Xiaomi MIX Flip: Reaching the peak of flip smartphones
Xiaomi held the 2024 Lei Jun Annual Speech at the ShouGang Stadium, officially launching the new Xiaomi MIX lineup. Xiaomi has achieved further innovation in foldable phones, thanks to comprehensive technology covering materials, structure, and network functionality. Both products set new industry standards, with Xiaomi MIX Fold 4 offering core innovations in overall architecture, hinge, and battery. Additionally, it has been designed exceptionally thin without compromising strength or configuration. Also launched, Xiaomi MIX Flip excels in performance, battery, and network functionality, meeting standards of non-foldable phones and breaking the stereotype of flip phones offering reduced overall capabilities. With its sizable external display and innovative interactivity, most daily operations can be performed smoothly on the external display without opening the device.
Xiaomi is a newcomer in the compact foldable market, but features exceptional capabilities. Xiaomi MIX Flip leverages Xiaomi’s years of technological experience to create a compact foldable device. It achieves breakthroughs in performance, battery life, and network functionality, even when compared to traditional flagship devices.
A highly functional flagship outer display
Outer display on flip devices have evolved from small to full display, but seamlessly using daily applications via the outer display required additional efforts. Xiaomi MIX Flip features a 4-inch All Around Liquid outer display with a quad-curved design, providing a smooth hand feel. The outer display interaction has been restructured, allowing it to function as a highly functional “compact phone” without opening the device.
Xiaomi MIX Flip’s outer display meets modern specifications: 1.5K resolution, 460PPI, 120Hz refresh rate, 3000 nits peak brightness, Original Color Pro, HDR support, and eye protection. These specifications stay consistent from inner to outer display to ensure a uniform experience.
Based on the new display form and popular daily scenarios, Xiaomi HyperOS completely reimagines outer display features, making it possible for the outer display to meet most daily usage needs. Xiaomi MIX Flip outer display inherits the comprehensive display gestures and notification/control center swipe-down interaction logic of everyday flagships, with almost no learning curve. It supports auto-rotation, is suitable for both left and right hands, and features a full-display keyboard nearly as wide as the inner display for comfortable typing. Over 200 of the most popular applications run perfectly on the equivalent 3.5″, 16:9 main application area, covering communication, entertainment, health, reading, shopping, and learning apps. Thanks to the flexible framework of Xiaomi HyperOS, applications display without obstructions or cropping, offering a smooth experience. Innovative partition design allows widgets to display time, weather, step count, music control, and recently used apps during daily use. In scenarios like calling taxis, food delivery, flights/trains, widgets will automatically switch to focus notification display, updating status information in real-time.
This outer display integrates deeply with the「Human x Car x Home」eco-system. AI, Xiaomi EV, and Mi Home apps are deeply adapted to the outer display scenario, allowing users to manage personal daily affairs and control the status of their Xiaomi EV’s and smart home devices. The Xiaomi HyperMind intelligent learning center is also adapted to the outer display, learning and recording users’ smart home device usage habits and proactively executing them. AI Input Assistant, integrated into the outer display input method, can help users refine or generate text as needed, making text creation easier.
Many compact foldable products only support hands-free calls when closed, which users often criticize. Xiaomi MIX Flip addresses the three core issues with a holistic approach, ensuring excellent call quality whether open or closed:
– Signal strength: Xiaomi MIX Flip’s antenna hardware architecture, combined with the intelligent tuning capabilities of the Xiaomi Surge T1 signal enhancement chip and grip recognition algorithm, smartly selects the optimal antenna, avoiding weak signals.
– Audio output: Xiaomi MIX Flip uses a dual dipole system, with one sound unit equipped with a diaphragm for both the inner and outer displays, supporting earpiece calls when open or closed. Leveraging the physical characteristics of the dipole speaker system’s “opposite phase cancellation,” it supports privacy calls, preventing call voice from spreading externally and ensuring privacy in any state.
– An independent noise-canceling microphone near the hinge and the top-frame ensure call quality when closed.
True flagship performance when unfolded
Xiaomi MIX Flip is powered by the Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, making it one of the few compact foldable devices using an up-to-date flagship chipset. To ensure comprehensive performance, Xiaomi has redesigned a 3D cooling system for Xiaomi MIX Flip: a large 3500mm² VC area with a unique “staircase” design that quickly dissipates heat from the SoC; heat is evenly conducted through double-layer graphite over the hinge, avoiding accumulation of heat. Xiaomi’s SU7 “aerogel” thermal insulation material is used near the inner display side of the “staircase” structure, effectively blocking heat transfer to the display and improving the user experience when touching the display.
Xiaomi MIX Flip features Xiaomi’s Surge battery with 6% silicon content in the negative electrode. It achieves an energy density of 780Wh/L and an ultra-high capacity of 4780mAh, surpassing the flagship Xiaomi 14. The Xiaomi Surge battery management system precisely manages the charging and discharging process, extending battery life. Combined with the battery’s self-healing properties, it can maintain at least 80% capacity after 1600 cycles². This gives Xiaomi MIX Flip a battery life performance comparable to non-foldable models, alleviating battery anxiety for compact foldable users.
Xiaomi MIX Flip shares the same low-frequency antenna design as Xiaomi 14 Ultra and is equipped with the Xiaomi Surge T1 signal enhancement chip. The excellent antenna architecture and Xiaomi HyperOS’s deep tuning and network self-learning capabilities ensure smooth communication in any holding position and scenario. It supports cutting-edge connectivity with Wi-Fi 7 and 5G-A, pushing connectivity speed further. Additionally, it fully supports global frequency bands and includes a “Travel Assistant” feature, providing timely reminders of crucial information during flights and train journeys for business travelers. Xiaomi MIX Flip also offers simultaneous display capabilities for AI offline translation on both the inner and outer displays, facilitating communication during foreign conversations by showing real-time bilingual translations on both sides.
Xiaomi MIX Flip features Xiaomi’s composite fiber material, providing sturdiness and protection. The middle frame uses the same 6M42 aluminum alloy as the MIX Fold 4, doubling the strength; Xiaomi Shield Glass and UTG ultra-thin flexible glass protect the outer and inner displays. The compact dual-link hinge’s internal mechanism uses the same high-strength and wear-resistant materials as the MIX Fold 4, with a folding and unfolding lifespan of 500,000 times², certified by SGS reliable folding certification. It also offers a Xiaomi Nylon Fiber special edition of meticulously woven nylon fiber with excellent abrasion and stain resistance.
Leica imaging in your pocket
Xiaomi MIX Flip is equipped with Xiaomi x Leica next-generation Summilux lenses. The main camera uses the Light Fusion 800 high dynamic range sensor. It also features the unique 47mm Leica floating telephoto lens in a compact foldable device with a minimum focusing distance of 9cm. Xiaomi MIX Flip also incorporates the Xiaomi AISP large model computational photography platform, supporting advanced imaging scenarios with up to 60 TOPS of processing power. The new “Master Portrait” mode, based on the PortraitLM large model and guided by real-life photographers, enhances portrait beauty beyond reality while maintaining authenticity.
The compact body, large outer display, and foldable form bring unprecedented freedom to the imaging capabilities of Xiaomi MIX Flip. When closed, the large outer display can be used with the two Leica optical lenses for photography and video recording, and it even supports a makeup mirror mode, allowing users to check their makeup using the floating telephoto lens. When in hover mode, it eliminates the need for a tripod, making it suitable for group photos, video recording, and time-lapse photography. It also supports outer display preview while taking pictures, enabling others to monitor and adjust their status in real time when helping capture the shot. Xiaomi has also specially designed the “Xiaomi Photography Kit,” which, when connected, allows for instant shooting and printing, capturing memorable moments.
The launch of Xiaomi MIX foldable series marks a new milestone, showcasing Xiaomi’s effort to solve users’ pain points and introduce new technology. It embodies Xiaomi’s relentless pursuit of innovation and quality, promising an excellent user experience.
Xiaomi MIX Fold 4 is available in White, Black, Blue, and Xiaomi composite fiber editions, with various memory versions starting at 8999 yuan. Xiaomi MIX Flip comes in White, Black, Purple, and Xiaomi nylon fiber editions, starting at 5999 yuan. After the launch event, it will be available simultaneously on Xiaomi Mall, Xiaomi Home, Xiaomi Tmall’s official flagship store, and Xiaomi JD’s flagship store.
About Xiaomi Corporation
Xiaomi Corporation was founded in April 2010 and listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 9, 2018 (1810.HK). Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core. Embracing our vision of “Make friends with users and be the coolest company in the users’ hearts”, Xiaomi continuously pursues innovations, high-quality user experience and operational efficiency. The company relentlessly builds amazing products with honest prices to let everyone in the world enjoy a better life through innovative technology. Xiaomi is one of the world’s leading smartphone companies, with its global smartphone shipments ranked among the top three and global MAU (including smartphones and tablets) reached 641.2 million in December 2023. The Company has also established the world’s leading consumer AIoT (AI+IoT) platform, reached approximately 739.7 million smart devices connected to its platform (excluding smartphones, laptops and tablets) as of December 31, 2023. In October 2023, Xiaomi upgraded its strategy to “Human × Car × Home” smart ecosystem, seamlessly merges personal devices, smart home products, and cars. Xiaomi always centers on humanity and is committed to providing comprehensive, better connected experiences. Xiaomi products are present in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. In August 2023, Xiaomi was included in the Fortune Global 500 list for the fifth year in a row, ranking 360th. Xiaomi is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, Hang Seng TECH Index and Hang Seng China 50 Index.
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