Xiaomi shows the fold-around Mi Mix Alpha concept smartphone in its HK store

In September 2019 Xiaomi unveiled a new "concept" smartphone, the Mi Mix Alpha, which uses a foldable OLED screen wrapped around the phone. Xiaomi said this phone will be produced in small quantities (with a price tag of around $2,800) and indeed it is now displaying it in its shop in Hong Kong:





The AMOLED display, produced by Visionox, is 7.92" in size with a resolution of 2088x2250 (388 PPI).

Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha photo

Other features include a Snapdragon 855+ chipset, 12GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage, 5G connectivity and a triple camera which includes a 108MP sensor.

Xiaomi is testing several new advanced technologies with an aim to bring them first to market. In January 2019 Xiaomi unveiled a new prototype smartphone that uses a tri-foldable OLED display. The supplier of the foldable OLED for this prototype was Visionox, which also supplied Xiaomi with the innovative OLED displays with under-the-screen camera.

Posted: Dec 05,2019 by Ron Mertens