Xiaomi’s rumoured Mi Edge curved display Samsung Galaxy S6 rival specs revealed.
After releasing the Xiaomi Mi Note with curved glass rear panel I have been wondering how long it will take the Beijing phone maker to use their know how to build a phone with curved front panel.
It doesn’t sound like we have too long to wait as rumours of a device called the Mi Edge have been doing the rounds recently with the most up to date news even suggesting partial specifications for the phone.
Weibo tipsters suggest that the Xiaomi Mi Edge will feature a 5.2-inch 2K display from Sharp, Snapdragon 808 chipset, fingerprint scanner, 16 mega-pixel main camera and between 3GB – 4GB RAM.
It is believed that if the Xiaomi Mi Edge is in fact real we will see it launch in October either in place of the Xiaomi Mi5 or renamed Mi5 to become the next top of the range Mi phone.
As we saw with the pricing of the Mi Note we could also see an increase in price for the Mi Edge too with analysts believing the curved display phone might cost from 2500 Yuan.
What are your thoughts of a curved screen Xiaomi Mi Edge type device? Is a curved display a feature you are interested in having on your next device?
Don’t see the point
Need to hype the next flagship with new stupid features that you don’t need.
It’s aesthetics more than anything. Some people love the look of it and judging by the sales of the S6 Edge it’s a design we are going to see a lot more of in this industry.
If people liked the note edge and s6 edge. Then people will like this.
Lol sorry to say this to all xiaomi fans but this company hasn’t had a original idea in the last 4 years. And new companies like oneplus are making their phones easily available in the west with warranty and play services onboard.
They don’t need original ideas, they have to keep releasing phones with best value for money like Redmi Note 2. That’s their strong suit.
Maybe OnePlus isn’t a good example, but you are right about one thing, their expansion is going on frustratingly slow.
xiaomi actually makes still a lot of great things and revolutionary ideas you just dont follow its chinese counterpart 🙁
Then share your wisdom what have they done revolutionary in the last few years?
The most revolutionary thing that xiaomi has done over the years is not a particular product but the way they bypass all the middlemen and sell directly to the end users. By that they bring the best value to customers and force other big players to keep improving relentlessly. This system has later been copied by almost everybody else. Thanks to xiaomi, now we have flagship phones for entry-level prices.
You mean they did what online stores have been doing for the last decade. If this revolutionary our standards have sure dropped.
You are comparing an apple to an orange! Please kindly show me an online store that can control every phases of the process from designing, manufacturing to direct selling. Besides, xiaomi is also the pioneer in using social media to effectively market their products and transfer that massive save to end-users. If that ain’t revolutionary, I don’t know what is.
probably none and that includes xiaomi since we all know where they get most of their ideas
You do realize all of these companies copy from each other? You think Apple is 100% original? A lot of their designs were ripped off from other companies including several Chinese companies. But show me another company that has a phone that looks like the Redmi, Mi3 or Redmi Note. Those 3 phones were the biggest factors in Xiaomi’s growth. Show me a company offering everything the Redmi Note 2 does for that price.
Online stores sell a product that is designed, marketed and produced by another company. Xiaomi does everything themselves, their entire growth has been through social media and the internet. 6 years ago there was no Xiaomi, today they are one of the biggest companies in China. If that isn’t revolutionary and original, I don’t know what is.
it’s easy to grow when you steal your ideas from others and then sell your products for half the price because you didn’t spend 1/10 as much R&D. why do you think they haven’t officially launched in Europe or the states because they know lawyers will eat them alive.
If its so easy to grow by doing that how come all these other Chinese companies havent reached the level of Xiaomi? The way you make it seem Xiaomi has done nothing for their own success. So why does’t every Chinese company have sales to match them?
oneplus is very, very expensive.
Compared to flagship with the same kind of specs they are less than half the price.
Which Flagships? Compared to Chinese flagships with the same specs they are the same price.
you usually cant get Chinese flagships with native google support or warranty from the manufacturer in Europe or the states.
I never had any issues with Xiaomi honoring my warranty on my Mi3 when I lived in the states. I only had one real problem with it and they had me send it back to Singapore. They didn’t seem to care that i lived in a country with no official support as long as it was a genuine Xiaomi (which they confirmed firsthand). Had the same with Meizu just recently with my MX5, didn’t end up needing to send it back but they offered.
Still expensive. It seems you have plenty of money to spend.
doesn’t really matter as long as they pump out flagship spec’d devices at a fraction of the price. people will buy it.
As a Xiaomi fan I honestly don’t spend more than 2 seconds worrying about them having original ideas. They release amazing phones for the price and they give me weekly software updates.
one plus phone are not easily available unless you want to pay through the nose to get it. The invitation list is a pain. I know of 3 places i could buy the full range of Xiaomi phones from and have it in by hand in about 3 days without import duty
yeah onreplus with their stupid invite system so easy lol
Whether or not this is useful depends what they have planned for the ROM, the S6 display is purely for show as it doesn’t actually do anything. If they can make it a feature then this may tempt people as a cheaper alternative to the Samsung version.
If they can make it like the Note 4 and have the edge actually have a function it’s not a bad idea. If its just for show its a waste.
I doubt that LCD panels could handle such a curves like Samsung’s Edge. Sure display of LG G4 has a curve, but it’s a very very slight one.
They only need a curved glass from Corning or any other glass manufacturer and a flexible OLED display from Samsung or LG.
Regardless of that it’s a good time to switching OLED from LCD. OLEDs have thinner profiles which better fits today’s slim phones trend.
2K resolution is completely unnecessary for a 5.2 incher. Asking 2500 yuan for a SD808 device would means slow sales on mid term IMO.
im with you … you advocate cheap prices really well !~
oled display have a lot of issues (decoloration yellow stains etc.) Thiness is just pure form over functionality
Do you mean burn-ins with decoloration? It was old generation OLEDs.
I heard several LCDs suffers yellow stains. If some OLEDs suffers too it isn’t an OLED special issue.
OLEDs has better power consumption, better color reproduction and its thinnes isn’t just a form factor, it means you can fit a larger battery in same volume.
my mistake – i was talking about active matrix oled
beautiful … but that price tho…
You get what you pay for. There is a reason Xiaomi’s cost more than something from say Elephone. You pay for high quality materials, great customer support and weekly updates. Sometimes its worth it to pay a little more.
ok .. i get it , all the chinese people and people in places where xiaomi exists , get the customer support and after sales and replacements and warranty and what not !
BUT , what about places where there’s no xiaomi and people have to import stuff…
how does after sales work there??
You still get weekly updates. When I had a Mi4, Mi3 and Hongmi they all got an update just about every Friday. I only have one hardware issue ever with a Xiaomi, it was my Mi3 and I sent it to the Singapore repair facility and had it back in 2 weeks. I have never heard of them rejecting somebody who has a genuine Xiaomi product even if it was bought from another country. Sometimes they might charge you but they will always offer to fix it.
but what about me ? Im in Pakistan and the Only FB page they have relevant to my country , either stays dormant or replies that “work under progress” :/
will i get any after sales hardware support ?
I can;t guarantee you anything but when I have an issue with my Xiaomi phones (and hardware issues are very few with Xiaomi), I just email their main customer service. I was in the United States and had a problem with the screen on my Mi3. I emailed them described the issue, gave them a few numbers they requested off the phone and they told me to ship it to their Singapore facility. I had to pay for postage there and back but they covered the cost of repairs.
i see…
well , i can see how this goes …
I believe you must have , even if rather faintly , heard of Cheezmall . com ,
it sets up shop mid september here and promises to offer most of the popular and not so popular Chinese phone brands here along with AFTER-SALES services included !
Never heard of them lol
ali baba ?
Ahh they part of that group?
kind of …
how does that bode ?
I have literally no experience with them. I used Aliexpress once.
Don’t see the point
Need to hype the next flagship with new stupid features that you don’t need.
It’s aesthetics more than anything. Some people love the look of it and judging by the sales of the S6 Edge it’s a design we are going to see a lot more of in this industry.
If people liked the note edge and s6 edge. Then people will like this.
Lol sorry to say this to all xiaomi fans but this company hasn’t had a original idea in the last 4 years. And new companies like oneplus are making their phones easily available in the west with warranty and play services onboard.
They don’t need original ideas, they have to keep releasing phones with best value for money like Redmi Note 2. That’s their strong suit.
Maybe OnePlus isn’t a good example, but you are right about one thing, their expansion is going on frustratingly slow.
xiaomi actually makes still a lot of great things and revolutionary ideas you just dont follow its chinese counterpart 🙁
The most revolutionary thing that xiaomi has done over the years is not a particular product but the way they bypass all the middlemen and sell directly to the end users. By that they bring the best value to customers and force other big players to keep improving relentlessly. This system has later been copied by almost everybody else. Thanks to xiaomi, now we have flagship phones for entry-level prices.
oneplus is very, very expensive.
doesn’t really matter as long as they pump out flagship spec’d devices at a fraction of the price. people will buy it.
You are comparing an apple to an orange! Please kindly show me an online store that can control every phases of the process from designing, manufacturing to direct selling. Besides, xiaomi is also the pioneer in using social media to effectively market their products and transfer that massive save to end-users. If that ain’t revolutionary, I don’t know what is.
As a Xiaomi fan I honestly don’t spend more than 2 seconds worrying about them having original ideas. They release amazing phones for the price and they give me weekly software updates.
Which Flagships? Compared to Chinese flagships with the same specs they are the same price.
Online stores sell a product that is designed, marketed and produced by another company. Xiaomi does everything themselves, their entire growth has been through social media and the internet. 6 years ago there was no Xiaomi, today they are one of the biggest companies in China. If that isn’t revolutionary and original, I don’t know what is.
I never had any issues with Xiaomi honoring my warranty on my Mi3 when I lived in the states. I only had one real problem with it and they had me send it back to Singapore. They didn’t seem to care that i lived in a country with no official support as long as it was a genuine Xiaomi (which they confirmed firsthand). Had the same with Meizu just recently with my MX5, didn’t end up needing to send it back but they offered.
If its so easy to grow by doing that how come all these other Chinese companies havent reached the level of Xiaomi? The way you make it seem Xiaomi has done nothing for their own success. So why does’t every Chinese company have sales to match them?
You do realize all of these companies copy from each other? You think Apple is 100% original? A lot of their designs were ripped off from other companies including several Chinese companies. But show me another company that has a phone that looks like the Redmi, Mi3 or Redmi Note. Those 3 phones were the biggest factors in Xiaomi’s growth. Show me a company offering everything the Redmi Note 2 does for that price.
Still expensive. It seems you have plenty of money to spend.
one plus phone are not easily available unless you want to pay through the nose to get it. The invitation list is a pain. I know of 3 places i could buy the full range of Xiaomi phones from and have it in by hand in about 3 days without import duty
yeah onreplus with their stupid invite system so easy lol
Whether or not this is useful depends what they have planned for the ROM, the S6 display is purely for show as it doesn’t actually do anything. If they can make it a feature then this may tempt people as a cheaper alternative to the Samsung version.
If they can make it like the Note 4 and have the edge actually have a function it’s not a bad idea. If its just for show its a waste.
I am not sure if it is wise to pay a high price for a phone with curve edges… I mean what do they do? Isn’t it better to have a flat or concave screen? Just imagine if TVs are made like this. Who would actually buy…?
Tvs used to be curved then they went flat, I sure don’t want to go back to curved displays thanks
But they make curved TV’s now too. Not in the edges, but like all. Probably you know it that, right.?. 🙂
Yes. But in a “concave” design, which is right for large displays. However, I don’t think it is wise to use it on a 5.5 inch display. It will be as ridiculous as the edge design.
Exactly. That was the CRT era. I sure don’t want to see a come back too. A convex display is a step backward. And the edge display design on a phone like the Samsung S6 Edge is only useful if you rest your phone high, like may be the eyes level.
I doubt that LCD panels could handle such a curves like Samsung’s Edge. Sure display of LG G4 has a curve, but it’s a very very slight one.
They only need a curved glass from Corning or any other glass manufacturer and a flexible OLED display from Samsung or LG.
Regardless of that it’s a good time to switching OLED from LCD. OLEDs have thinner profiles which better fits today’s slim phones trend.
2K resolution is completely unnecessary for a 5.2 incher. Asking 2500 yuan for a SD808 device would means slow sales on mid term IMO.
im with you … you advocate cheap prices really well !~
oled display have a lot of issues (decoloration yellow stains etc.) Thiness is just pure form over functionality
Do you mean burn-ins with decoloration? It was old generation OLEDs.
I heard several LCDs suffers yellow stains. If some OLEDs suffers too it isn’t an OLED special issue.
OLEDs has better power consumption, better color reproduction and its thinnes isn’t just a form factor, it means you can fit a larger battery in same volume.
my mistake – i was talking about active matrix oled
beautiful … but that price tho…
You get what you pay for. There is a reason Xiaomi’s cost more than something from say Elephone. You pay for high quality materials, great customer support and weekly updates. Sometimes its worth it to pay a little more.
ok .. i get it , all the chinese people and people in places where xiaomi exists , get the customer support and after sales and replacements and warranty and what not !
BUT , what about places where there’s no xiaomi and people have to import stuff…
how does after sales work there??
You still get weekly updates. When I had a Mi4, Mi3 and Hongmi they all got an update just about every Friday. I only have one hardware issue ever with a Xiaomi, it was my Mi3 and I sent it to the Singapore repair facility and had it back in 2 weeks. I have never heard of them rejecting somebody who has a genuine Xiaomi product even if it was bought from another country. Sometimes they might charge you but they will always offer to fix it.
but what about me ? Im in Pakistan and the Only FB page they have relevant to my country , either stays dormant or replies that “work under progress” :/
will i get any after sales hardware support ?
I can;t guarantee you anything but when I have an issue with my Xiaomi phones (and hardware issues are very few with Xiaomi), I just email their main customer service. I was in the United States and had a problem with the screen on my Mi3. I emailed them described the issue, gave them a few numbers they requested off the phone and they told me to ship it to their Singapore facility. I had to pay for postage there and back but they covered the cost of repairs.
i see…
well , i can see how this goes …
I believe you must have , even if rather faintly , heard of Cheezmall . com ,
it sets up shop mid september here and promises to offer most of the popular and not so popular Chinese phone brands here along with AFTER-SALES services included !
Never heard of them lol
ali baba ?
Ahh they part of that group?
kind of …
how does that bode ?
I have literally no experience with them. I used Aliexpress once.
I am not sure if it is wise to pay a high price for a phone with curve edges… I mean what do they do? Isn’t it better to have a flat or concave screen? Just imagine if TVs are made like this. Who would actually buy…?
Tvs used to be curved then they went flat, I sure don’t want to go back to curved displays thanks
But they make curved TV’s now too. Not in the edges, but like all. Probably you know it that, right.?. 🙂
Exactly. That was the CRT era. I sure don’t want to see a come back too. A convex display is a step backward. And the edge display design on a phone like the Samsung S6 Edge is only useful if you rest your phone high, like may be the eyes level.
Yes. But in a “concave” design, which is right for large displays. However, I don’t think it is wise to use it on a 5.5 inch display. It will be as ridiculous as the edge design.
Diverting from China Apple to China Samsung. Good things is that Xiaomi can do what the big manufacturers can do.
If they release this monstrosity they lost me. I liked Xiaomi for their simple clean design as much as for their great prices on good hardware but this thing has no place in the Xiaomi line of products. It was an abomination when done by Samsung and it will be one done by anyone else. It has no use, no advantage, no aesthetic, it’s a gimmick that attracts a limited clientele.
On the Galaxy Note 4 Edge it has advantages, the entire curved edge is used for notifications and other convenient features. I am not fan of the design but I wouldn’t abandon a company because they had one design I didn’t like. If this was going to be the design language for all their new phones you would have point, but if it’s just a one off does it really affect you that much?
I don’t mean that I wouldn’t buy their other products, they just lose my respect. I love the simplicity of most of their products. It’s a design style that I personally like very much and in my eyes they would be losing something if they were going in this direction.
I loved my S6 edge and it made Samsung stand out it the sea of slabs it worked great with the slide out menus that are in stock android.
I’m glad it works for you, pretty much anything works for somebody but I am incompatible with this design. I personally consider the Samsung edge devices the ugliest current gadgets. It’s just the looks that bother me, I know the hardware is awesome. My opinion is that the last good looking Samsung device in it’s time was the S2. I prefer plainer looking devices that don’t attract attention.
Diverting from China Apple to China Samsung. Good things is that Xiaomi can do what the big manufacturers can do.
If they release this monstrosity they lost me. I liked Xiaomi for their simple clean design as much as for their great prices on good hardware but this thing has no place in the Xiaomi line of products. It was an abomination when done by Samsung and it will be one done by anyone else. It has no use, no advantage, no aesthetic, it’s a gimmick that attracts a limited clientele.
On the Galaxy Note 4 Edge it has advantages, the entire curved edge is used for notifications and other convenient features. I am not fan of the design but I wouldn’t abandon a company because they had one design I didn’t like. If this was going to be the design language for all their new phones you would have point, but if it’s just a one off does it really affect you that much?
I loved my S6 edge and it made Samsung stand out it the sea of slabs it worked great with the slide out menus that are in stock android.
I don’t mean that I wouldn’t buy their other products, they just lose my respect. I love the simplicity of most of their products. It’s a design style that I personally like very much and in my eyes they would be losing something if they were going in this direction.
I’m glad it works for you, pretty much anything works for somebody but I am incompatible with this design. I personally consider the Samsung edge devices the ugliest current gadgets. It’s just the looks that bother me, I know the hardware is awesome. My opinion is that the last good looking Samsung device in it’s time was the S2. I prefer plainer looking devices that don’t attract attention.
I call it FAKE!
Looks about right, but the Snapdragon 808 is a lower class chip than the S810 and S805, but still better than Helio X10 and Kirin 935 in my book.
The 808 would be a step below the X10. If there were a hierarchy (and no throttling issues) the order would be 808, 935, X10, 805, 810. But in real world performance most people will never notice a difference between any of them, except when it comes to the GPU. The Adreno’s have a clear advantage there. In terms of overall processing though they are all more than powerful enough for whatever you throw at it.
I call it FAKE!
Looks about right, but the Snapdragon 808 is a lower class chip than the S810 and S805, but still better than Helio X10 and Kirin 935 in my book.
The 808 would be a step below the X10. If there were a hierarchy (and no throttling issues) the order would be 808, 935, X10, 805, 810. But in real world performance most people will never notice a difference between any of them, except when it comes to the GPU. The Adreno’s have a clear advantage there. In terms of overall processing though they are all more than powerful enough for whatever you throw at it.
ended up beings blackberry double edge screen design
ended up beings blackberry double edge screen design