It’s finally here! For the last few weeks, we are hearing about a potential foldable smartphone from the house of Xiaomi. And, today finally the Chinese giants have unveiled their first foldable smartphone, namely, Mi MIX FOLD. It has been two big days for the company as they yesterday added more smartphones to their Mi 11 lineup including the Mi 11 Ultra which comes with a secondary screen at the back.
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The Mi MIX FOLD comes with two screens: one outer screen and a folding inner display. The inner screen is a larger 8.01-inch screen with WQHD resolution whereas the outer screen sports a 6.52-inch AMOLED panel with a screen resolution of 840 x 2,520 pixels. It also has a refresh rate of 90 Hz.
The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile processor and is coupled with 12GB or 16GB RAM and either 256GB or 512GB UFS 3.1 storage. It also comes with a quad-speaker system which is of Harman Kardon.
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In terms of optics, this foldable device features a quad-camera module on the back. It features a 108 MP Samsung HM2 main sensor, a 13 MP 123-degree FOV ultra-wide angle sensor, an 8 MP zoom sensor with 30x digital and an 8 MP macro camera.
For selfies, it offers a 20 MP front camera sensor. This sensor is placed at the bottom of the handset. Apart from this, the Mi MIX FOLD features a unique Butterfly cooling system.
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The device is packed with a powerful 5020 mAh battery cell, which is split into two 2,460 mAh cells and is paired with a 67W fast charging support. Though, the option of wireless charging is not present with this handset.
Mi MIX FOLD comes in three different storage variants. The base 12 GB + 256 GB variant is priced at 9,999 Yuan or about Rs 1.11 lakh. The 12 GB + 512 GB variant comes at a cost of 10,999 Yuan or about 1.22 lakh.
The top-most variant of the device has 16 RAM and 512 GB of internal storage and is priced at 12,999 Yuan or about Rs 1.45 lakh. The sale of the smartphone will start later in the year but you can preorder the device from 16th April.