Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 is an Android

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manufactured by

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. It was first announced and released in China in September 2017 and later was launched in

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at an event in

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on 10 October 2017. It is the successor to the

Xiaomi Mi MIX Xiaomi Mi MIX is an Android Smartphone manufactured by Xiaomi. It is designed by Philippe Starck, and awarded multiple top design awards for product design. It has been taken by multiple museum around the world as design collection, including C ...

. The ceramic body was designed by

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Specifications

Hardware

The Mi MIX 2 is powered by the

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processor, with either 6 or 8 GB

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RAM. It has a

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display, and features a 4-axis OIS camera system. Storage options include 64, 128 or 256 GB in China, but only 128 GB in India. The handset features a

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on the rear, and a front camera on the lower. It features a 3,400 mAh battery with a

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reversible connector which supports Quick Charge 3.0. It also has a four-sided curved

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body. It does not feature a 3.5mm headphone jack and comes with a USB-C to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter provided in the box.

Software

It comes with Android 7.0 "Nougat" with Xiaomi's MIUI 9 custom skin pre-installed.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S

Xiaomi unveiled a new version of the Mi MIX 2, the Mi MIX 2S, on March 27, 2018. Powered by the

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, it features the same 1080p IPS LCD display found on the Mi MIX 2, a new dual 12 MP camera, Qi wireless charging, and is pre-loaded with Android 8.0 Oreo. The Mi MIX 2S received a score of 97 on

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Reception

In August 2017, it was awarded the

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Gold Award for its design. In reviews, the general feedback was favorable, with critics praising the more accessible elements of it over the original Mi Mix such as worldwide LTE bands, a lower price than the original Mi Mix, a smaller display and a traditional earpiece speaker to replace the piezoelectric speaker in the original Mi Mix. Users are reporting 4G connection issues in France on Orange and Bouygues Networks. Also, the phone does not support 4G+ Carrier Aggregation Intern and (B3+ B7) which is widely used in Europe.

References

External links

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