Last month, Xiaomi unveiled its new concept smartphone named Mi MIX Alpha which comes with features that are not seen on any other smartphone in the market and are currently unique to Mi MIX Alpha.
With features like wraparound display and 108MP primary camera sensor, the smartphone was expected to carry higher pricing. The Mi MIX 4 has been announced for a price of 19,999 Yuan, which roughly converts to $2,814.
The smartphone, which will go into mass production by the end of this year in a limited quality, isn’t going on sale anytime soon. However, the smartphone has been found listed on Tmall.com for a price of 999,999 Yuan (~$139,889).
While the pricing listed for the smartphone seems to be a placeholder, the “Buy Now” and “Add to Cart” buttons are active, which means that you can purchase the smartphone with the mentioned pricing.
The official pricing of the Mi MIX Alpha is already on the higher side and no one is going to purchase the device at 50 times more cost than the official pricing. And that indeed is the case since no one has purchased the device yet, which is evident from the purchase counter for the listing shown on the website.
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Coming to the smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi MIX Alpha is the world’s first smartphone with a curved display that wraps around almost the entire device. Except for the tiny vertical strip that houses the camera at the back, the display surrounds the entire smartphone, including the sides and the back.
This is a single display panel of 7.92-inch that wraps around the entire body bringing the screen to body ratio to a staggering 180.6%! This is made possible also because of the extremely narrow 2.15mm bezels on the top and the bottom.
It is also the world’s first smartphone to feature a 100MP+ resolution camera sensor. This is made possible by using the Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX 108MP camera sensor at the back of the device. The sensor was developed in close collaboration with Xiaomi, hence it’s no surprise that we are seeing it first on the Mi Mix Alpha 5G.
The 108MP primary sensor on the Mi Mix Alpha is ultra-large with a 1/1.33″ sensor which is capable of outputting 12032 x 9024-pixel resolution images. It is coupled with a 12MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom and a 20MP ultra-wide-angle camera lens.
The device is confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 855+ processor with 5G dual SIM support. There will be at least one version with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.0 storage. The battery isn’t very large at 4,050mAh but it does support 40W fast charging just like the Mi 9 Pro 5G.
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