Xiaomi have taken the wraps off of their first ever ‘phablet’ so as to speak, the Xiaomi Mi Max (along with MIUI 8).
Xiaomi Mi Max
As noted earlier, the Mi Max has a 6.44 inch display. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 650/652 processor, and along with that has a 4850mAh battery (which Xiaomi claims is 76% greater in capacity than the iPhone 6s Plus’ battery). Xiaomi claim that this battery will give the Mi Max at least 24 hours of life on one charge.
The Mi Max has a 16 mega-pixel rear camera, 5 mega-pixel front facing camera, and features an IR blaster which is becoming an increasingly popular feature. Other than that, the Mi Max has 3GB and 4GB RAM variants, with storages varying between 32, 64 and 128GB. The fingerprint scanner on the Mi Max sits on the rear, akin to the Redmi Note 3.
As for the pricing, the three variants have been priced as below:
- 3GB RAM/32GB, Snapdragon 650: 1499 Yuan / $230
- 3GB RAM/64GB, Snapdragon 652: 1699 Yuan / $260
- 4GB RAM/128GB, Snapdragon 652: 1999 Yuan / $306
The phone will be available in Silver, Gold and Light Gray colour variants. The phone will go on sale 17th May.
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MIUI 8
Along with the phone, Xiaomi also finally unveiled MIUI 8. Xiaomi reckon that the one word the described MIUI 8 is ‘Color’. The update gives MIUI some new features as well as some visual revamps.
For example, you’ll now be able to edit pictures and video right from MIUI.
Another new feature is the ‘long screenshot’ mode, which allows you to take screenshots of entire webpages as opposed to just what you see on the screen.
All stock apps have been redesigned – no surprise here. MIUI camera will also recognise text inside pictures besides just Barcodes and QR codes.
Multi-window support: Some apps (including WeChat, QQ, etc.) will now support multi window to make better use of the screen real estate. Meizu introduced a similar feature in Flyme 5.
The Mi 2/2S/3/4/4C/5/Max/Redmi Note and the Xiaomi Note Pro will be eligible for MIUI 8 updates.
MIUI 8 will start seeding 17th June, exactly a month after the Xiaomi Mi Max first goes on sale.
Mi 4s?? It’s also included
yeah, and all redmi and Mi Note too 🙂
Hi Please confirm whether it has a 2.5D glass screen? Thanks 🙂
I bet all the retailers are going to start selling it for a minimum of 300$
Blah, at those prices they should have used a 1440p screen to make it interesting enough.
360 N4 (launched yesterday) is about 5 times more exciting.
They are selling it this high because there is so little competition in mid range big screen.
I don’t think build quality of 360 N4 can compare to Xiaomi.
Those funny brands like No1, Elephoney, Blueboo, Blackieview etc etc i don’t think can survive for 1 year normal use. Their build quality and QC is just below standard.
Maybe if you are lucky can last for 2 years MAX (if you are very lucky and super careful with your smartphone).
This is why i prefer bigger brands that proven durable, hopefully have better build quality and last longer.
Apparently you aren’t aware that 360 makes the phones with Coolpad and they are not a tiny company, they are a pretty big company trying to go huge.
Why didn’t they use Snapdragon 820 ?
Because the flagship of this year is Mi5
Hmm, 6,44″ is sadly a bit to big for my taste…
so my favorites are still the zuk z2 and le 2 pro..which is sad because i actually dont want to go away from miui thats the only reason i didnt order a le 2 pro ^^
the mi5 isnt my taste and the mi max lacks ois and a fingerprint scanner…i actually was thinking of going for the mi note (the old one) because it has a better camera compared to my mi 4 and is bigger (whic i want) but i dont want to basically buy the same hardware again years later ^^
and i would miss a fingerprint scanner..
but i think its great that xiaomi offers something at that size
Mi Max has fingerprint scanner 🙂
sorry i meant the mi note with that sentence..had a pretty terrible formation sorry 🙁
Best value is the 360 N4 but that’s not for you since you want a very capable cam.
SD801 based devices are not worth it anymore as the perf is lacking. One Plus should have it’s new one soon but they aren’t great at cams. Honor V8 is about to launch (in 30minutes actually) but Huawei is not great at cams either. Then again, neither is Xiaomi or most in China. So it depends how you define a good cam.
well at their time the mi note cam was really really good.
i think the meizu mx 5 did good images, obv. not the best but i mean more like a capable camera not the best..like the mx 5 still has or the mi 5, its not liek they are the best but you cans till take good images.
i had the oneplus one and actually want to stick with miui as i like it..maybe i’ll give the le 2 pro a chance if its proven by reviewers.
There are rumors that Xiaomi might have a high end device with curved screen in the second half of the year so you could wait for that but better see how fast MIUI8 is before sticking with MIUI.
well i’m completely happy with miui since version 5 with every new version, i also like a few things about flyme and emui but i always tend to like miui more..just because of a few features.
They do have some nice features but it’s slow at this point. Hopefully MIUI8 is better.
6.44″ with the finger scanner on the back?
Talk about useless.
I been using my Chuwi Hi8 Super to watch videos on my bed but it’s a bit too heavy (300g) and the battery too small (4hours), so this looks like a nice visual media tablet and since I would not use it as a serious device the locked bootloader won’t bother me.
original price is not bad, but once gone to china online re-seller then it will be different story as they jack off the price up pretty badly.
Looking at how damn big the battery and hardware specification, i think Mi Max is a good buy. Much much cheaper than those so called premium smartphone brands from china/korea/USA (i think you know which brands LOL).
Now we need to wait for more details like build quality, more hardware and software details (Screen protection, Camera quality, Android fluid & stability, etc, etc) if everything proven smooth and good then i will buy this gem !!!!
Pending review from independent reviewers.
Oh and i need to know also whether this model easy to bend like Mi5.
Not because i like to purposely bending my smartphone but i like my smartphone to be durable and sturdy for at least 2 years usage.
the mi 5 doesnt bend easy without a lot of force that is enough to bend nearly every phone.
The Mi5 is only going to bend if you try to bend it, as will most phones. With normal usage it will never bend.
Looks like pretty thin bezels or are the photos fake?
never trust renders 😉
Check the white model of Mi5 and you will get your answer 😛
Dear no worries, we tried to eliminate all them nasty black borders. Thanks
Check real pictures, Xiaomi has already tricked us with the Mi5, same here, you can double bezels side size!
What that mean “Some apps will support multi-window feature” we want all of the apps. Don’t we?
Yep we do. But unfortunately that ain’t happening already
Nubia Z9 [borderless phone] does this function perfectly 🙂
A little disappointed with the screen res, I’ve owned a phone with a 6.44″ FHD panel and I found the resolution to be lacking at that size.
Unless you duct tape the phone to your eyeball, fhd is fine for such a size.
I dare you to use a 13′ fhd laptop without changing the text size in the settings.
You can tell you haven’t used one before otherwise you would know what i mean. It makes a huge difference at that size.
He’s right on phones above 6 inches you can definitely notice a difference. Anything below FHD is more than acceptable.
It will sell well in Asia where they love big phones.
Big phones are used to compensate for other small parts, just like hummers
What’s a hummer?
lol..
Do you even google?
I think u missed the joke..
Are you considering this phone now ?
No I do love big phones but I don’t really like this one. Right now I am down to 2 phones: Zuk Z2 Pro and Huawei P9.
Of course, no MIUI 8 for Xiaomi’s one year old “flagship” Mi4i.
They really should buy back all that peace of crap to make their owners belive in Xioami again.
My dear mr Bojan, I as the chairman, can confirm that there will be a MIUI 8 version for MI4I, please jsut wait until global rom launch. Thanks
Dear beloved Mi Fans. I hope you all enjoyed our launch presentation today. We finally launched a phone with a screen size bigger than the average “dick” size in Europe. I hope you will all consider that and buy the device. Thanks dears
Your daughter needs to tone things down a bit in bed.
I have bite marks and bruises from last night, Mr. Chairman.
Time for a father-daughter talk eh? 😉
Does it have physical home button?
MIUI Tweaks from GP works like a charm with ROM. I recommend it to all!
i just see igeekphone has made the review, when will you make the review?