News & Reviews:   Xiaomi Mi Mix 3

DxOMark has recently announced that from 22 January 2019 onwards, they will start benchmarking the front-facing selfie cameras which are found on modern day smartphones using similar testing procedures and methodologies that were used to test the rear primary cameras.

Year 2019 is the year the screen to body ratios of smartphones get bigger. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3’s sliding selfie camera was pretty innovative and now we are hearing that the OPPO R19 and vivoX25 may be adopting a pop up selfie camera mechanism, similar to the vivo NEX.

DxOMark recently weighed in with their analysis of 2018, particularly for cameraphones and smartphone cameras. While the reigning champion Huawei P20 Pro remains at the top with a score of 109 and LEICA Triple rear cameras, all of the top 5 cameraphones of 2018 utilized multiple camera setups including the Apple iPhone XS Max at 2nd place, HTC U12 Plus at 3rd, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in 4th and the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 in 5th making it the year of the multicamera cameraphone.  

Today, Xiaomi Malaysia has officially announced the price for the Mi MIX 3! Previously teased to be under RM2500, the brand stays true to their word as the starting price will be RM2199 (Onyx Black), while the Jade Green and Sapphire Blue will go for sale at RM2299.

Today, on Xiaomi Malaysia's  Facebook page, the company has officially teased its upcoming flagship for January 2019. While they didn't say what smartphone it was, the tagline - "SLIDING IN SOON" is an obvious hint on the Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 and the price says under RM2500. For all we know, we think it's probably going to be RM2499 (more or less) and reserved for the 8GB + 256GB model that was revealed in China.

With Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855 unveiled only a few days ago, many OEM’s were gearing to be the first to release a smartphone with the SoC and we now have a winner. The winner is Xiaomi who released the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G and this phone isn’t new to us other than it using the 5G network and Snapdragon 855 chipset.

Today Xiaomi has given us the chance to have a closer look at the latest Xiaomi Mi Max 3 which is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, up to 10GB of RAM, up to 512GB of internal memory and the ability to slide the dual-camera up at the top of the device.

Today, Xiaomi has unveiled the brand new Mi MIX 3 and although it seems like there's nothing much to look at compared with its predecessor, the flagship has a plot twist because the dual front camera can't be found anywhere as they are hiding in a new magnetic slider. Besides that, there's a new colour called Jade Green and it just looks fabulous. Let's get on to the specifications and features!

Based on the leaked image courtesy of playfuldroid.com, it seems that the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 will come equipped with a pop-up camera similar to the Vivo NEX A and the Vivo NEX S. Seeing as how the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S has already such a high screen-to-body ratio, we can predict that the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 will have an even higher screen-to-body ratio compared to its predecessor.