Xiaomi Mix Fold 3, slimmer than Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, launched: details

July 8, 2024

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Xiaomi Mix Fold 3, slimmer than Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, launched: details

Xiaomi Mix Fold 3, the company’s latest foldable offering, was launched in China today alongside a couple of other devices. The smartphone will go on sale in China from August 16. However, the global launch date for the foldable handset has not been announced yet. Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 is even thinner than its already slim predecessor, the Mix Fold 2. It gets dual E6 OLED displays measuring 8.03 inches and 6.56 inches for the inner and outer screen respectively.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 3: Price, Availability

The successor to the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2, the latest foldable phone offers two color variants — Moon Shadow Black and Xingyao Gold. The Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 pricing starts at CNY 8,999 (nearly Rs. 1,03,000) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage model. On the other hand, the 16GB RAM + 512GB model costs CNY 9,999 (nearly Rs. 1,14,500) while the high-end variant with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage is marked at CNY 10,999 (nearly Rs. 1,26,600).

Xiaomi Mix Fold 3: Specifications

Xiaomi’s latest foldable phone features an 8.03-inch E6 AMOLED LTPO foldable primary display and a 6.56-inch AMOLED cover display with FHD+ resolution. Under the hood, the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 is powered by an octa-core flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 internal storage. It runs MIUI 14 based on Android 13 out of the box. The hinge of the foldable phone supports a hover opening of 45 degrees to 135 degrees.

On the back, the smartphone features a quad-camera unit that includes a 50-megapixel Sony IMX 800 primary camera, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide lens, a 10-megapixel telephoto lens and another 10-megapixel periscope lens. The sensors are housed in a rectangular notch that features Leica branding and an LED flash. On the front, it has a 20-megapixel selfie camera.

The Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 has a 4,800mAh battery that supports 67W wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging. The battery is claimed to last 8 hours and 20 minutes. There’s a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. For connectivity, the foldable gets USB Type-C port and NFC support.

The smartphone is said to be thinner than its predecessor and is 5.26mm thick when unfolded. When folded, it is 10.89mm thick.

Xiaomi launched its camera-focused Xiaomi 13 Ultra flagship smartphone, while Apple opened its first retail stores in India this week. We discuss these developments, as well as other reports on smartphone-related rumors and more on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Goana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts from.