Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is here: thinner and lighter body, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope camera

2024-07-19

Foldables in China are developing rapidly - slimming down in size while offering more powerful chipsets, cameras and larger batteries. Xiaomi’s new Mix Fold 4 is impossibly thin and light and it’s going directly at the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 and Honor Magic V3 while offering a larger main display, four rear cameras including a 5x periscope lens.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is here: thinner and lighter body, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope camera

At just 226 grams, Mix Fold 4 weighs as much as Honor’s Magic V3 and it’s nearly as thin - 4.59mm unfolded and 9.47 mm in its folded state. Xiaomi went with a curved frame design with the sides tapering into the aluminum frame.

Mix Fold 4’s internal structure features T800H high-strength carbon fiber which is remarkably light while offering a 300% improvement in impact resistance compared to the Mix Fold 3.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is here: thinner and lighter body, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope camera

This is also the first Xiaomi foldable with an IPX8 rating, making it water resistant up to 1.5 meters for 30 minutes.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 debuts with thinner and lighter design, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope

There’s a 6.56-inch LTPO OLED cover display with FHD+ resolution, a 1-120 Hz adaptive refresh rate, and a 21:9 aspect ratio.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is here: thinner and lighter body, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope camera

The star of the show is the 7.98-inch main panel which is made from Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) and also features FHD+ resolution and an adaptive 1-120 Hz refresh rate. Xiaomi claims both displays can crank out up to 3,000 nits peak brightness and each of them comes with a 20MP front-facing camera.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 debuts with thinner and lighter design, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope

Like its recent flagship foldable rivals, Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 brings Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset paired with up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage.

Xiaomi didn’t spare any resources in the camera department where the Mix Fold 4 brings a Leica quad camera setup with Summilux lenses.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is here: thinner and lighter body, SD 8 Gen 3 and 5x periscope camera

The main shooter features a 23mm equivalent 50MP main sensor with f/1.7 aperture and OIS. You also get a 50MP 2x portrait sensor (47mm) and a 10MP periscope with 5x optical zoom and 115mm equivalent lens. The fourth shooter on the back is a 15mm equivalent 12MP ultrawide lens.

Mix Fold 4 boots Xiaomi HyperOS based on Android 14 and packs a 5,100mAh Xiaomi Surge battery with 67W wired and 50W wireless charging.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 in black, white and blue
Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 in black, white and blue

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 comes in black, white, and blue colors. Pricing starts at CNY 8,999 ($1,237) for the 12/256GB trim and goes up to CNY 9,999 ($1,375) for the 16/512GB version and CNY 10,999 ($1,513) for the top-of-the-line Mix Fold 3 with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage.

Source (in Chinese)