[The] MIX 2 is a nearly perfect smartphone – Designer Phillipe Starck
Xiaomi has officially launched the Mi MIX 2, and it has upped its game towards the trend with bezel-less phones. As designer Phillipe Starck explained, the Mi MIX 2 is smallerĀ and narrower than the original Mi MIX, while providing a bigger screen-to-body ratio. To start off, the Mi MIX 2 boasts of a smaller bottom chin, which is 12% less than the one compared to the original Mi MIX. A super black lens coating discreetly covers the front camera, located at the bottom right edge of the Mi MIX 2. Just like the original Mi MIX, the Mi MIX 2 makes use of a ceramic body and aluminum frame, with a decorative camera rim made from 18K Gold.
The Mi MIX 2 still uses the original Mi MIX’sĀ cantilever piezoelectric ceramic acoustic technology, but this time uses asound-guided speaker designĀ for better audio quality. By retaining this design, Xiaomi managed to hide the speaker and earpiece behind that gorgeous 5.99-inch IPS display.
For the camera, the Mi MIX 2 uses the same camera found in the Mi6: a 12-megapixel snapper with a flagship level Sony IMX386 sensor,Ā boasting of a 4-axisĀ optical image stabilization.
Powering the Mi MIX 2 is a Snapdragon 835 Processor, 6GB RAM,Ā 64/128/256GBĀ of internal storage, and 34oomAh battery.
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 specs
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor
- Qualcomm Adreno 540 graphics unit
- 6GB/8GB (Special Edition) RAM
- 5.99-inch IPS display, 18:9 aspect ratio
- 54GB/128GB/256GB of non-expandable storage
- 12-megapixel, f/2.0 Sony IMX386 rear camera with 4-axis optical stabilization
- 5-megapixel front camera
- Dual SIM, with 4G LTE, LTE-A
- Fingerprint sensor, USB Type-C port
- 3400mAh battery
The price for the Mi MIX 2 is as follows: RMB 3299 (~Php 25.8k) for the 6GB/64GB model, RMB 3599 (~Php 28.1K) for the 6GB/128GB model, and RMB 3999 (~Php 31.2k) for the 6GB/256GB model.
In addition to the regular Mi MIX 2 variants, there will be a Special EditionĀ variant, sporting 8GB of RAM,Ā 128GB of internal storage, and a full ceramic unibody design.Ā The Special Edition model will be available in black and whiteĀ for RMB 4699 (~Php 36.7K).