SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi Mix review: The 2016 concept phone that started the bezel-less revolution.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2016·$520
Overall
56/100
Class rank
#79 of 109
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The concept phone that reshaped the whole industry.

The Mi Mix proved a near-bezel-less phone was possible and pushed the entire industry toward all-screen designs. It is a historically important device.

01Display

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz, near bezel-less
Size6.4 inches
Resolution2,040 × 1,080 px (362 ppi)
ProtectionCeramic body

02Camera

54/100

54/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2016 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
Selfie5 MP, f/2.2 (bottom-mounted)
Video4K @ 30 fps

03Performance

46/100

46/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2016 — 22 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon 821 (14 nm)
CPUQuad-core
GPUAdreno 530
RAM4 GB / 6 GB
Storage128 GB / 256 GB

04Battery

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 67-point average for flagship phones of 2016.

Capacity4,400 mAh
Wired~18 W Quick Charge 3.0
WirelessNo

05Build

72/100

72/100 trails the 75-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.

06Value

56/100

56/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2016.

What works
  • The phone that kicked off the bezel-less era.
  • Striking full-ceramic body.
  • Large 4,400 mAh battery.
  • Piezoelectric earpiece — no speaker grille.
What doesn't
  • Awkward bottom-mounted selfie camera.
  • Heavy ceramic body at 209 g.
  • Software ended at Android 8.
  • Discontinued — a concept-turned-product.
Cross-shop it against
Pixel 2 (2017)
$649 · score 88/100

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 109-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .