date of publication:
August 11, 2022 20:45 GMT
Update date: August 11, 2022 23:30 GMT
The Chinese company, Xiaomi, officially unveiled the second generation of its foldable series of phones, which comes with the name “Mix Fold 2”, a day after Samsung launched the “Galaxy Z Fold 4” phone, but the Chinese giant promised to provide a more experience. strength with his new phone.
The new foldable phone from Xiaomi features a 6.56-inch “Samsung E5 AMOLED” external screen, “FHD +” resolution (2520 x 1080 pixels) and an aspect ratio of 21: 9, with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. And peak brightness up to 1300 nits.
The external screen of the phone supports “HDR10 +” and “Dolby Vision” technologies, and comes with an advanced protection layer of “Corning Gorilla Glass Victus”. As for the main screen of the phone (which appears after folding), it comes from an 8-inch “OLED” type, “2K +” resolution (2160 x 1914 pixels), with support for “Eco²” technology, and the energy-saving “LTPO 2.0” feature.
The main screen of the phone comes with a refresh rate of 120 Hz, support for a color gamut from the “DCI-P3” group, and the screen also supports “HDR10 +” and “Dolby Vision” technologies, and generates a peak brightness of 1400 nits.
Performance and Settings
The new phone is powered by the world’s leading processor “Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1”, which comes with an octa-core 4 nm architecture, paired with an advanced graphics processor of the type “Adreno”. The phone uses the new hinge developed by “Xiaomi”, known as the “Micro Waterdrop Hinge”, to reduce screen wrinkles when folded.
The processor works with 12 GB of RAM of “LPDDR5” type, and up to 1 TB of internal storage of type “UFS 3.1”. The “Xiaomi Mix Fold 2” phone, which supports two “nano” SIMs, runs on the “Android 12” operating system directly from the box, with the traditional “Xiaomi” interface from the “MIUI Fold 13” version.
As for the connectivity options, the phone supports the fifth generation (5G), the fourth generation (4G or LTE), “Bluetooth v5.2”, “NFC” and an advanced dual-band Wi-Fi network (2.4 + 5 GHz), and a “Wi-Fi” port. USB Type-C”, the phone weighs about 262 grams.
Camera
With regard to photography, the phone features a triple rear camera setup bearing the trademark of the German “Leica” company for cameras and lenses.
The camera setup includes a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 primary sensor with optical image stabilization (OIS) with f/1.8 aperture, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.6 aperture, and a 13-megapixel ultra-widespread third sensor. f/2.4 aperture.
The rear camera setup features support for recording 8K videos at 24 frames per second. For selfies and video calls, the phone includes a 20-megapixel sensor.
price
Xiaomi has set the price of the basic version of the Mix Fold 2 phone, which comes with 12 RAM and 256 GB of storage, at $1,334, while the top-of-the-line version (12 RAM + 1 TB storage) comes in at $1,779.
The phone is available in “Moon Shadow Black” and “Star Gold” color options.