Xiaomi Mi Max review – this smartphone a couple of days in China collected 8 million registrations on pre-order, the numbers impressive, let’s understand what Mi Max – cool new smartphone or another huge and uncomfortable phablet? Read our review.
POSITIONING XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
Xiaomi Max became the first smartphone company Xiaomi with a huge display, he took the lead and Mi Note / Mi Note Pro, which had a 5.7-inch screens. The unit was set up mainly for China, because users from China just fanateyut from huge displays.
The smartphone Mi Max is aimed at the premium segment phablet such as Huawaei P8 Max, LeEco Le Max 2, and others, but Xiaomi offers more affordable prices – only 307 dollars for a top model in the 4 GB RAM and 128 GB of flash memory with the processor Snapdragon 652 . For comparison, the maximum model LeEco Le max 2 worth 387 dollars in China.
SPECIFICATIONS XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
- Display 6.44-inch Full HD 1920 × 1080 pixels
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 650/652 processor with a clock frequency of 18 GHz per core
- Adreno 510 graphics
- RAM 3/4 GB RAM
- flash memory 32/64/128 GB ROM
- microSD card – there are up to 128 GB
- two SIM (format nano + micro, combined with microSD)
- It supports all major network
- fingerprint reader behind
- wireless technology: dual-band WiFi 802,11 ac, WiFi Display, WiFi
- Direct, Bluetooth 4.2, Bluetooth HID, infrared
- navigation GPS-A, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- rear camera 16 megapixel, aperture F / 2.0, phase detection autofocus (PDAF)
- front camera 5 MP, aperture F / 2.0, viewing angle 85 °
- 4850 mAh battery, fast charging (5V / 2A)
- dimensions of 173.1 x 88.3 x 7.5 mm
- weight 203 g
- MIUI OS 8 target Android 6.0
- body materials – glass and metal
- color: light gray, silver, gold
The main feature of the smartphone is the screen – it is great that somewhere between 5.5-inch smartphone and a 7″ inch tablet. Diagonal screen delivers 6.44 “inches and a resolution of Full HD – 1920 × 1080 pixels. This ratio creates a pixel density 342 ppi, it’s quite a lot compared to 5 “inch Redmi 3 which dot density of 293 ppi. For those who feared the screen grain – you can not survive, at 342 ppi pixels are not visible to the human eye.
Also Xiaomi Max screen has good contrast ratio of 1000: 1 and a maximum brightness of 450 nits. The display itself is made by IPS and called Sunlight Display Technology, he has wide viewing angles, and behave better in the sun, than other types of IPS screens. The operating system MIUI 8 allows the user to manually adjust the color temperature of the display: to expose warmer or cool colors right from the settings menu of the smartphone.
FILLING XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
Xiaomi for its phablet Mi Max chose the correct and reliable hardware platform – the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 650/652 depending on the modification. Processor clock speed – 1.8GHz per core for all three versions of the smartphone.
Also, the manufacturer took care of the memory: even minimal model is equipped with 32 GB of flash storage, which is very commendable for a $ 230 smartphone (Chinese price). By the way RAM Mi Max – 3 GB, also good. The average model has an impressive amount of internal memory to 64 GB of RAM at the same time – the same 3 GB.
And finally the maximum version of the Mi Max – 128 GB of flash and 4 GB of RAM, a real flagship PHABLET. Also worth noting that all three models have hybrid slots for the SIM, which means that in addition to the built-in user available storage microSD card to expand the memory of the smartphone, there is support for cards milking 128GB (VFAT).
CAMERAS AND PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
One of the promotional clips phablet showed that Mi Max will be an excellent camera, Xiaomi marketing department did not lie, Mi Max still got good sensors and opportunities for shooting photos and videos. There is a dual LED flash for night shots.
The main camera in Mi Max is set to 16 megapixel 5-Tew lens and f / 2.0 autofocus Vasa PDAF. The smartphone can do HDR images, there are several popular scene modes – panorama, continuous shooting, face detection and others. There is also a set of built-in filters for photo processing.
The front facing camera is also pleased Mi Max – 5 megapixels, aperture f / 2.0 lens and a wide angle of 85 ° degrees solution. The camera is able to make video calls of good quality in real time and of course has Beautify regime – for beautiful selfie.
SIM-CARD AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
Xiaomi Mi Max Hybrid has a SIM card slot, which can simultaneously accommodate two SIM-cards and micro nano is SIM format, or one operator card and microSD memory card.
TWO SIM-CARD FORMAT MICRO AND NANO SIM + MICROSD SLOT
Among Mi Max wireless technology supports the following things:
- Bluetooth 4.2, HD
- Wi-Fi Direct
- 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G +
- dual band Wi-Fi
- Navigation: GPS / AGPS, GLONASS Beidou
SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
Mi Max has an extra degree of protection in the form of a fingerprint scanner, fingerprint sensor located on the rear face of the smartphone, it has a circular shape and neat sawn edges. And other sensors:
- Hall Sensor
- proximity sensor
- Infrared control technology
- light sensor
- electronic compass
- gyroscope
In MIUI 8, which runs Xiaomi Mi Max, a built-in software to work with an infrared port, using this interface, you can control a compatible home appliances: TV sets, air conditioners and other devices.
THE BATTERY AND AUTONOMY XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
Since Mi Max big, battery is also fully consistent with the size of a smartphone. Used Polymer battery on 4850 mAh with quick 5V, 2A charging.
652 Snapdragon – a very energy-efficient processor, so that Mi Max is discharged for a half day. Also on the autonomy of the positive effect of the display resolution – better Full HD, rather than 2K, which would discharge the battery faster.
PRICES XIAOMI MI MAX REVIEW
The basic version of Xiaomi Max with Snapdragon 650, 3GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash – $ 230
Average Xiaomi Max version with Snapdragon 652, 3GB of RAM and 64 GB of flash – $ 260
The flagship Xiaomi Max with Snapdragon 652, 4 GB RAM and 128 GB of flash – $ 307
Source:
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