Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is one of the best looking phone with unique features like odd looking slider. Who would thought that slider era will rise again in year 2018. I think this will be the last phone to have such slider on a phone. We have seen and use sliding phones way back in time. Now for what ?.
Yeah it is Mi Mix 3 that has slider instead of Notch. If you does not like notch and want to have full display without bezel then go for Mi Mix 3. It has body to screen ratio of 85%. Read more to decide you want this phone or not. Here we are discussing good, bad and truth about owing a Mi Mix 3 phone. I know it was announced in October 2018, It took some time to do some research on this phone. Instead of taking much space in this article lets dig deep on this phone and I would like to talk much about the slider. Because I know that you mainly reading this article to know about that weird or awesome looking slider.
Quick Specs sheet
I know you already know about it. But in order to do some justice to this article i will mention only the important ones. Remember this phone does not have 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Weight: | 218g (iPhone X is 174g) |
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Build: | Aluminium Frame with ceramic back |
Resolution: | 1080 x 2340 pixels,403 ppi density (iphone X 458 ppi) |
Chipset: | Snapdragon 845 |
Storage: | 128GB and 256GB |
Ram: | 6GB, 8GB and 10GB versions |
Battery: | Non-removable Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery |
About Mi Mix 3 Slider
Let’s talk more about Mi Mix 3. This is the point where you have to decide whether you should buy this phone or not. After first use it was odd just like with notch phones. But with time I was used to it just like notch. But it was satisfying and love to have such a slider on flagship level phone. This innovative magnetic slider was tested for 300,000 slides. Believe me it was more than enough for a phone. Normally it will perform more than that. So in terms of slider longevity it will to it’s job for very long time without any problem. No need to worry that slider will wear out or stop working soon after you purchase.
You can use slider to reducing anxiety, stress and increase concentration by closing and opening it. Don’t worry it want break. When you open slider you may see camera and some sensors. No speakers are build in to slider.
If you are using face unlock instead of finger print scanner you may need to slide up to unlock your phone. It is fine and easy. But you may notice that using face unlock undergoes two steps to unlock. Due to strong magnets and steadiness some people may find some what difficult to slide it. It become more worse with ceramic back. Because ceramic back is slippery and you have to struggle. Condition become more worse in winter or water in contact with the phone. Yeah I know you can fix that with a case. So that problem is solved.
Speaker, Camera, battery life and Gaming
First talk about speakers. There are no front facing speakers that project sound directly at your face. You may find one speaker drill bottom of the phone.
If you are a million out of one type that covers bottom of the phone most of the time using it, then bottom speaker drill with be a problem. Because it will easily covers those tiny drills blocking speakers. It comes with 3200mah battery, to be honest it is not bad. Not think about numbers. Because I have seen many phones with higher battery capacity perform worse and no match to battery capacity. It is not bad or very good it is average. In my usage Mi Mix 3 stay more than One Plus 6T. This phone has quick charge. You have to buy it separately (Quick Charge 4.0 charger)
Camera is very usable and no any issue. Pictures are in average level. Not as good as pixel 3 XL. Good for normal usage. Low light picture are some what bad and behind many flagship phones. Back camera is really good and you can have good night photos too.
This phone comes with GPU Adreno 630 for gaming. Actually gaming with Adreno 630 is not bad at all. No water cooling, so you may feel hot just like other flagship phone. Not in this winter.
Conclusion
One of the most beautiful device with unique style. Slider has pros and cons. Actually not many cons. Performance is good because it comes with latest best chip set of the year 2018 snapdragon 845. Camera is within the middle of better camera phones, not with bad camera phones on the market. Overall it is good phone to live with. But for year 2019, it is better to go with another phone. Because many rumors will be a reality on next year so you can have better phone at low price.
Price
Price range is around $540 to $700 depending on the specs you choose. For the price phone is worthy to have.
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