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Xiaomi Mix Fold review: Xiaomi's first foldable — 2021 inward-fold with liquid lens telephoto.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2021·$1,500
Overall
72/100
Class rank
#12 of 17
Tier
Foldable
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Xiaomi's first foldable with liquid lens.

Mix Fold introduced Xiaomi's foldable line and an industry-first liquid-lens camera — variable focal length via a deformable fluid lens. Genuinely innovative.

01Display

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2021.

Main8.01" foldable OLED 60 Hz
Cover6.52" OLED 90 Hz
Resolution2,480 × 1,860 px

02Camera

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2021.

Main108 MP, f/1.8 (Samsung HM2)
Telephoto8 MP liquid lens (3× macro + telephoto)
Ultrawide13 MP
Selfie20 MP

03Performance

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for foldable phones of 2021.

ChipsetSnapdragon 888
RAM12 / 16 GB
Storage256 / 512 GB

04Battery

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 73-point average for foldable phones of 2021.

Capacity5,020 mAh
Wired67 W

05Build

76/100

76/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for foldable phones of 2021.

06Value

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 62-point average for foldable phones of 2021.

What works
  • Industry-first liquid lens (variable focal length).
  • Harman Kardon stereo.
  • SD 888 + 5G + 67 W.
  • Cinematic 21:9 cover screen.
What doesn't
  • China-only.
  • 60 Hz main display.
  • 317 g heavy.
  • MIUI heavy.
Cross-shop it against
Vivo X Fold
$1500 · score 86/100

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