Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G variant with Snapdragon 855 expected to release early 2019

Xiaomi is going to join the 5G race and has already showcased its 5G variant of the Mi Mix 3 smartphone at an event in China. The Mi Mix 3 was launched in October this year, the 5G variant of which is expected to hit the markets early 2019.The variant will sport the newly launched Snapdragon 855 chipset by Qualcomm. The non-5G variant features the Snapdragon 845. At the China Mobile Partner Conference the smartphone manufacturer demonstrated web surfing as well as live video streaming on 5G network on Mi Mix 3.[caption id="attachment_5444211" align="alignnone" width="1280"]

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Image: Xiaomi[/caption]

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3: specifications and features

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 has a massive 6.39-inch Full HD Plus AMOLED 19.5:9 aspect ratio display sporting a resolution of 2,340 x 1,080 pixels that runs from edge to edge, unlike the previous Mi Mix devices that featured a thick bezel (chin) below the display that also included the sensors and the front-facing camera.The rear camera setup includes a 12 MP + 12 MP AI enabled camera, with one sporting a wide-angle lens with an f/1.8 aperture and the second a telephoto lens with an f/2.4 aperture.The front-facing camera gets a 24 MP + 2 MP setup with the second camera being used to click bokeh images in Portrait mode.Its non-5G varaint has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC paired with 10 GB RAM in the top-end variant. The other variants include, an 6 GB + 128 GB (3,299 CNY), 8 GB + 128 GB (3,599 CNY) and 8 GB + 256 GB (3,999 CNY). This roughly converts to Rs 34,800, Rs 37,900 and Rs 42,100 respectively.