Xiaomi Takes on iPhone X With New Mi Mix 2S Smartphone Featuring Dual Camera System and Wireless Charging

[Vanilla35]

i prefer notch over chin honestly

I much prefer an uninterrupted status bar.
[doublepost=1522151525][/doublepost]Imho, Xiomi MIUI software is the best android has to offer. I prefer it to iOS in several ways, because it offers the functionality of android, but the elegance of iOS. Only issue with it is the potential for jank after some time, like all android phones.

 

[iReality85]

Could this company be more blatant in its outright copying of Apple's design?

 

[I7guy]

Competition is great for everyone!

Yep. It’s Samsung not Apple xiaomi is taking on. Those who want Apple for various reasons, longevity, support, iOS, notch etc, won’t be tempted.

 

[mib1800]

At half the price of X, it is a great phone.

All these Chinese phones makes all the iPhones look like a big rip off.

 

[I7guy]

At half the price of X, it is a great phone.

All these Chinese phones makes all the iPhones look like a big rip off.

Until you start using them and can’t get support. Then you realize why you bought an iPhone to begin with.

 

[iFitzgerald]

I think western media gives these Chinese brands way too much attention. Will this phone even be able to be purchased in the US?

Well...plenty of people in Europe will probably buy it, and this IS a global website

 

[honglong1976]

Uncanny how the back resembles the iPhone X camera almost perfectly.

probably made in the same factory

 

[RickInHouston]

i prefer notch over chin honestly

I prefer top chin (forehead?), no notch, no chin. That would be my perfect front look.

 

[Whathappened]

So much better without a notch.

I’m thinking different. Looks nice but like every other android out there.
Call me crazy but I actually like the notch (although I know they will get rid of it one day).

 

[eddieaus]

Could this company be more blatant in its outright copying of Apple's design?

Apart from the camera bump at the back, they look nothing alike.

 

[evilpaddy]

probably made in the same factory

Indeed. I wonder what percentage of iPhone components get outsourced...

 

[I7guy]

Xiaomi unveiled its new Mi Mix 2S smartphone at a packed auditorium in Shanghai today, claiming that the handset surpasses iPhone X in several departments while only being half the price of Apple's flagship device.

From the front, the maximum screen, minimal bezel design of the 5.9-inch phone looks almost identical to the Mix Mix 2 announced barely six months ago, but there are some changes to the rear, and the handset includes a number of internal updates, including support for Qi wireless charging, but it still lacks rated water resistance.

Like the original Mix Mix 2, a slim bezel below the device's full HD LCD display houses a 5-megapixel front-facing camera in the right corner, which allows Xiaomi to avoid an iPhone X-esque notch area up top. Meanwhile, the ceramic back panel is home to a fingerprint sensor and a new 12-megapixel dual camera system consisting of a telephoto lens and a wide-angle lens, with portrait mode features and optical image stabilization.

At one point during the event, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun compared the iPhone X and Mi Mix 2S cameras side-by-side to demonstrate how much faster the Mix 2S can focus and capture subjects in shot, owing to the phone's advanced dual-pixel autofocus. Lei Jun noted that the phone has picked up a DxOMark photo score of 101, with an overall score of 97 - the same as the iPhone X - and claimed that the camera can detect up to 216 scenes and translate text or convert currencies in real-time, thanks to its AI-powered capabilities.

Internally, the phone sports a new, more energy-efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, coupled with either 6GB or 8GB of memory, along with the same 3,400mAh battery as the earlier model, a mono speaker, and no headphone jack.

The Mix 2S will come in 64, 128, or 256GB of storage capacities, and is available in black or silver, both starting at 3,299 yuan (about $526) for the base model, and rising to 3,999 yuan (about $640) for the top-spec device which includes a 7.5W fast-charging wireless pad. The Android 8.0 Oreo-running handset will be available to buy in China from next week, before rolling out to Xiaomi's other established markets, which presumably precludes it from launching in the U.S. for the foreseeable future. However, the phone does support all global 4G LTE networks out of the box.

Article Link: Xiaomi Takes on iPhone X With New Mi Mix 2S Smartphone Featuring Dual Camera System and Wireless Charging

Missed on the first read...no headphone jack and gsm only?

 

[Jay42]

And both models include a backdoor for the Chinese government! What a deal!

 

[inksane]

Could this company be more blatant in its outright copying of Apple's design?

The original mi mix came out long before the iphoneX.

Also the mi mix 2s and the iphoneX look very different.

 

[Scooz]

Deep pockets needed for this one, too. For different reasons.

I‘ll go with the X, can‘t walk with the Mi.

 

[tridley68]

I would never give up my I phone X for this generic phone .

 

[2499723]

Yes, and I’m sure you can walk into a branded store and have customer service deal with your specific problem in exactly the same way Apple does (sometimes with varying results).

 

[DipDog3]

$640 is just too expensive for an Android clone. People who want a high-priced phone will just buy Apple.

 

[YaBe]

I have the "older model" the Mi Mix 2 ceramic white, amazing phone, I do not like the S version with the camera, it really looks ugly on the backside.

The bezel on the bottm does not bothers me as i can have some grip, all in all the "older model" and version 1 were better looking than this refresh.

Sure the camera quality is gonne be great

Xiaomi brands some excellent products made by all the small companies they found, their electric scooter is so good, their Wi-Fi routers are great value, so I'd be tempted to try their phones.

You would not be disappointed, I have had 3 Xiaomi so far, the Note 4 the Mi 6 and the Mi mix 2, and they all were gret, from the cheapest one to the most expensive.

The ceramic finish is AMAZING!

 

[DNichter]

Notch over chin every day. Funny though how I get criticized on here for saying Android manufacturers copy Apple. I mean, come on.

 

[Shlooky]

The FTC is in discussions with the US carriers to not sell Xiaomi and Huawei phones.
Unless you buy from them directly.

 

[78Bandit]

Now this is an inspiration for a mid-level iPhone. Replace the Snapdragon 645 with an A11 chip, make the chin a forehead, add the FaceID camera unit (costs less than $20) and sell it for $599.

 

[iReality85]

The original mi mix came out long before the iphoneX.

Also the mi mix 2s and the iphoneX look very different.

I was referring to the Mix 2. The back looks completely the same. Nice try.

Thanks for your first post, too. Did Xiaomi send you here to defend against their copycat engineering?

 

[yansun]

Until you start using them and can’t get support. Then you realize why you bought an iPhone to begin with.

I only can speak for Xiaomi, but their support is really excellent.

 

[YaBe]

I was referring to the Mix 2. The back looks completely the same. Nice try.

Thanks for your first post, too. Did Xiaomi send you here to defend against their copycat engineering?

So the camera looks the same so it is a copy?

Hey all cars looks completely the same, they all have 4 round wheels!

When we will learn to agree to disagree.