Last year, when the Xiaomi Mi Mix launched, it was the smartphone with the highest screen-to-body ratio. The handset had almost no bezels on three sides and a thicker one on the bottom. Images of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 prototype surfaced and they show us that the upcoming device will have even slimmer bezels. To be more exact, the bottom bezel is now almost inexistent too. The end result is an all- screen front that will bedazzle many people. It’s not quite clear whether Xiaomi managed to squeeze its front- facing camera in this thin bezel or it had to give it up. My money is on the first option, as you can vaguely see a small circle just beneath the camera icon in the picture.
Xiaomi announced the Mi Mix back in October 2016. If the company plans to deliver its successor within a year from the launch of the first model, we should get more information about the handset in the upcoming weeks. It definitely seems that keeping a secret in this industry is almost impossible. We have heard some rumors about the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 already, and they suggest that it will be a powerful smartphone. Now that we’ve seen the first image depicting the prototype we can say that it will be even more impressive than the first model.
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 will supposedly sport an octa- core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset. As we all know, it is the most powerful SoC available right now. The smartphone will probably include 6GB of RAM to keep things running smoothly. Given the fact that the original model came running Android Marshmallow, even though Google already released the Nougat before it launched, it’s safe to assume that the new model won’t run on Android 8.0 out of the box either. Instead, it will probably come with Android Nougat.
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 will also feature some powerful cameras too. A 19MP main camera was rumored. It might even be a dual camera system if we are to consider the obvious trends in the matter. All flagship smartphones nowadays come with dual rear camera systems. The upcoming ones might even have four or five cameras to offer. Even with a single primary camera, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 could have a lot of fans. After all, it is one of the most impressive looking handsets in the works.
Just like its predecessor, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 will not exactly be a budget- friendly smartphone. Rumor has it that its price will be somewhere around $750. Then again, other flagship handsets cost around $1,000 nowadays, so even this price tag is quite a reasonable one. We will definitely find out more regarding the pricing and availability of the handset soon. Some think that Xiaomi will announce the smartphone as early as mid- September. That is only a few weeks away. If we don’t hear anything about the exact pricing before that, we will definitely know then.
Source: Weibo
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