You will notice it has a really narrow forehead and chin the first time you see it!
I just put Mix 2S here so you can see clearly
the forehead is not that a big difference though, both are super narrow
Move to the bottom you will see the huge difference between the two
On Mix 3 it takes off the front camera, only keeps the anntenna area
I gotta say it has a way more shocking visual impact than the Mix 2s, finally it gets rid of the annoying chin!
So where did the front camera go? We all know the front camera are hidding in Mix 2s chin
Now I'm going to demo the dfference on the front camera: on Mix2S, you have to press camera icon here and then take a photo,
Sorry that's a big face and nose! LOL
You have to rotate on Mix2s if you want to take a selfie
Actually many fans complain about that!
For Mix3, when we launch the camera, if you use the back camera, it's the same as other phones
once you want to use the front camera, it will say "Slide down to open the camera"
Here is the magic!
Did you see that, it even comes with sound effect!
Not only that, it comes with visual effect too as u just saw
On Mix 3 it adopts this pop-up design
It has moved the front camera from the bottom to the slider back and hide it
That's why it's in this sliding design
It has two front cameras with a soft light
The slider part is not dramatically long but I think it could insert more components like 3D structure light etc
But just imagine you have to slide up to unlock your phone, that's not very good
Maybe that's the reason why only features two front cameras
The sliding feature is one of the highlight of Mix3, let's take a closer look
It's different from the traditional spring sliding style
Here in the video we show what does an old sliding phone look like, it features a spring
With the force of the spring, it slides up and down
But on Mi Mix 3 it adopts the patented magnetic slider design
it has two Neodymium permanent magnets inside the phone, driven by magnetic force
I feel it's so natural and soothing!
Xiaomi said the force is 2.6N, which is the best for hand sliding
You can slide it for 300k times! Of course I can't slide that many times to test the durability but I can tell it feels solid and great
Oh I found it has another function: to release pressure!
Like when I run into trouble or extremely busy I can slide this thing for inspiration! Let's listen the sound guys!
Feels so soothing!
But all beyond that, so how's it performs in different scenarios on earth?
Sure the first thing comes with the slider is you can take a selfie
The front camera is 24MP + 2MP dual front cameras with selfie-light
You can customize different features for the sliding in settings so I just set to slide to enter the selfie mode
You get it?
Let me show you one more time
This feels sort of a shortcut interface, feels intuitive. Much more convenient than you launch the camera, click the selfie etc
That's enough, now let's take some selfies to see the results!
You know for the selfie, the camera algorithm and the beautify are very important for girls, and I think it performs really decent
Just check some of the photos I took here, what do you guys think about it? Please leave comment below :D
Of course you can set that to different modes like Tools etc
it has certain modes as well, like when you got a call, you can slide to answer
Beyond all that, it has advanced features like when you are playing games, slide it you can get the tools
When you watching the videos slide it you can crop a picuture etc
You can also choose the audio effect! Like the one I just chose is the Knife sound effect
Which one do you prefer? Maybe you would choose mute them all? LOL
You can choose other music u like as well
I think that's enough for the slider, do you guys like it? Are you Okay?
I personally like it very much. Bc first you dont have to see your big nose or face when you launch the selfie camera
second is it has more screen to body ratio, the visual impact is way better than previous generation
And last it the user experience is becoming more intuitive
But maybe there is one downside for this slider, is it easy to gather dust here on the top?
And each time you have to slide up to use the camera, is it that something annoying or cool for you guys?
Different people may have different views on that, leave a comment below let me know :D
Next, let's move the back!
Ohhh, wait a moment, it's a bit dirty
Okay, that's it.
Do this back look familiar to you? If remove the MIX logo here and replace with Mi 8, would it be a Mi8 phone?
It looks exactly the same as Mi8: the back fingerprint scanner and no built-in display fingerprint recognition
So no more comment on it but a good thing is it comes with new colors
What I got is Sapphire Blue, which was inspired by a traditional Chinese china, our national treasure
It has Jade Green and Onyx Black in addition to Sapphire Blue
You see except the length, they have totally same design language
OK
Now let's move to the back camera, which should be a huge upgrade for Xiaomi
Just like I said, the back looks like Mi8, and the same for the camera: both are Dual 12MP
But don't judge it yet
It comes with steady handheld night photography.
Sounds familiar? It's the same principle as Huawei Mate 20 Pro or P20 Pro series phones
By adding multiple photos through algorithm to realize a perfect photo
So for Mi 8 or Mix 2s it might get the new firmware as well to support the steady handheld night photography.
Ok! Without further ado, let's check out the samples!
We are comparing Mix3 with Mate 20 Pro under the night condition to see who performs better
For those photos listed in the video I already published on my Weibo, please go and check out (link in the description) and select the one you think the best
And it comes with 960fps slow motion, it's maybe not new but one good thing is it comes with AI music automatically!
So next I'm going to show you some of the video footage with that auto music to see if it's on the tempo!
Mix 3 sports a SD 845, that's not something new at all, so let's jut do gaming test! I'll leave to my colleague
As for gaming experience with this phone, which features SD845, 8+256GB, with this specs is just superb!
You don't need to worry about the frames dropping or unsmooth those at all
Fro PUBG I set to the highest definition and feel really smooth
For the glory of the king, it keeps at 58 or 59 frames when in high effect, very stable
After about half an hour of gaming, the temperature as you can see is around 40℃
Honest to say if you slide out the back while playing games, it would impact hugely
But yeah, if you didn't slide out then all good as other phones
So what does the sliding for when you are playing games?
As you can see it has 3 functions: don't disturb, picture cropping and game video recording
You can also get them out by clicking the icon on the left white bar, don't need to slide out
In addition to that, you can quick browse or reply a message through the gaming bar, don't need to go full screen, very convenient!
Now get back! There is also another variant 10GB of RAM, but that's for exclusive Palace Edition, it has 256GB of ROM
You may also care about the battery life when you are playing games
As Mix3 features this slider design, sure it has impact on the battery capacity, so it has only 3200 mAh battery
You may complain about that also
So to compensate that, it comes with 10W charger and a wireless quick charge panel
One last thing I want to mention is for this Mix 3 version, it's not 5G yet!
For 5G version will be rolling out in the first quarter of next year and you can only experience 5G then then
To conclude, for the slider phone, Mix3 is not the first one