Xiaomi Mix Flip review

GSMArena Team, 03 August 2024.

HyperOS and Android 14

The Xiaomi Mix Flip runs on Xiaomi's HyperOS, an enhanced Android 14-based OS that is part of a bigger "Human x Car x Home" smart ecosystem. We already encountered HyperOS on numerous Xiaomi devices, and you can read our dedicated article or watch the video below to get a taste.

Xiaomi Mix Flip review

HyperOS sure looks and behaves a lot like the MIUI of old, and while we don't doubt there are under-the-hood improvements, long-time Xiaomi phone users will be right at home. There are subtle differences to be spotted, though, like the slightly flatter design and more rounded edges for a lot of the design elements.

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HyperOS

Some things have gotten more intuitive, like the multi-window implementation, where the buttons are now more self-explanatory. That's not entirely the case with the quick settings, so it's nice that there's an option to enable text labels (off by default). You can no longer opt out of the Control center, though - that's still available on the phones that had it pre-HyperOS, but not on those that launched with the new software.

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The Xiaomi Mix Flip also supports some AI tricks even if some are not pre-installed but available for download for free. You can get AI Image, which also incorporates AI Portraits. AI expansion can extend images with the help of AI. AI Magic Erase Pro is quite self-explanatory, it uses AI to remove objects or people from images.

Xiaomi will push AI Interpreter, AI Notes, AI Film, AI Subtitles (now in beta) with an upcoming software update.

Google Gemini is on board, too. You can ask Gemini a lot of stuff to do, even make whole conversations. It can give you ideas on what to cook based on a photo of your fridge contents, you can ask for book or painting ideas.

Gemini can also create images for you, which is neat. Circle to Search is also coming soon with an update, though Google Lens is available right now.

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Let's talk about the exclusive features of the Xiaomi Mix Flip.

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First, the outer screen options. You can choose between various lockscreen styles with different cool wallpapers and clock styles. Same goes for its Always-on look.

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There are, of course, plenty of homescreen wallpapers you can assign to your almost squarish outer screen.

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Customizations and widgets

The available widgets are not that many, but useful, nevertheless. You can choose between weather, clock, calendar, health and music. Those widgets occupy the space below the cameras and thus you can make this extra screen estate extra useful.

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And finally, you can enable/disable the outer screen apps. You cannot make any app mini, only the compatible ones. These include Phone, Messages, Camera, Calendar, Calculator, Weather, Music, Recorder, Clock, Chrome, Maps, Mi Fitness, YouTube. More apps will become available though.

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Working with the outer screen

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Working with the outer screen

The screen is perfect as a camera viewfinder, some videos on the go, as well as making calculations or checking the calendar.

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The internal foldable screen can fold in any angle, but the only two apps we found compatible with the "flip" mode to be Camera and YouTube.

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Performance and benchmarks

The Xiaomi Mix Flip is powered by the most recent Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip by Qualcomm, its standard version, not the made for Galaxy, obviously. The Gen 3 SoC has the most powerful octa-core processor on the market and an excellent Adreno 750 GPU, ready to make everything possible in the gaming department.

The Mix Flip is available in three configurations of UFS4.0 + LPDDR5X RAM - 12GB + 256GB, 12GB + 512GB (ours) and 16GB + 1TB. You can opt for a software RAM extension.

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Let's see some benchmark scores now.

The Xiaomi Mix Flip phone is bested only by the Galaxy Z Flip6 in the CPU test in our flip phone forster and that one has an overclocked Prime core. But it remains the best-scoring flip phone when it comes to GPU and compound AnTuTu tests.

GeekBench 6

  • Multi-core
  • Single-core
Galaxy Z Flip6 Galaxy Z Flip6
6265
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AC 512GB, 12GB RAM
Xiaomi Mix Flip Xiaomi Mix Flip
6035
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM
Galaxy Z Flip5 Galaxy Z Flip5
5478
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC 256GB, 8GB RAM
Oppo Find N3 Flip Oppo Find N3 Flip
4601
Dimensity 9200 256GB, 12GB RAM
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
4441
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM
vivo X Flip vivo X Flip
4255
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 256GB, 12GB RAM
Motorola Razr 40 Ultra Motorola Razr 40 Ultra
4045
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 256GB, 8GB RAM
Tecno Phantom V Flip Tecno Phantom V Flip
3333
Dimensity 8050 256GB, 8GB RAM
Motorola Razr 40 Motorola Razr 40
2905
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 256GB, 8GB RAM
Galaxy Z Flip5 Galaxy Z Flip5
2100
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC 256GB, 8GB RAM
Xiaomi Mix Flip Xiaomi Mix Flip
2086
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM
Galaxy Z Flip6 Galaxy Z Flip6
2081
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AC 512GB, 12GB RAM
Oppo Find N3 Flip Oppo Find N3 Flip
1866
Dimensity 9200 256GB, 12GB RAM
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
1866
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM
Motorola Razr 40 Ultra Motorola Razr 40 Ultra
1709
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 256GB, 8GB RAM
vivo X Flip vivo X Flip
1699
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 256GB, 12GB RAM
Tecno Phantom V Flip Tecno Phantom V Flip
1084
Dimensity 8050 256GB, 8GB RAM
Motorola Razr 40 Motorola Razr 40
1026
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 256GB, 8GB RAM

AnTuTu 10

Xiaomi Mix Flip Xiaomi Mix Flip
1609570
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM 1224 x 2912 px
Galaxy Z Flip5 Galaxy Z Flip5
1507319
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC 256GB, 8GB RAM 1080 x 2640 px
Galaxy Z Flip6 Galaxy Z Flip6
1400594
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AC 512GB, 12GB RAM 1080 x 2640 px
vivo X Flip vivo X Flip
1262803
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 256GB, 12GB RAM 1080 x 2520 px
Motorola Razr 40 Ultra Motorola Razr 40 Ultra
1230813
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 256GB, 8GB RAM 1080 x 2640 px
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
1140567
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM 1080 x 2640 px
Oppo Find N3 Flip Oppo Find N3 Flip
1040608
Dimensity 9200 256GB, 12GB RAM 1080 x 2520 px
Tecno Phantom V Flip Tecno Phantom V Flip
734846
Dimensity 8050 256GB, 8GB RAM 1080 x 2640 px
Motorola Razr 40 Motorola Razr 40
566140
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 256GB, 8GB RAM 1080 x 2640 px

3DMark (offscreen)

  • Wild Life (1440p)
  • Wild Life Extreme (2160p)
  • Solar Bay (1440p)
Xiaomi Mix Flip Xiaomi Mix Flip
15514
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1224 x 2912 px
Galaxy Z Flip6 Galaxy Z Flip6
14606
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AC Adreno 750 1080 x 2640 px
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
12024
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Adreno 735 1080 x 2640 px
Galaxy Z Flip5 Galaxy Z Flip5
11305
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC Adreno 740 1080 x 2640 px
vivo X Flip vivo X Flip
10726
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Adreno 730 1080 x 2520 px
Motorola Razr 40 Ultra Motorola Razr 40 Ultra
8787
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Adreno 730 1080 x 2640 px
Tecno Phantom V Flip Tecno Phantom V Flip
4502
Dimensity 8050 Mali-G77 MC9 1080 x 2640 px
Motorola Razr 40 Motorola Razr 40
1840
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Adreno 644 1080 x 2640 px
Galaxy Z Flip6 Galaxy Z Flip6
4487
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AC Adreno 750 1080 x 2640 px
Xiaomi Mix Flip Xiaomi Mix Flip
4209
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1224 x 2912 px
Galaxy Z Flip5 Galaxy Z Flip5
3816
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC Adreno 740 1080 x 2640 px
vivo X Flip vivo X Flip
2774
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Adreno 730 1080 x 2520 px
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
2567
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Adreno 735 1080 x 2640 px
Motorola Razr 40 Ultra Motorola Razr 40 Ultra
2252
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Adreno 730 1080 x 2640 px
Tecno Phantom V Flip Tecno Phantom V Flip
1297
Dimensity 8050 Mali-G77 MC9 1080 x 2640 px
Motorola Razr 40 Motorola Razr 40
484
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Adreno 644 1080 x 2640 px
Galaxy Z Flip6 Galaxy Z Flip6
7981
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AC Adreno 750 1080 x 2640 px
Xiaomi Mix Flip Xiaomi Mix Flip
7937
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1224 x 2912 px
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
5139
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Adreno 735 1080 x 2640 px

The most important part here should be the stability and thermals, so let's talk about this.

The Mix Flip scored 58% of CPU stability - it keeps around 80% of its maximum CPU performance for 5 mins and then we observe 50% drops every minute or so to prevent the CPU from overheating.

The GPU stability is worse, unfortunately. The 3D Mark stress test ran for about 5 min in full speed and then the software didn't even had time to throttle - the phone went straight to OVERHEATING and stopped everything.

While regular apps like social, or office, did not make the Mix Flip visibly throttle, some games do lead to performance dropping, which surely is not an ideal case for competitive gaming.

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Serious CPU thermal throttling • Overheating GPU in 3D Mark

Overall, the Xiaomi Mix Flip is a powerful smartphone, but its heat dissipation seems incredibly poor, though that's understandable, given the small space - the SoC, the cameras and probably the display controller are all crammed up in the top part of the phone.

Reader comments

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  • 18 Aug 2024
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