The race to the perfect folding phone has been reignited in 2021, a few weeks after Huawei released its Mate X2, today Xiaomi has resurrected its Mi Mix series with the Mi Mix Fold, the company’s first commercial folding phone. Its design is similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series and one of those phones you will most likely not see at all anytime soon depending on your region.
The inner screen is an 8.01-inch 4:3 OLED panel with 2480 x 1860 resolution, a standard display brightness of 600 nits (900 peak), and support for Dolby Vision HDR. Xiaomi says the display is able to withstand being folded 200,000 times. The outer screen is 6.52-inches with a 90Hz refresh rate. Xiaomi is making big claims about the Mi Mix Fold’s audio capabilities, with four Harman Kardon-tuned speakers and what the company describes as 3D panoramic sound.
The Mi Mix Fold rock the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor paired with 12GB or 16GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of storage. The battery capacity is 5,020mAh, and Xiaomi says the 67W fast-charging system should get you a full charge in 37 minutes.
As another first, the Mi Mix Fold is the first phone to use liquid lens technology in its camera. This allows for a telephoto lens with a close focusing distance of 3cm and optical zoom of 3x, or 30x hybrid zoom. The rest of the camera system is comprised of a Samsung HMX 108-megapixel main sensor and a 13-megapixel ultrawide, which sounds like the same solid setup that’s on the Mi 11.
The Mi Mix Fold will initially be available in China with preorders starting today, and it’ll ship on April 16th. Prices start at around $1,521 for a model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, going all the way up to $1,978 for a 16GB / 512GB ceramic special edition.
