Xiaomi MIX Flip - the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Flip Phone , Xiaomi 14 same trio (Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 , LPDDR5X, UFS 4.0 all together), the largest of the Flip Phones 4.01-inch external screen, the Leica Optics Summilux large aperture lens that the Flip Phone never had, and the 4,780mAh Kinshasa battery that the Flip Phone rarely had.
In short, what you can think of in the small fold, Xiaomi this time a brain all give you.
Here, Xiaomi MIX Flip also accidentally created two records of Xiaomi Smartphone:
The external screen is 4.01 inches, almost as big as Xiaomi Smartphone1, the smallest Xiaomi Smartphone in terms of screen size, and the internal screen is 6.86 inches, bigger than any other Xiaomi Smartphone in the market.
It feels great in the hand, both open and closed, which was the goal of the Xiaomi MIX Flip when it was first conceived. In the actual hands-on experience, we found that its front and back full depth micro-curvature design really creates a great feel in the hand.
Unfolded, it's as thin as 7.6mm (glass version) and 192g lighter. comparing it to our usual iPhone 15 Pro Max, the Xiaomi MIX Flip has a larger screen size while weighing 19g lighter and being 2.7mm narrower in width.
So, in its closed state, its full-size versatile large external screen is a small-screen party home screen, and you can totally take it for one-handed daily use.
And unfolded, it's a true flagship no less, with a bigger screen and more to play with than traditional flagships.
Don't worry, of course I know you all care about its actual performance. The actual test to see the real chapter, let's see if it can really match the name of the beautiful little god machine.
I, appearance: both inside and outside the screen are excellent with the flagship of the same hinge program
The straight screen form is equipped with a 6.86-inch screen, covered with UTG ultra-thin flexible glass, which is 2.25 times stronger than CPI, making it more flat and durable.
It uses C8+ LTPO light-emitting material, with a resolution of 2912×1224, 460 PPI, a display ratio of 21.4:9, maximum support for 120Hz refresh rate, peak brightness can be as high as 3200nit, and it has professional original color, cross eco-similar color, as well as Dolby Vision lookback.
In terms of eye protection, it supports 2160Hz PWM+DC dimming, as well as rhythmic eye protection, which dynamically adjusts brightness and color temperature, and has passed the Rheinland Strobe-free Certification, Rheinland Low Blue Light Certification, and Rheinland Rhythmic Eye Protection Certification.
It measures 167.5 x 74.02 x 7.6mm in the unfolded state and weighs 192g.
The colorway we got is white, with the top portion being the outer screen that houses the rear camera, and the bottom half of the white back panel using a glittery sand process with coarser grains to bring an ethereal and sparkling look and feel to the device.
The size of the external screen is 4.01 inches, with a full equal-depth micro-curved screen spread across the entire front, and the extreme four-narrow-edge design brings a visual feeling similar to that of a straight flagship.
In terms of specifications, the same use of C8 + light-emitting materials, resolution of 1932 × 1208, 16:9 display ratio, both and the external screen is the same 460 PPI, 120Hz refresh rate, 3200nit peak brightness.
In the dimming strategy to support global DC dimming, the surface is equipped with Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass, drop resistance performance than traditional glass increased by 10 times.
The rear camera is a dual-camera solution consisting of a 50-megapixel main camera + 50-megapixel telephoto.
Xiaomi MIX Flip using the spindle, for the MIX Fold 4 the same core material of Xiaomi Dragon armor architecture, for 1800MPa high strength steel and super wear-resistant carbon ceramic steel composition, through the SGS high reliability folding quality gold standard certification, human factors folding design gold standard certification.
The small hole on top of the spindle is independent Mic, with the micro-seam earpiece on the top of the screen, so that it can also make and receive calls in the folded state, without having to turn on the hands-free mode, which is the only Smartphone in the industry to realize the independent call function in the folded form.
The folded thickness is at 15.99mm.
The Xiaomi MIX Flip's center frame is made from the same high-strength aluminum alloy as the 14 Ultra.
The power button on the side has integrated fingerprint recognition, and the top and bottom come with 3Mic, dual diaphragm dipole speakers, as well as the usual USB-C port, and SIM card slot.
The 67W charger included in the package.
II, folding screen features experience: three forms freely switch mainstream APP are supported
-Different forms
Xiaomi MIX Flip supports 45~120° free hovering, so that it can realize three different flexible forms of upward, downward and hanging shots.
Equipped with high-quality rear images, thus meeting the user's photographic needs in different scenarios. For example, in scenic spots, without the help of others, just adjust the angle and place it on the ground, so that you can realize the freedom of shooting.
--Exterior Screen Experience
In terms of use, Xiaomi's HyperOS has been optimized for the external screen, which can be used for lock screen style, widgets, apps adding and deleting operations, etc., enriching the experience.
Installed APPs can be added here if they are adapted to the external screen. From the experience, the highly installed Jitterbugs, Beili Beili, Little Red Book, Gaode Maps, Baidu Maps, as well as all kinds of online shopping and takeout APPs, are still excellent in terms of adaptability.
The actual experience, the external screen for third-party APP compatibility, can display the complete application, the ratio of 16:9, highly close to the iPhone 4, the application part of the display without blocking, no cropping, can fully meet the daily brush Smartphone use needs.
The lower left corner is officially called the smart window, which can display different categories of cards such as weather, clock, calendar, health, music, recent tasks, etc., maximizing the use of the screen area in the lower left corner.
Input experience, the smart window part will be put away to make way for the keyboard, maximizing the advantages of the external screen, when using QQ/WeChat and other social apps, you can enjoy a consistent typing experience with the big screen.
III, performance and games: “King of Glory”, “Genshin Impact” 1 hour can be full frame Maximum temperature 42.5 ℃
Xiaomi MIX Flip is equipped with a contemporary flagship core - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 , with a new 1 + 5 + 2 core architecture, CPU, compared with the previous generation peak performance increased by 30%, power consumption decreased by 34%; GPU core size again increased by 20%, peak performance increased by 30%, the Power consumption decreased by 38%, AI performance increased by 98%, power consumption decreased by 43%.
And with the full-blooded version of LPDDR5X + full-blooded version of UFS 4.0, forming a flagship three-piece set.
Due to its own special body shape, in order to perform fully, Xiaomi MIX Flip redesigned the three-dimensional heat dissipation system, using a 3500mm2 step design large VC, coupled with a double-layer large-area graphene flexible material, and filled with aerogel material in the VC step position to allow for higher thermal conductivity efficiency, while also strongly insulating heat generated at the SoC position from being conducted upward to the inner screen .
We got the 12GB+256GB version, and in order to realize the potential of the Xiaomi MIX Flip, performance mode was turned on for performance and gaming tests.
--Performance Test
Xiaomi MIX Flip got a total score of 1862679 in AnTuTu V10, with CPU sub-score of 402484, GPU sub-score of 748995, MEM of 395076 and UX of 316124.
In the single CPU test Geekbench 6, the single core score was 2107 and the multi-core score was 6429.
---Game Tests
1, King of Glory
In King of Glory, the frame rate was changed to high, the resolution was changed to ultra-high, and the total quality of the screen was extreme for a 5V5 battle.
1 hour average frame rate 119.6 FPS, average power consumption 2.92W, energy efficiency ratio 41.1 FPS/W.
The highest temperature of the outer screen is 39.1 ℃, and the highest temperature of the center frame is 42.5 ℃.
2. Peaceful Elite
In Peaceful Elite, the screen quality was changed to smooth and the frame rate setting was changed to smooth.
1 hour average frame rate 59.85 FPS, average power consumption 2.41W, energy efficiency ratio 24.9 FPS/W.
The highest temperature of the outer screen 38.8 ℃, the highest temperature of the middle frame 40.1 ℃.
3. Genshin Impact
On the basis of Genshin Impact preset very high quality, change the frame rate to 60 fps.
The test was conducted on the map Fontaine, using fast-moving characters like Night Orchid and Early Grapefruit to run the map for 1 hour, under the following conditions: half an hour in Fontaine's main city, 15 minutes in Fontaine's wilderness, and 15 minutes in Fontaine's underwater map.
The Xiaomi MIX Flip performed very consistently, giving a final average of 59.16 FPS.
The average power consumption was at 4.12W, and the energy efficiency ratio reached 14.3 FPS/W.
Against the regular performance of other straight-screen machines, which is 45°C in the mainstream, the Xiaomi MIX Flip's outer screen temperature is only 39.9°C and the center frame 41.7°C.
From the temperature performance of the above three games, Xiaomi MIX Flip is not the pursuit of extreme performance release, reasonable scheduling with a step design large VC + heat + thermal insulation combined form of heat dissipation, priority to ensure stable operation of the game, but also improve the user's perception of the heat in the touch screen, an hour of pressure test can also be easily held.
IV, image experience: Leica Optical Summilux lens support Facing the night scene easily out of the film
In terms of camera specifications, the Xiaomi MIX Flip is equipped with a Leica Optics Summilux lens, and uses ultra-low-reflective nano-coating, lens edge inking, and IRCF spin-coating process filters to optically mitigate ghosting and flare issues.
The main camera is a 50-megapixel Leica primary camera, model Xiaomi's customized Light Hunter 800 sensor, with specifications of a large f/1.7 aperture, 1/1.55 sensor size, 13.2 EV native ultra-dynamic range, 4-in-1 2μm fusion megapixels, and support for OIS Optical Stabilization.
As well as a 50MP Leica floating telephoto with f/2.0 large aperture, support for closest focus distance of 9cm.
--Main Camera
Due to the rainy daytime in Zhengzhou, it provides difficulties for shooting scenes, but the performance of the night scene is eye-catching, both the color and style are satisfactory, accurately record the light and shadow information of the current environment, noise control is excellent, there will be no overexposure, ghosting and other problems, and a casual shot is enough to produce a film.
-- Telephoto
The telephoto lens on the Xiaomi MIX Flip is also a great experience, keeping the same color grading style as the main camera to retain enough detail. After the focal length crop, it can better highlight the subject being photographed.
V, charging and battery life: 38 minutes to full blood can provide 11.4 hours of life time
Xiaomi MIX Flip built-in is 4780mAh Jinshajiang battery, using silicon carbon negative pole material and energy tank technology, so as to achieve to reach the energy density of 779Wh / L, so that the Flip Phone also has a large capacity, but also to support the maintenance of 80% of the battery life after 1600 cycles. While the battery is bigger, it can also support 67W high-speed priority second charging.
Xiaomi MIX Flip is also equipped with Xiaomi Surge R1 Dual Battery Equalization Chip and Xiaomi Surge G1 Battery Management Chip, which brings stronger charge/discharge management capability and longer battery life.
--Charge Test
Charging test starts from 10% charge, 15 minutes charge to 50%, 25 minutes charge to 78%.
After 90% it enters trickle charging, which slows down significantly, charging at this stage takes about 10 minutes to get to 100%.
The total time from 5% charge to fully charged was 38 minutes.
--Battery life test
For the battery life test, we use a professional battery life test tool - Battery Dog by Fast Tech.
In the test program, the default will be carried out to 20% of the power test, at the same time, including CPU high pressure, CPU multi-threading, AI recognition, image browsing, video playback and web browsing of all test items will be checked, through the simulation of the user's use of scenarios, to restore the real load to the greatest extent possible, infinitely close to the real power consumption.
During the test, Battery Dog automatically adjusts the screen brightness to 50%, turns off auto-brightness, and adjusts the volume to 30% in order to keep the environmental variables uniform across all models and to ensure the accuracy of the test results.
After testing the Battery Doggy to 20% charge remaining, a battery life of 9 hours and 8 minutes was obtained.
After conversion, the full-blooded state can provide 11.4 hours of intermittent use, has been comparable to the performance of the straight Smartphone.
VI, summary: the beautiful little god phone is true to its name! The most perfect Flip Phone so far
After some testing experience, combined with the performance of the previous competitors folding screen, we believe that this is the most perfect Flip Phone in the Chinese Smartphone market so far, and the beautiful little god machine is worthy of its name.
First of all, the biggest progress of Xiaomi MIX Flip is that it solves the fatal injury of the previous Flip Phone's pseudo-flagship and weak performance.
Throughout the domestic Flip Phone market, the current competitors are generally used Snapdragon 8 +, Tengui 9200 and other last generation or even last generation of chips, its performance is naturally also Snapdragon 8 Gen3 incomparable.
In this test, as the first domestic Flip Phone equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen3, the Xiaomi MIX Flip shows a performance comparable to the flagship level.
And we noticed that Xiaomi MIX Flip did not just pursue the ultimate release of performance, but found a balance between user experience and power consumption control.
After Xiaomi's tuning, it achieved 59.16 FPS in the 1-hour hardware killer “Genshin Impact”, which exceeded expectations. Facing other mainstream handheld games on the market, it is naturally a passable performance.
Secondly, the second pain point that Xiaomi MIX Flip solves is the battery life of the traditional Flip Phone.
Thanks to the 4780mAh battery, Xiaomi MIX Flip battery dog (100%-20%) ran out of 9 hours, under normal load can fully meet the normal use of the day.
Third, the Xiaomi MIX Flip shows a high degree of hardware and software matching and industrial design maturity.
Its largest external screen in the industry is not a vase, and its practicality is very impressive. Even when folded down to as small as a cosmetic case, users can still smoothly perform video browsing, online shopping ordering and even takeaway ordering on its 4.01-inch screen.
Reasonable partition planning, about 3.5 inches of 16:9 full application display area, make this external screen is very close to the iPhone 4, coupled with the Hyper OS flexible framework, the current 200 + commonly used apps can be run on the external screen in 16:9 ratio perfectly, which is not any other Flip Phone has ever done.
Moreover, Xiaomi has optimized the layout of the input method for high-frequency chatting scenarios, ensuring that it can be operated with one hand.
In short, the Xiaomi MIX is a small-screen favorite, and the Xiaomi MIX is a true flagship.
To sum up, Xiaomi MIX Flip not only realizes the freedom of switching between large and small screens, but also meets the standard of straight flagship smartphones in many dimensions, such as performance, battery life, and photography, etc. For those who had reservations about the Flip Phone screen smartphone, I believe that Xiaomi MIX Flip will break their inherent concepts. their inherent concepts.
In recent years, compared to the rapid progress of the Fold Phone, Flip Phone market seems a little lukewarm.Counterpoint Research data report shows that in the first quarter of 2024, China's Fold Phones shipments grew 91% year-on-year, while the vertical Flip Phone model shipments fell 1% year-on-year.
The fate of which is that the Flip Phone market has been a lack of breakthrough innovative products, resulting in the lack of motivation for users to change the machine.Flip Phone “beautiful little waste” of the name, although slightly exaggerated, but also reflects the intuitive psychology of users to treat this category. Before this, some manufacturers have already stopped releasing new Flip Phone screen products, or even directly cut down this category, which shows that the competition is fierce.
Xiaomi chose this time to enter the Flip Phone position bayonet, after the first system, obviously has made sufficient preparation.
It can be said that with the release of Xiaomi MIX Flip, Flip Phone evolution road officially ushered in a watershed. Its appearance will also add potential energy and point out the direction for the development of domestic Flip Phone.
