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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  • Anonymous
  • sUS
  • 12 Aug 2021

Tech is not there yet, insist on releasing it for consoomer use.

    The Android Freak, 12 Aug 20214G is still quiet fast according to me. You don't need... moreI think if may be different in China. Since 5g became widespread in China 4g has slowed down. Many people think that this is deliberate by the operators to get people to update to 5g. I don't know if that is the case but I ended up having to switch to a 5g phone as the slowed down 4g was annoying me and I couldn't do things like listen to international radio and make skype calls anymore (which previously worked fine on 4g). I definitely noticed some improvement having switched to 5g (although probably not as much an improvement as I expected)

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      • Anonymous
      • D09
      • 12 Aug 2021

      olusadekola, 12 Aug 2021"...it was designed to offer a full-screen experience ... moreThey are making many phones with notches and punch holes. Its the mix series and its about the full screen display.

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        • Anonymous
        • Mkt
        • 12 Aug 2021

        I am expecting that Demongornot guy to again write an article with twice as many words as the original GSMArena's article and will try to convince people how those ugly pop ups (which are biggest hurdle for water and dust resistance) are better than this because someone wants to keep clicking his photos every now and then.
        Man, who'd like to spoil their mood by seeing such faces

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          • puk
          • 12 Aug 2021

          Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021PLEASE make phone WITHOUT selfie cam - for full not-selfie ... moreWishful thinking. It'll never happen in today's narcissistic society. If you don't post selfies every day you're a weirdo. If you do, everyone is admiring you. Go figure. I too couldn't care any less if phones had selfie cam or not.

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            • Axb
            • 12 Aug 2021

            The Android Freak, 12 Aug 20214G is still quiet fast according to me. You don't need... moreYou forget that the ping also drops around 30% on a 5G network.

              nICK, 12 Aug 2021Only 9 Band 5G support? The "11 Lite 5G" has 13 B... moreLol. My phone has "only" 5 4G bands.
              This is a China specific device as of now. And 5G has been implemented in China, unlike third world countries. So, you don't need random 13 5G bands for 5G to work on your phone in China.
              It's only the countries which have no clue about the specific 5G bands they'll be using in future where 13 5G bands are needed. So that, whatever band they come up with, a phone has it already.

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                • Anonymous
                • 3EP
                • 12 Aug 2021

                PLEASE make phone WITHOUT selfie cam - for full not-selfie expierences! More people never use selfie cam.

                  Aierlan, 12 Aug 2021This is a China model though not intended for global market... more4G is still quiet fast according to me. You don't need 500Mbps plus speeds on smartphones. You will finish the quota assigned to you within hours. Carriers needs to work on extending fiber to the towers and aggregating more and more 4G bands.

                    TabMaster, 12 Aug 2021I could easily buy a phone without front camera, just to ha... moreYes without a doubt. But price outside china remains the question or mystery.

                      "...it was designed to offer a full-screen experience at the expense of selfie quality"
                      They are already making excuses for the poor selfie camera the phone has. They should have stuck with the hole-punch camera or a pop-up camera.
                      I have my doubts about this phone being a success

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                        • TabMaster
                        • awA
                        • 12 Aug 2021

                        I could easily buy a phone without front camera, just to have a full screen without bezels/notch, this phone is the closest thing to that right now.

                          nICK, 12 Aug 2021Only 9 Band 5G support? The "11 Lite 5G" has 13 B... moreThis is a China model though not intended for global markets so 9 5g bands is quite reasonable (although not as many as some competitors). However, 5 of the bands depend on future updates from operators ( n1, n3, n5, n8, and n28). The Chinese 5g model of the Mi11 lite/youth actually only supports 5 5g bands (with two of these dependent on future operator updates). I assume you are comparing with the global mi11 lite 5g

                            It is more like, Xiaomi exec: Don't buy the phone, the under screen camera is just a gimmick.

                              I think i really want that mix 4 because what i need now is a perfect view when watching,
                              and i rarely use selfies, maybe the last selfie of me was at Chinese new year party couple months ago.
                              For zoom meetings i use a laptop, so yeah that mix 4 is perfect

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Dpc
                                • 12 Aug 2021

                                Berserker, 12 Aug 2021nooooo, you can't be more wrong than that 😅 Don't.... 😲😲He'll write a long paragraph explaining you why it is perfect or not

                                  Anonymous, 12 Aug 2021This phone is perfect for that Demonornot guy who doesn... morenooooo, you can't be more wrong than that 😅

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • gq3
                                    • 12 Aug 2021

                                    This phone is perfect for that Demonornot guy who doesn't care about front camera

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                                      • Get-In-The-Oven-1488
                                      • 0Rg
                                      • 12 Aug 2021

                                      I'd rather have a 500ppi device with a selfie cutout than a 400ppi device with poor selfies and lower quality. The tech just isn't up there yet

                                        Translation: Don't buy a first gen product only to complain about quirks