Yesterday, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun posted images of the upcoming Mix Fold 3 and hinted at its slim design. The company is now revealing more concrete numbers and some additional details about the new foldable, which will be launched on August 14th.
The Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 will measure 4.93mm unfolded and 9.8mm when folded. For comparison, the Mix Fold 2 measured 5.4mm and 11.2mm respectively, while the current thinnest horizontal fold, the Honor Magic V2, is 4.7mm and 9.9mm.
The redesigned hinge of Xiaomi Mix Fold 3
This means that Xiaomi is about to steal the title from Honor and it has come with an extensive redesign of the hinges. The new hinge is made of high-strength steel and wear-resistant carbon ceramic. The new 3-stage connecting rod design is more complex with 14 moving parts and 198 total moving parts, compared to the Mix Fold 2’s 2-stage design with 8 out of 87 total moving parts.
The hinge can hold the phone semi-open at any angle between 45° and 135°. Its durability has been tested by TÜV Rheinland, which has verified its resistance to 500,000 folds.
Xiaomi Mix Fold 3
Further information on the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 reveals that the phone will have an 8.02″ internal display and a 6.5″ (FHD+) display, both with 120Hz refresh rate. These are basically the same size as the 2022 model.
There’s more: the Fold 3 will have a dual telephoto camera with a 5x periscope (115mm) and a 3.2x camera. These two plus the main module will also have optical image stabilization, as well as Leica Vario-Summicron lenses.
The Mix Fold 3 will have two telephoto lenses, 5x and 3.2x, and three OIS systems
The battery capacity is unknown, but Xiaomi says the phone will last well over a day (“1.34 days” is the official claim). We have seen from the leaks that it will support 67W wired charging as well as 50W wireless charging.
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