the xiaomi mi mix 4 is finally here after waiting almost 3 years since the previous mix device and
being that it has first released here in china i have managed to snap one up quite quickly that
being said the prices in the top right corner reflect the current chinese price which i have
converted into global currencies since a global launch has yet to be announced and may very well
not happen at all even though a global launch is uncertain at this point in time the xiaomi
mi mix 4 is a huge revolution in the smartphone industry not only is it the world's first phone
to house an overclocked snapdragon 8 plus chipset but it's xiaomi's first mass-produced smartphone
to incorporate an in-display selfie camera and possibly the first device in the world to actually
do it impressively well thanks to a micro diamond pixel pattern display covering the selfie camera
paired with transparent wiring and 400 pixels per inch matching the rest of the display of
course we get a bunch of nifty goodies in the box including a usb type-c cable unfortunately only
2.0 speeds and we do have a 4 500 milliamp hour battery 120 watt wide charging which does come
paired in the box and 50 watt wireless charging the me mix 4 may very well be cheaper than the
me 11 ultra but does a couple tricks up its sleeve as well as the in-display camera tech justify its
drawbacks let's find out in this unboxing and initial review of the xiaomi me mix 4.
the xiaomi me mix 4 comes in 3 different color variants that being shadow gray which is the
one that i have black or white and all three of them are coated in a wonderful
ceramic which wraps all the way to the display it looks absolutely phenomenal but it does take
away some of its flair when you do indeed slap on that silicon case which comes paired in the box
a premium device with a relatively cheap case nevertheless it looks pretty stunning i wish it
was matte however we do have a snapdragon 8 plus cpu under the hood which is the first seen in
any smartphone in the world to date lp ddr5 ram ufs 3.1 storage ip53 dust and splash protection
which is a step down from the class leading me 11 ultras ip68 dust and water protection all
three color variants do come with a ceramic back which wraps to the display and the display is
protected by gorilla glass vectors it is eight millimeters thick and just 225 grams in weight
the mix 4 is certainly no slouch when it comes to optics we get a 12 millimeter ultra wide snapper
which is indeed 13 megapixels a 24 millimeter main sensor which is indeed a 108 megapixel iso
cell hmx sensor alongside those two cameras is 120 millimeter periscope telephoto lens
it is stacked at 8 megapixels with an aperture of f 4.1 and optical image stabilization as well and
when comparing side by side to the mi 11 ultra on the right hand side the me mix 4 lacks brightness
in the ultra wide shots when using the raw 108 megapixel mode once again is a lot dimmer compared
to the mi 11 ultra when it comes to binning down it only goes to 27 megapixels instead of 12.5 as
we see on the m11 ultra and the biggest difference over here the most noticeable is the five times
optical zoom being a hell of a lot better on the m11 ultra when it comes to portrait shots however
i do favor the me mix 4. the cameras might not be as impressive as the me 11 ultras but i have yet
to deep dive into this camera system so do stay tuned for my full review on the right hand side
of the device we have a power button as well as a volume rocket at the top we have an ir blaster
and a top speaker hole and at the bottom we have a dual sim 5g standby tray over here no expandable
storage options available but we do have a water resistant seal which is good to see usb 2.0 at
the bottom as well as the first homocotton audio speaker at the bottom the second one is in the
earpiece and that little hole that we saw at the top earlier there is an in-display selfie camera
here and for some strange reason there is a cutout in the screen protector for it which is very
strange we'll peel that off in a second and going into the actual device we are welcome to miui 12.5
which is nice and clean but still littered with issues hopefully we see miui 13 extremely soon
because i just cannot wait to see what they do in terms of optimizations the good thing
though is that we do have a fully fledged google services on you even on the chinese variants we'll
get to the full display specifications in a moment but first let's peel off the screen
protector so that we can truly see the in display selfie camera or hopefully not see it at all
it looks a hell of a lot better with it often you can barely see where it is thanks to the
micro diamond pixel pattern 400 ppi screen over the camera to ensure great clarity and reduce a
haze effect when i speak about haze effect a good example is over here with last year's zte accent
20 definitely impressive that it was the world's very first mass-produced smartphone to has an
in-display camera but it implemented pretty poorly since you can see all the pixelated pixels on the
screen and as you can see without a hole punch in the top left or center corner of the screen
it looks a hell of a lot cleaner than that of the me 11 ultra both the me mix 4 and me 11 ultra
compared with a 27 millimeter 20 megapixel selfie snapper however of course the mix
fours one is hidden pretty well when it comes to photo quality using the selfie
cam the me mix force 20 megapixel camera is pretty much on par with the m11 ultra
less a hell of a lot of detail and it's a little more washed out when you switch over to portrait
mode it doesn't look half as good as that on the mi 11 ultra but you've got to remember that this
is still very new tech and it is a hell of a lot better than we saw with the zte accent 20
last year the mix 4 selfie camera using video is capped at 1080p 30fps where the mi 11 ultra can
go all the way up to 60fps at the same resolution and you can see a difference in detail this is not
because of the fps but this is because there's an actual screen covering the selfie cam on the mix 4
and i did notice that there is a micro diamond pixel pattern effect thanks to that pattern
covering the selfie camera but it only seems to be visible when very bright light enters the lens the
pictures might not be the best but the display certainly is great we have a 6.67 inch amoled
20 by 9 aspect ratio curve display it is full hd plus we have 1 billion colors over here 1
300 nits of max brightness 120 hertz refresh rates and 480hz touch sampling rates and while
those specs sound impressive when standing on its own the mi 11 ultra has even more impressive
screen specs we're talking a larger screen a high resolution with up to wqhd plus and a higher
brightness of a thousand seven hundred notes but the selfie camera on the m11 ultra is very much
visible another thing worth mentioning is that there is no adaptive refresh rate on this panel
as we've seen with many recent xiaomi devices though the 120 hertz is nice and smooth to use
on the fly the xiaomi mi mix 4 is an incredible phone so far i cannot wait to deep dive into it
in my full review it is definitely a stunning device thanks to the ceramic coating wrapping
all the way to the front of the screen but it does have some drawbacks when compared to the me
11 ultra we'll have to wait and see in my full review to see which one comes out on top make sure
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