Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Full Review (Hands On)

Xiaomi Mi MIX3
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When Xiaomi first introduced Mi MIX in 2016, it wasn't like any other smartphone we had seen all display, all screen. The Mi MIX was supposed to represent the future and quite literally push the boundaries of phones as we know that not long thereafter others followed suit each with a different approach: this kind of notch, that kind of notch, no notch, pop up camera, pop up camera slide up camera and it's 2018 and Xiaomi takes a bold steps into the future with this phone.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Display

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Full Review
Hi, this is our Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 hands-on and it's first three attempts Xiaomi approach to borderless design involved moving the selfie camera down here which meant the phones upper half looked of the future while its bottom half not so much. With a front camera that was both awkward and impractical for iterations later, however, and Xiaomi fully embraces full borderless by hiding the camera completely. This gives the phone at 93.4% screen to body ratio and it brings users closer to show them these original vision for the phone computing on a single slab of glass, no matter which way you look at it. There's no denying that a Nautilus all display phone is gorgeous.

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Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Design

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Full Review
But while this solution solves one problem does it create another the front camera system on the Mi MIX 3 is tucked away in here he snapped the display down to bring the camera up similar to what we saw from off earlier this year, but without the motorized mechanism instead, the mechanism employees magnets for a bit of resistance and snap Xiaomi says this design is more durable. It's pretty satisfying. Actually and Xiaomi CEO Lei June says it can double as a fidget spinner. So we did the math. If you're planning to use this phone for say three years, then you get about 275 snaps like this per day. Guess how many we've done in this video? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Camera

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Full Review
I guess only time will tell if these claims will hold true apart from looking good Xiaomi says is chosen this sliding for factor with photography in mind, so it makes sense that the phone comes with pretty good cameras. All in all you get for two on it back into up front it's dual 12 megapixel rear cameras are arranged vertically on the phones back and not built into the slider. One of these is a two times zoom lens. These cameras are highly rated on dx. So Mark a subjective but still a pretty good measure of smartphone camera performance. The phone is now the third highest ranked smartphone camera tied with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and one point above the non Pro. While way to 20 compared to last year's model. Photo quality has improved as can be seen in the side by side. We thought we'd also throw in some comparisons versus the Pixel 3 XL, iPhone Xs Max, and the Huawei Mate 24.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 More Features For Camera And Video

Some new features include night mode, which works similarly to the handheld, long exposure night shots that are available on the Huawei Mate 20 and P 20 series. Just select night mode, hit the shutter button and hold the phone steady until the timer makes a complete circle that takes about two seconds. Resulting images look like this. This which is brighter versus the same photos taken without any help. Cameras still built in new tab over here to turn it on a mode will usually boost color and saturation. I personally prefer to just leave it off want to see more here are more sample photos who shot around Beijing on the video front there's also super slow mo 960 frames per second video capture like on the recent galaxy and experience smartphones here are some samples we shot on a blustery Today in Beijing upfront the mics three has a 24 megapixel selfie camera with a second camera to assist with portrait blurb. This enables some fun portrait features that you can add after the fact like adjusting background blur, adding light trails and studio lighting effects that look like this. We personally love the light fills feature because you can create videos like this one. And if done right can look pretty trippy. Also just for kicks and giggles.

There's a feature called Magic Mirror rich rates are mug on a scale of one to 10 but I think it's not working right because Come on. Show me Justin 8.2. The front cameras also double as a face unlock system one setup you just slide the display down and the phone locks that quick. There's also a fingerprint sensor in the usual place at the back of the phone I'm lot of times are fast as well just like its predecessors.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Specs and Features and Looks


The Mi MIX 3 is a handsome phone with the right amount of curves and a ceramic finish. It looks good from any angle. Apart from the usual black comes into extra colors sapphire blue and this really interesting shade called Jade green that looks like well. A Chinese jade bracelet. The phone is taller and narrower than the mix two is easier to wrap my palms around. It's also curvier and less boxy. The ceramic finishes still a smudge magnet and can be slippery at times the phone's got an extra button on its left hand side in China.
Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Full Review
I were told that Xiaomi is trying to work with Google to make this a dedicated Google Assistant button in time for the phones global release. Although that news has yet to be confirmed. Wouldn't it be also cooling. They gave us the option to remap this button to anything that we've like a dual 4G Nano SIM card slot slides out of the left hand side, but there's no expandable memory appear. carved into the top bezel is an earpiece. When you slide the display down you'll find a set of speakers underneath. Bottom firing speakers and a USB port are down below. Sorry folks doesn't look like the headphone jack is making a comeback for those that demand it. Here's the mix threes spec sheet pause if you'd like to keep reading let's talk about it screen first. After all, this is the essence of this phone. This ammo LED display. Does the phone justice everything pops out at you or is it the other way around? It draws you in colors are vibrant text is crisp and viewing angles are great.

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Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 RAM, Storage, And Performance

Although just like any of these phones with this taller aspect ratio videos aren't designed to fill the entire screen, kind of defeating the purpose of immersive entertainment. So when you're watching YouTube, for example, you can pinch to fill the screen, but expect some content to be cropped out the Mi max three runs on Qualcomm's top of the line system, on a chip in our time with the phone, everything felt quick and snappy. And games like Tobi were set to best by default, and can be pumped up to ultra without any noticeable lag. The phone will come in different configurations starting with a six gigabyte plus one to eight gigabyte model. That's double the amount of based storage from last year. But it can go all the way to a whopping 10 gigabytes of RAM and 256 gigabytes of storage.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Battery And Wireless Charging

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Full Review
That's a bit overkill and it's probably just there for bragging rights powering the devices, a 3200 milliamp hour battery, not the biggest we've seen this year. And to be honest, for a heavy user like me, probably not enough in the day we use our pre retail unit around Beijing. The phone lasted around Eight hours with just about four hours of screen on time. Like its predecessor, the phone supports wireless charging, but an even better news they include a wireless charger in the box a really nice touch Xiaomi other brands should pay attention not removing accessories but adding them to see what else comes in the box you can click over here to watch our and boxing video.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Price

One thing I will tell you is that it's an interesting piece of tech still with bits and pieces of that future. Xiaomi envision this phone to represent this slide in camera is a novel idea, but I'm still curious to see if that idea will stick or if other brands can come up with even better solutions to the No, not all display dilemma. Xiaomi is also promising that European versions of the Mi MIX 3 will have 5G network connectivity built in sometime in early 2019. It would have been nice to have seen water resistance and a bigger longer lasting battery. But at $475 the same price as last year's model. This phone is definitely worth considering if it's available in your country. And that was our Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 hands on and full review.

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