Now that we’ve rolled past Huawei and Vivo’s latest devices, now it’s time for Xiaomi to make an impression, and they’ve been making a pretty strong one. A Mi MIX Alpha teaser image quickly made rounds on social media, featuring what many thought was a folded display. This, of course, launched rampant speculation on whether the new device would be a folding phone or not, but it looks like we can finally stop guessing.
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun has gone to Weibo to clarify that the new device, unfortunately, isn’t the company’s folding phone, though he had more to add. According to him, the Mi MIX Alpha will feature a very subversive and shocking design. He doesn’t go into much further detail, but we can still make a few educated guesses.
From official teasers, we can assume that the Mi MIX Alpha will feature a revolutionary new curved screen design. It’ll supposedly give the device a 100% screen to body ratio, an industry first. It could very much be like the very first Mi MIX where it’s more of a concept device that’s the first of it’s kind, placing Xiaomi at the forefront of innovation once again.
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But that’s not all. More teasers have appeared that suggest something even more impressive will be coming with the Mi MIX Alpha. One of the teasers shows off the device’s 5G capabilities, something we’ve already known for a while, but the other teaser is much more important. It points out that the Mi MIX Alpha won’t feature a pop-out camera, notch or dot drop, but instead a completely new solution for the front camera.
In the 5G era, are you ready to see a new solution? 🤯
3 days until the special product launch event, stay tuned!#Xiaomi #MiMIXAlpha #ArtxTechnology #MIUI11 pic.twitter.com/u8taEW7a8S
— Xiaomi #FortuneGlobal500 (@Xiaomi) September 21, 2019
Anyone who’s been following Xiaomi’s recent developments will know that the company has already managed to make a fully functional under-display camera system. It’s looking extremely likely that this technology will be making its commercial debut on the new Mi MIX, which is only fitting. The Mi MIX devices have always been the testing ground for Xiaomi’s new experimental features, so it only makes sense we’d see the new feature here.
Personally, we’re extremely eager to finally see the Mi MIX Alpha launch on the 24th of September where they’ll finally spill all the device’s secrets. It’s definitely the headline act of the event, and Xiaomi has so far managed to successfully keep their device a mystery infinitely better than Huawei or Google have. How the Mi MIX Alpha will turn out we simply don’t know, but we do know that it’ll definitely be one of the most interesting launches of the year.
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