original Mi Mix from Xiaomi started all-screen and -bezel smartphone wars – wonder, Xiaomi called it a concept phone back n. Mi Mix was produced in very limited numbers, and after a year, it was replaced by an even more practical Mi Mix 2. On Tuesday, Xiaomi launched Mi Mix Alpha – a concept all-screen and -bezel smartphone like or. Like Mi Mix was at one point of time. Like Mi Mix, Mi Mix Alpha will also be sold in limited numbers, possibly only in China.  

Mi Mix Alpha is an all-screen and -bezel smartphone like or. It’s t a foldable like Samsung Galaxy Fold or Huawei Mate X, but it’s as futuristic – even more, some would say. It costs way more than Fold and Mate X as well. concept Mi Mix Alpha from Xiaomi will sell for a staggeringly high price of CNY19,999 (roughly Rs 2 lakh).  

Mi Mix Alpha - literally all screen

So, what’s fuss all about, you ask. Well, Mi Mix Alpha has a wrap-around display – that starts at one end, wraps around one side, and meets a vertically aligned strip at back that holds cameras. Mi Mix Alpha has minimal bezels on top and bottom and ditches physical side controls altoger. For those in search of numbers, “surround screen” on Mi Mix Alpha, entails in a screen-to-body ratio of 180 per cent. It’s t even funny, this thing is literally all screen. 

With so much screen real estate, one would assume it would be fragile – remember, Galaxy Fold – but Xiaomi says it is t. While  frame of Mi Mix Alpha is carved out of aero-gre alloy,  back strip holding cameras is me of ceramic – cameras mselves are protected by sapphire glass. 

Mi Mix Alpha specs

With so much engineering that has gone behind making Mi Mix Alpha, it ought to have some killer specs too – and it does. Mi Mix Alpha packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB stor, and a 4,050mAh battery with 40W fast charging out-of--box. 

Mi Mix Alpha is also first smartphone in world to pack Samsung’s 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX im sensor – that shoots 27MP photos by default and uses software interpolation to produce high-resolution 108MP photos as and when required. This is paired with a 20MP wide-angle camera, and a 12MP telephoto camera. 

sides of Mi Mix Alpha are pressure-sensitive and will also display tifications. All that screen (and bezels) also means that Mi Mix Alpha does t have a conventional speaker. Mi Mix Alpha inste comes uses Display Acoustic Techlogy for sound out. 

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