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

I would happily buy a phone without any selfie camera, because I cant remember the last time I used it.

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    • Anonymous
    • K5@
    • 12 Aug 2021

    If someone wants the best selfie, but mi 11 ultra with secondary display

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      • 12 Aug 2021

      The Android Freak, 12 Aug 2021Doesn't matter much in real life usage. The kind of us... moreThats optimistic that you think we need to wait only 3 years for 5G global. I would say few decades to cover all the globe. Just so you know there is a lot to cover the world even with 4G and never mind that there still are areas where even 3G isn't widely available

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        • 12 Aug 2021

        Nick, 12 Aug 2021You forget that the ping also drops around 30% on a 5G network.How exactly ping is dropping with 5G ? If you have a stable 150Mbps connection with 4G then ping wont change with stable 500Mbps.

        For example i use to have 10Mbps down speed and 1Mbps upload speed while i played some shooter game in a Germany server i had ping 40-50
        Then i got upgrade for my connection that changed to 100Mbps down speed and 100Mbps up speed and ping didnt change at all

        5G wont get you better ping. It all depends on servers and how stable your connection is from the antennae you get the connection from and then all the servers this signal goes trough to get in the server you pinging.

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          • XMi
          • 12 Aug 2021

          I don't think people will complaint as long as quality matters. No obvious camera hole no problem.

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            • CH9
            • 12 Aug 2021

            With good reason is that you say that it will not leave China because they know that the public in America, Europe and Latam is very demanding and these Chinese know that they can commit shit hahaha, practically that executive is saying that that camera is shit. . With good reason is that I have seen that in some reviews nobody took selfies and if they did, I did not see the result at all.

              The Android Freak, 12 Aug 2021How slow 4G is in your country? I still feel 50Mbps on... moreI work in China. 4g speeds are fine for local sites but international sites and software are slow to load on 4g and 5g helps a bit for some of them

                Berserker, 12 Aug 2021nooooo, you can't be more wrong than that 😅 he wants a phone with no selfie camera, this one is not the solution for that.

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                  • 12 Aug 2021

                  Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021PLEASE make phone WITHOUT selfie cam - for full not-selfie ... moreThat's a great Lol

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                    • N1H
                    • 12 Aug 2021

                    for real full-screen XP, they should use camera flip or a slider !
                    Xiaomi is cheating again !

                      Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021PLEASE make phone WITHOUT selfie cam - for full not-selfie ... moreEven though I'm on the same boat as you, speak for yourself. In China and the US, the selfie cam is one of the most important things on a phone and removing it would be a sales suicide unfortunately.

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                        • 12 Aug 2021

                        Still did it better than samsung on fold 3.

                          If someone can make combination of z fold 3 and samsung flip 3 concept . Why not companies give small screen at back like flip 3 and we can take best selfies from that camera. Keep under screen camera, just for video calls. Best of both worlds. And that little screen has uses just like flip 3.

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                            • 12 Aug 2021

                            Aierlan, 12 Aug 2021I think if may be different in China. Since 5g became wide... moreIt seems that you're being cheated. Have you run a speed test?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • fCP
                              • 12 Aug 2021

                              At the expense of camera as well as screen resolution

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                                • Anonymous
                                • mkn
                                • 12 Aug 2021

                                Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021This phone is perfect for that Demonornot guy who doesn... moreWhoever wants best of both worlds (all screen, good selfies) still has phones like the K20 / Mi 9T.
                                Not sure why they are no longer building new ones with the periscope selfie camera. Mine is over 2 years old and is still working like new!

                                  Aierlan, 12 Aug 2021I think if may be different in China. Since 5g became wide... moreHow slow 4G is in your country?


                                  I still feel 50Mbps on 4G is enough.



                                  China doesn't have 5G as much as you think, but they have leapfrogged ahead of the rest of the countries from globe. They have invested way too much. I think they will lead in 6G innovation as well. I wish to see 6G in 2028 from China itself. Maybe Japan/South Korea as well. US will remain behind for sure.

                                    Nick, 12 Aug 2021You forget that the ping also drops around 30% on a 5G network.Doesn't matter much in real life usage. The kind of usage you are saying can be(or should be done) on fiber to home and not on 5G wireless broadband. To have full fledged 5G across the globe, we still need to wait for another three years.

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                                      • 12 Aug 2021

                                      You spoiled and made it a lot heavier the Mix 4 with ceramic. Aluminium or even glass (fue to wireless charging) would be just great.

                                        It means mi mix 4 front camera suitable for video call only who don't want interupted by any hole on the screen. For selfies photo maybe mix 4 has better quality compared the axon one. Why xiaomi doesn't using pop up or flip camera for it's front camera instead? I think it's better choice if xiaomi can't deliver high quality selfies behind this UPC technology. Btw xiaomi did a great job even still not perfect for under panel camera if compared the worst samsung fold 3 has offer [