The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled its new flagship smartphone named MI MIX 2s. MI MIX 2s is the successor to the original MI MIX. Mi Mix line up is known for pushing out groundbreaking designs with bezel-less display and premium Ceramic Body. Xiaomi MI Mix 2s looks similar to the last year’s Mi Mix 2 but it brings some major changes in the inside. Few years back with when Xiaomi Launched Mi Mix whole tech industry was surprised because it resembled the future of the smartphone. There are no words by Mi Nepal about the availability of this device but we can expect it to be here pretty soon.
There was a lot of discussion going on the leaks and renders of Mi Mix 2s. With the launch of Mi Mix 2s, no major changes in the design have been seen rather the internals has been updated to the best available on the market. With the launch of this series of devices, a lot of company following the footpath of Xiaomi and are investing on R&D and has launched concept phones some of with featured On-Screen Fingerprint reader, Bezel-less design, Quad-Camera, etc.
Mi Mix 2s featuring near bezel-less design has an 18:9 aspect display of 5.99-inch which covers almost entire of the phone. On the bottom a small chin holds the front-facing camera, under the hood you will find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC coupled with 6GB or 8GB of RAM and 64GB, 128GB and 256GB of onboard storage. Graphics are handled by Adreno 630 GPU. The fingerprint reader is placed on the back of the phone.
Xiaomi has packed a dual-camera setup on the back of the device in a vertical setup on the top left of the device, similar to the arrangement of the iPhone X. The dual-camera setup uses a 1.4-micron pixel Sony IMX363 sensor and will have dual-pixel autofocus technology along with the phase-detection system. The dual rear camera comes with a 12 MP camera sensor with f/2.0 aperture and another 12 MP camera sensor with f/2.0 aperture. The front of the device is equipped with a 5 MP camera sensor with an f/2.0 aperture. Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S will come with AI technology and ‘multi-frame noise reduction’ by which the camera can use both the software as well as hardware to cut the noise from the images. The company has added OIS to the camera this time.
The new Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s is backed up with 3400mAh battery, the device runs Android 8.0 Oreo on the top of MIUI 9. This time it Supports Wireless fast charging as well which most of us have waited. MI MIX 2s supports dual Nano Sim and supports 43 global mobile bands. Regarding connectivity option, Mi MIX 2s supports high-quality VoLTE calls, Bluetooth 5.0, 2.4/5G Wi-Fi, Fingerprint sensor. Other sensors like Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Electric compass, Ambient light sensor, Barometer.
It’s very hard to not be impressed with this package that Xiaomi has on offer on the Mi Mix 2s. As both the predecessor of this model has been launched in Nepal we can expect Mi Mix 2s to be available soon. The phone comes in two color options i.e black and white. The price of the base model with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage costs 3,299 Chinese Yuan (around $525). The top model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage costs 3,999 Chinese Yuan (around $640).
The price of Mi Mix 2s in Nepal is expected to be much higher than the global market as usual.
