Xiaomi exec: Mix 4 is a phone for full-screen experience, not selfies

12 August 2021
William Lu confirms the technology is not there yet, the priorities behind the new phone was “display first”.

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  • 12 Aug 2021

Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021I am expecting that Demongornot guy to again write an artic... moreI hope you'll then not complain that I do it after wishing so hard for it you have to comment about it.

One more time : pop up are NOT my favorite, all I do is to defend diversity and rare techs, and haters like you constantly target the pop up, so OBVIOUSLY I end up writing a lot about them.
They aren't ugly as they are HIDDEN, the Poco F2 Pro is IP53 rated, so much for "biggest hurdle for water and dust resistance".
Plus I never said ALL phones should have pop up, I said SOME phones should have pop up, which mean : if you don't like them, don't buy them, you don't need to try and make them disappear.
But again, sorry for warning people about ACTUAL downsides of the UDC that even this article quoting the Senior VP of the company and trying to make people remove their hype blindfold because once this tech will be everywhere, like the notches and punch holes, there'll be no getting rid of it.

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    Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021Don't.... 😲😲He'll write a long paragraph explaini... moreNo.

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      Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021This phone is perfect for that Demonornot guy who doesn... moreActually, UDC is the last thing I want, it is constantly looking at you, and you can't hide it unlike a bezel where there are cam cover available.
      I prefer no front camera at all, or at least pop up/flip up/slider where the camera is hidden when not in use.

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        • 12 Aug 2021

        Yeah, it's basically saying "we are sorry that camera quality will still suck at this high price, but we still want your money anyway"

          I honestly don't notice the punch hole on my Poco X3 NFC and if you really can't ignore it you can hide it with a fake bezel so personally think it's the best solution at the moment. Hope they get the under display camera to work but don't see a problem with the punch hole either.

            DMX, 12 Aug 2021With good reason is that you say that it will not leave Chi... moreYou must be new, it's only the Chinese version, we are waiting for the global version which will be out in 2 or 3 months.

              I prefer better picture quality so I'd take a hole punch over this any day. This will get forced on us some day just like under-display fingerprint sensors. Doesn't matter if there is no value added.

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                • 12 Aug 2021

                olusadekola, 12 Aug 2021"...it was designed to offer a full-screen experience ... moreThis is the Mix series, they usually do more experimental & different features in this series.

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                  mixedfish, 12 Aug 2021Xiaomi is making big payments to every media outlet. Look a... moreXiaomi are not paying outlets. This is a horrible rumour you can't prove. Imagine being that pathetic.

                    this was like i said when first launch news "the real full screen phone" and yes i dont care selfies.

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                      • 12 Aug 2021

                      IDC WHO U R., 12 Aug 2021I think i really want that mix 4 because what i need now is... moreHow about Mi 9T Pro ?
                      My current phone

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                        • 12 Aug 2021

                        I don't get it. Why not use a popup camera? If it's not a priority it wont wear the motor for many ears and still it will offer superior quality when you need it. At the same time you get the fullscreen experience without seeing the mark of this underdisplay thing called camera.

                          It is true . Anyone who buys a phone with a camera under the screen has a lower selfie priority.
                          I hope that in 2022 we will see the widespread use of the camera under the screen

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                            • 12 Aug 2021

                            Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021man you gotta love the obvious and pathetic bias this site ... moreXiaomi is making big payments to every media outlet. Look at DxO.

                            Samsung was pretty shameless a few years back but Xiaomi is a new record holder.

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                              Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021How exactly ping is dropping with 5G ? If you have a stabl... moreYou need to read up what 5G is, it's not just bandwidth

                                It is expected that Mi Mix 4 was leaning toward finding an immersive full-screen experience as the UDC camera was one of the hallmark features in this phone, hence selfie camera is part of the expenses, same as Axon 20 Pro. It will take a few iterations for UDC to be as good as a punch-hole selfie camera.

                                  It would be great to have a top notch selfie camera on such expensive device regardless of number of time I'm gonna use it. When I pay top $ I wanna to have everything great. And don't tell me that it's impossible.

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                                    • 12 Aug 2021

                                    man you gotta love the obvious and pathetic bias this site has towards xiaomi

                                    here we have an executive trying to make an excuse nobody needed for the expected oor quality of UDC because we all already know UDC is still crap and all the comments are "it's fine we don't need selfie cam"

                                    meanwhile galaxy fold3 udc gets so much hate for no reason even though it's not even meant for selfies and you literally have a better selfie camera on the front screen

                                    man....

                                      Fine by me, i dont even take a single selfie yet for this year

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                                        • 12 Aug 2021

                                        Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021How exactly ping is dropping with 5G ? If you have a stabl... morePing isn't dependant on the speed you are subsribing to from your ISP, but the connection itself.

                                        If you have a 10/10 or 500/500 subscription over the same connection, the ping should be the same as it uses the same system. Only the top speed would vary.

                                        However, 5G and 4G are not the same connection and 5G has a typical ping of 20 where 4G has a typical ping of 30-50. It is because of a process called network slicing that causes 5G to have lower latency than 4G.