Xiaomi has introduced Mix Fold 3 with an improved hinge

Last year, Xiaomi launched the world’s thinnest foldable phone, the Mix Fold 2, and now a year later, the company has unveiled the Mix Fold 3 — a worthy sequel that has received a slew of upgrades.

A year later, Xiaomi launched the Mix Fold 2, the world’s thinnest foldable phone.

Let’s start with the body: the Mix Fold 3 is even thinner than its predecessor, measuring just 5.26mm when unfolded and 10.89mm when folded. Xiaomi engineers developed a new vertically arranged motherboard to reduce the phone’s dimensions.

Here’s how the Mix Fold 3 is designed.

The company has also developed an all-new proprietary hinge with 198 components and 17% less internal space. The new hinge features a 3-element structure and 14 micro-hinges that tighten the main folding display for increased strength, as well as a carbon ceramic steel pivot mechanism. The new Mix Fold 3 hinge also supports 45° — 135° opening, allowing you to position your phone like a mini laptop.

The new Mix Fold 3 hinge also supports 45° — 135° opening, allowing you to position your phone like a mini laptop.

Mix Fold 3 features two E6 OLED displays. The main 8.03-inch LTPO panel has a resolution of 1960×2160 and a variable refresh rate of 120Hz. The panel features ultra-thin glass (UTG) and supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. The external 6.56-inch LTPO OLED display is coated with Gorilla Glass Victus 2 and offers peak brightness up to 2,560 nits in auto mode.

An external 6.56-inch LTPO OLED display is coated with Gorilla Glass Victus 2 and offers peak brightness up to 2,560 nits in auto mode.

Turning to the cameras, we note that Xiaomi has equipped the Mix Fold 3 with a four-camera system with Leica optics. There’s a 50MP Sony IMX800 main camera (23mm equivalent) with OIS, and a 12MP ultrawide module (15mm equivalent). A 10MP telephoto lens (75mm) with 3x zoom and a 10MP periscopic module (115mm) providing 5x optical zoom are responsible for zoom photography. Both telemodules are equipped with OIS.

Mix Fold 3 features Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset with up to 16GB RAM and up to 1TB storage. The Mix Fold 3 gets a larger 4,800mAh battery with 67W wired charging, same as the Mix Fold 2, but with an additional 50W wireless charging. The software used is MIUI 14 based on Android 13.

MIUI 14.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 is available in glass and composite back panel variants, and the prices are the same regardless of material choice. Pre-orders in China are open starting today, and official sales will begin on August 16. Xiaomi did not provide any details on the device’s availability in international markets.

The device will be available in China today.