devices seem to get laggy… My
oneplus 2 and my brother’s nexus 5 have displayed no problems

Binjuice77 - posted on October 29, 2016 7:26 am

I wish the front camera was on the left side…

JW TC - posted on October 29, 2016 8:26 am

But it’s required u to rotate the phone which is causing u extra move..
After take picture u still need to rotate back the phone to normal
position.

Abel Agnes - posted on October 29, 2016 8:37 am

oh, a kpop stan

VanSanPro - posted on October 29, 2016 9:06 am

JW TC no physical space in the middle bottom as that is where the USB port
it. though maybe a little left or right of it would have been fine.
though there is probably an internal engineering reason to put it in the
corner.

JLM709 - posted on October 29, 2016 3:27 pm

Binjuice77 I would rather a full screen with no bezel and a button so a
camera would pop out!

Freddan0 - posted on October 30, 2016 9:35 am

JLM709 hahahahaha

otis ellis - posted on October 29, 2016 7:39 am

Make this 5.5 inches and I’d buy it.

Rose Shine - posted on October 29, 2016 10:05 pm

otis ellis I agree.I wish it was smaller for my small hands

Dishant Malhotra - posted on October 30, 2016 5:01 am

actually its the same size as iphone 7 plus but because there are no bezels
the screen looks huge and to be honest 5.5 inch also looks kinda big to me
its definately not for single hand use.

PS4Addiction - posted on October 31, 2016 5:41 am

otis ellis Mi Note 2 is also amazing

Serhat “Bert” Tonbul - posted on November 14, 2016 7:38 am

otis ellis 5.5 is my current sweet spot. I can probably go 5.7 but the
screen in this seem ridiculous to be pocketable. Who knows. I said the same
thing regarding 5.5 inches. It’s easy to get used to a larger screen saying
the same for the opposite however is rarely true

Arvin Ji - posted on November 22, 2016 11:43 am

Xiao mi is actually gonna do that, just wait for it.

MrDefeater94 - posted on October 29, 2016 7:40 am

I’d buy this immediately if it ran stock Android. Not interested in their
heavily skinned UI.

PETRISOR M - posted on October 30, 2016 7:35 am

MrDefeater94 stock Android is horrible for 90% of users. MIUI brings a lot
to the table and is very simple to use. Stock Android simply.. Doesn’t have
any features. It’s just bald.

PS4Addiction - posted on October 31, 2016 5:43 am

MrDefeater94 MIUI amazing

areeb1296 - posted on November 1, 2016 9:59 pm

+Amr Tawakol Stock Android is the cleanest and the best looking imo. Looks
are subjective.
Having stock android also enables you to get immediate updates.
Yes Stock android lacks customization, that’s why I prefer cyanogenmod
which is basically stock android with bunch of useful features.

Emmit - posted on November 9, 2016 4:27 pm

MrDefeater94 just download Google now launcher…

Nischay K - posted on November 10, 2016 3:22 am

Google now launcher isnt good. You should try Nova Launcher.

Karly Johnston - posted on October 29, 2016 7:51 am

They can keep the price so low because they only make it in limited
quantities? Do economics not exist in China?

ravatorix's life - posted on October 30, 2016 7:36 am

김승준 I was thinking that

Victor Muthoka - posted on October 30, 2016 7:42 am

Karly Johnston this here’s what you call a loss leader. Lose $ on the
flashy one, gain reputation & make $ on the lesser models.

Arjel Apan - posted on October 30, 2016 6:48 pm

correct.. thats also what i am thinking about…

Scott Jing - posted on November 6, 2016 7:15 am

well, xiaomi products r famous for its incredible low price, their slogan
is make everyone enjoy the happiness that technology brings

qqiang wang - posted on October 29, 2016 8:13 am

6GRAM 256GB 6.33inch scream with that design and selling at 500 dollars !!!
That moment you realized that how apple google samsung have been stealing
our money ..

Snperidragon88 Hi - posted on November 10, 2016 5:02 pm

Lol we do get tiny 4.7 inch, shifty low 750p resolution, and 32gb for $699
for a iphone

Crush Anime anime - posted on November 16, 2016 9:26 am

qqiang wang first off it’s not 500$ so you’re a troll right now.

Food Stamp - posted on December 5, 2016 2:30 pm

Crush Anime anime Depending on which one you go for depends on the price.
The lesser version is slightly over 500 bucks U.S. dollars

Paradiso - posted on December 11, 2016 2:35 am

Food Stamp It’s actually selling at around $1.1k now thanks to resellers

Food Stamp - posted on December 11, 2016 8:01 am

+Paradiso I know that’s what people are selling them for on ebay

JW TC - posted on October 29, 2016 8:18 am

Xiaomi send 1 unit for MKBHD to. Review… But AA need to fly to China just
for this review.

boek dancer - posted on October 29, 2016 9:38 am

IAmNotALegend yeah i think what he meant was Mi *sent* the phone to MKBHD
whereas this dude needed to fly to China

Gloria Jin - posted on October 29, 2016 10:44 am

Or mkbhd asked for one.

Bell Fake - posted on October 29, 2016 10:52 am

Poor guy,he could ask one if he negotiate with xiaomi. Many Chinese medias
recieved one when it released

alexdiezg - posted on October 29, 2016 1:28 pm

JW TC none of them made a review…

kaz3d - posted on November 8, 2016 8:53 am

AA went to the unveiling. Wouldn’t you rather go overseas, to an actual
unveiling, get to watch the presentation, see and hold many handsets, speak
technical to Xiaomi staff and other tech-heads? or would you rather be a
loner at home taking videos of a phone? its all about perspective my friend.

ArJuN Mangal - posted on October 29, 2016 8:52 am

If APPLE put all these spec’s in iPhone. They gonna sell it for $2999

Albatross I - posted on November 5, 2016 12:36 am

Yes exactly.this is the best phone

JustDigIt - posted on November 5, 2016 7:32 am

No, Apple will come out with these specs in 2020-2021 and they will claim
it as their own invention.

Bobcat Sykes - posted on December 7, 2016 7:32 am

Actually in China this device sells for ￥4600 , and iPhone 7 Plus 128G
sells for ￥7188. Still much cheaper than iPhone 7 Plus, but iPhone have a
better user’ s experience.

Peter L - posted on December 19, 2016 2:24 am

This is no doubt the biggest bang for the buck. As for a better user
experience, pretty sure millions of Android users would disagree with you,
especially Mi system runs a lighter version of Android that is simpler and
less power consuming

King Cola - posted on October 29, 2016 9:08 am

Next step: Get rid of the bottom bezel.

mikee dawn - posted on October 30, 2016 10:29 am

King Cola and capture selfies by back camera.. thats nice

faisalee - posted on November 9, 2016 10:00 am

Or make a rotating camera module that can be flipped to the front for
selfies 🙂

Nischay K - posted on November 9, 2016 10:02 am

A flap like structure

Nischay K - posted on November 9, 2016 10:02 am

So you would need only one camera

Anoop Bharat - posted on October 29, 2016 10:29 am

Every one at xda knows how optimised the MiUi is :P

shubham saxena - posted on October 30, 2016 7:39 am

Randy Jr Arrubio ??

Arvydas Andrius - posted on October 30, 2016 3:47 pm

what about miui optimization, is it that good?

Anoop Bharat - posted on October 31, 2016 2:49 am

Main issues with Xiaomi devices are RAM usage and Heating issue due to
which they provide larger batteries.

PS4Addiction - posted on October 31, 2016 5:42 am

Anoop Bharat I have never had any heating issues with Xiaomi and I have 4
Xiaomi phones.

shubham saxena - posted on October 31, 2016 5:45 am

Anoop Bharat I have redmi note 3 with mini 8 and memory usage is not that
high as compared to previous mini ROMs like 6 and 7 ..5 was the best ..

Cody King - posted on October 29, 2016 12:27 pm

6.4″ screen, Snapdragon 821, 128 GB storage, and 4 GB RAM for the REGULAR
version!

Guus van bolderen - posted on October 30, 2016 4:27 am

I have the vernee apollo LITE since a few days. I never knew that something
that is a lite edition would have 4gb ram and a 10core…. I love china
phones

alexdiezg - posted on October 30, 2016 7:02 am

+Guus van bolderen I checked the specs, looks amazing!

Guus van bolderen - posted on October 30, 2016 7:09 am

+alexdiezg even better is that they have regular updates too! We’ll
probably see nougat in December or the end of November

alexdiezg - posted on October 30, 2016 7:17 am

+Guus van bolderen Wow! That’s awesome!

Iordan Boby - posted on November 25, 2016 6:29 pm

a fost 🙂

shee loon lai - posted on October 29, 2016 4:09 pm

how does small quantity production keep the cost low? I thought it usually
the opposite. Mass production lower cost.

Vinzenz Ul - posted on October 30, 2016 9:55 am

HighEndMe xiaomi is big compared too any company

shee loon lai - posted on October 30, 2016 2:30 pm

+HighEndMe I’m pretty sure when business talk abt cost per unit it includes
everything like the machine and labour. Otherwise it will be pointless.

Gage Groff - posted on October 30, 2016 6:44 pm

shee loon lai this is a marketing product it’s to build hype and show
people what Xiaomi is capable of. every phone is a loss of profit but it
will be more than made up for the other phones they make and all the added
customers it will bring in. kind of what Sony and Microsoft do to their
cheap cosole prices which operate at 200-300 loss from the start but make
up for it in the games they sell to you.

Defensive Wounds - posted on October 31, 2016 3:38 am

Yeah sony was at a $200 loss for every PS3 they sold for most of a decade –
only last year did they finally break even then start to make a slight
profit from it! lol

Kildras - posted on November 5, 2016 1:51 am

This is different, xiaomi isn’t losing money by producing this but they are
saying they produce low volume to keep low cost, that’s something entirely
different

haarp2012 - posted on October 31, 2016 2:00 pm

they can keep the price low because it’s only going to be made in small
quantities. Er, excuse me? Shouldn’t that be the other way around?

Mztr.Dros Enterainment - posted on November 13, 2016 4:56 pm

less upfront overhead to make big quantities…”quality over quantity”

haarp2012 - posted on November 14, 2016 10:27 am

+Mztr.Dros Enterainment But isn’t most of the cost of a new hi tech product
taken up by R&D, so the more you sell the quicker you cover that cost?
However, I can see merit in your posting. I suppose the less raw materials
you use, the less your overheads will be on the manufacturing side.

Mztr.Dros Enterainment - posted on November 15, 2016 1:14 pm

+haarp2012
think its cus they have alot models too
, every company setup diff either they make they own materials or from
third party, but the more you have to produce upfrpnt first not sure of
sales costly

haarp2012 - posted on November 15, 2016 1:28 pm

+Mztr.Dros Enterainment Making their own materials, from their own
factories? Do you know what, I think you’ve hit the nail right on the head
there. The economies of scale which Chinese hi tech companies have, in
sourcing so much of their production from raw materials to finished
product, literally didn’t even occur to me. That explains how such a
business model can work. Cheers for the heads up, mate! Maybe I’m a bit
anal, but it was driving me nuts trying to think how they could maintain
such a business model for this niche product. Now I know!

Mztr.Dros Enterainment - posted on November 15, 2016 1:33 pm

Good man, we all learning. late.