INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mi Mix 3, Xiaomi's upcoming smartphone will launch in October this year
While previous reports had hinted at a September 15 launch of the Mi Mix 3, the Chinese manufacturer has now confirmed the release date of
Xiaomi has also released a teaser of the smartphone and it is clear that it will come with a no-notch and no-bezel design, but not with a
pop-up camera as rumoured before, and seen on Vivo's recent Nex S, smartphone
Instead, it appears to be going with a camera slider, similar to what we have seen on the Oppo Find X, on the Mi Mix 2S successor
While the Mi Mix arguably started the trend of smartphones free of bezels, the company now seems to have been inspired by Oppo's design, and
looks to be keeping the Mi Mix 3's front sensors apart from the camera on the sliding mechanism.Posted by Xiaomi President Lin Bin on
Chinese microblogging site Weibo, the teaser image shows the Mi Mix 3 with its camera that is hidden behind an almost bezel-less display
The post also confirms the October launch date of the smartphone
Meanwhile, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun also reaffirmed the same information, adding that he will "force" his colleagues to "speed up" the mass
production and "fight for large-scale" sales at the end of October.Apart from the teaser image and the month of launch, Xiaomi has not
revealed any more details about the Mi Mix 3
However, it is interesting to note that unlike the Oppo Find X, it appears the entire back part of the smartphone slides instead of just the
It could mean that instead of just the camera sliding up Mi Mix 3 users will be able to slide down the display
It is not clear whether the functionality will be motorised or manual.While not many official details about the Mi Mix 3 are available at
the moment, the upcoming is rumoured to sport a Samsung QHD+ AMOLED display with COP packaging technology
The handset will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, and there will be a 20-megapixel selfie camera.Meanwhile, a previous report
had tipped the pricing details of the Mi Mix 3
The 6GB RAM/ 64GB inbuilt storage variant will cost $510 (roughly Rs
35,100) for Standard Edition and $660 (roughly Rs
45,400) for Ceramic Edition
The 6GB/ 128GB variant will be priced at $555 (roughly Rs
38,200) for the Standard Edition and $705 (48,500) for the Ceramic Edition
Meanwhile, the 8GB/ 128GB model will cost $600 (roughly Rs
41,300) for the Standard Edition and $750 (roughly Rs
51,600) for the Ceramic Edition
Finally, the 8GB/ 256GB variant will be available for $645 (roughly Rs
44,400) for the Standard Edition and $795 (roughly Rs
54,700) for the Ceramic Edition.
