Xiaomi Mi Max review: A giant 6.44-inch phone with a battery built for endurance.
The big-screen endurance Xiaomi.
Mi Max was Xiaomi's super-sized phone — a 6.44-inch media machine with a big battery and aluminium build at an aggressive price. Borderline tablet-sized, it found a loyal audience among video-watchers and endurance seekers who wanted maximum screen and battery for the money.
01Display
64/10064/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
03Performance
58/10058/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 17 points above the cohort average.
05Build
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
06Value
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 9 points above the cohort average.
- Huge 6.44" screen for media.
- Big 4,850 mAh battery — two-day life.
- Aluminium unibody, fingerprint sensor.
- microSD + jack + IR blaster.
- Unwieldy 88 mm wide.
- Only HD-class density on a big panel.
- Mono speaker.
- Mid-range chip.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 47-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .