Mi Mix Alpha with Crazy Surround Display, 108MP Camera Goes Official

Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha launched for 19,999 yuan in China

Xiaomi has a number of smartphone lineups and it's difficult to keep track of them at all times, but the Mi Mix series has always stood out with its innovative new features. We're well aware that Mi Mix was the one to imbibe the thought of bezel-less phones, moving to a slider design last twelvemonth, and well, information technology has completely changed the game with the launch of their 2d-gen concept smartphone – the Mi Mix Alpha.

Mi Mix Alpha: Specs and Features

Equally y'all can already tell from the header prototype, Mi Mix Alpha is not the traditional phone that we have been expecting it to exist. Instead, this is a second-gen concept phone from Xiaomi and it touts a premium Titanium construction – used for making the frame of the telephone more durable but lighter likewise. The camera panel on the rear is made using black-colored precision ceramic and the sensors are protected with sapphire glass – which is another first for Xiaomi.

While we all contemplated the Mi Mix Blastoff to sport a foldable screen or a waterfall 1, well, Xiaomi has taken a massive leap and vowed us with a new 4D surround curved display. It's a seven.92″ OLED panel with a resolution of 2088×2250 pixels. One of the highlights of the Mi Mix Alpha has to be the 180.6% screen-to-body ratio, which has been unheard on a smartphone to engagement.

Xiaomi trimmed down the bezels to the minimum (merely two.15mm), so at that place was no extra infinite for a speaker or sensors. They accept all been placed under the display. The Mi Mix Blastoff features screen sound technology to transmit audio by vibrating the display.

Well, another major concern that ane may have with curved screen phones is adventitious touches. Xiaomi says that information technology has taken measures to avoid the aforementioned and is using a multi-sensor assortment, paired with AI algorithms, to recognize the position of your fingers on the screen. Both the sides of the Mi Mix Alpha include pressure-sensitive buttons – similar to what we've seen on the Mate 30 Pro and Vivo NEX 3.

There is no side-frame on the Mi Mix Alpha, so all of the antennas (supports five major frequency bands for 5G connectivity) have been baked into the slim camera panel on the rear. This smartphone is powered by the Snapdragon 855 Plus, with the X50 modem for fast 5G connectivity, 12GB of RAM, and 512GB UFS 3.1 storage.

As for the cameras, y'all may have already guessed that there are 3 sensors aboard the new Mi Mix Alpha on the rear. It boasts a master 108MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor (making it the first smartphone with such a high-megapixel sensor). Information technology's a 1.33-inch sensor and information technology'southward one of the biggest sensors on a smartphone. Nosotros take already talked about the fact that the 108MP sensor captures photos at resolutions upwardly to 12032 ten 9024 pixels, which the Mi Gallery app has been updated to support. The file sizes can be expected to be effectually 40MB.

The 108MP main sensor has been coupled with a 20MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle lens, with 117-degree field-of-view (FOV). The sensor is capable of clicking macro shots upto 1.5cm, offering yous crisp item in close-ups. You as well take a 12MP portrait camera and we're currently unsure whether information technology's a telephoto sensor or depth sensor.

Mi Mix Alpha runs a custom MIUI pare, which includes updates to support the side display that shows the time, bombardment level, network, and other information. The whole edge lights upwardly when yous receive a notification, only what'south even more than impressive is that Mi Mix Alpha will wait a colorful glass slab when information technology's charging. I'one thousand not gonna lie, an "Oh Damnnnn!" escaped my mouth the instant I saw the phone and well, yous should cheque it out besides –

This smartphone comes equipped with a 4,050mAh battery with support for 40W wired charging – aforementioned as the Mi 9 Pro 5G. At that place's no info on wireless charging as of nonetheless, but we're of the opinion that it doesn't support information technology.

Price and Availability

Xiaomi has started small-scale-calibration trial production for the Mi Mix Alpha and information technology strives to kicking-start large-scale production (which should bring down the price equally well) of their concept phone past the end of this year.

The retail price tag of the Mi Mix Alpha has been set at a whopping 19,999 yuan (around Rs. two,00,000) during the trial period and it seems to be a fair price for all of the inquiry investment poured into this smartphone. You lot volition be able to go easily-on with this phone accommodating Xiaomi'southward Mi Home stores in Prc very soon.

So, practice you link the surround display design or would rather prefer a foldable phone? Let your thoughts flow in the comments down below.