Did Xiaomi just make the best Foldable Phone yet?

This is the biggest change in

foldable

smart

phone

s in the last four years. If you wanted a

foldable

one, you pretty much had no choice but to buy a Samsung, but this looks like something special. People call it the Samsung killer. I need to know if this is enough to finally turn the tide on the

foldable

market. It's called The Mix fold 2 and right from the start its packaging wows Samsung as if comparing it to the z-fold 4 which literally comes with the cable and the

phone

has a more premium

foldable

box with a

xiaomi

VIP service card on top.

What happens if we really dial this number? This number is restricted on this

phone

. I still not only have the

phone

but a hard case which is a god level inclusion because not only is it protection it's also a really solid kickstand to hold the device with a 67 watt fast charger and then Sim charging cable e eject tool and also a head

phone

jack adapter this is where it gets interesting though literally the moment i took the plastic wrap off this

phone

i realized for the second time that this is what a

phone

should feel like

foldable

phone

and i'm not even getting down to how it's one of the thinnest smart

phone

s in the world when unfolded so impressive as that's what's even more remarkable is how when folded they actually managed to

make

it feel like a regular

phone

the combination of its slightly wider ratio compared to Samsung with the tighter hinge protruding less, the improved screen-to-body ratio on the fr Being and only the slimmer overall body of the

phone

, it all

make

s Samsung's current

foldable

phone

look like it's at least two generations old and it's not

just

a matter of aesthetics, it actually

make

s the front screen more usable meaning you can watch Netflix without it feeling cramped and cut off I finally have a full size keyboard but can use my two huge thumbs to type not to mention a form factor that doesn't

make

it feel like I have a third leg in my pocket

just

to give you an idea, while samsung's most recent z-fold 4 is around 15.8mm thick this sits at 11.2 which is a big difference and not much more than a normal

phone

which would be around 9mm and, To top it off, it does all of that while also looking neater thanks to a new type of hinge that allows it to fold completely flat instead of angled display bezels that actually match the curve. natural height of the

phone

and a centralized camera module on the back that reduces the amount of table wobble.

It's not hard to see why this

phone

is called a Samsung killer and then when I noticed the following, the two may as well date. the Samsung in performance and I'm not

just

talking about benchmark scores, I also noticed it with Wi-Fi download speeds and while I'm not talking about generational leaps here by any means, the simple fact that this may even be within par with this is in is Si is quite a feat when you take into account that a samsung has a thicker

phone

with more space inside B the samsung is more expensive even if you pay the extra to import the

xiaomi

it will still cost you 10 less and then C it's

just

that the z44 is already blazing fast with this new high end snapdragon 8 plus gen 1 chip and 12 gigs of ram which

xiaomi

also shares.

I can't understand how great it feels to be able to play games that look as good as this on a screen with this much space on a

phone

this thin it gets a bit hotter than Samsung when you really stress it but if you really look at what happens to the performance numbers after persistently pushing it, it's the Samsung output that actually drops much faster and To be really honest, I was hoping to tell you that I got my ass poked. I was hoping to tell you that the software is what ruins it, it has been for most other

foldable

s up to this point, but that's not really the case, there's also no other way to put it other than the fact that

xiaomi

has stepped up the creation of its own

foldable

-only software skin called the MIUI fold you tap the power button which is also scanning your fingerprint as you do so and you're straight into a home screen which is making the most of the extra screen space now you get three extra icons on your dog that allow you to quickly juggle the latest apps that have been opened and the floating window tab on the other side is really handy that you can even play games in that floating window not to mention the vast and ever-growing MIUI Personalization Suite now I'll say I still don't think it's Snuff dependent with Samsung really having time to think about the minutiae of how op Timing every interaction, like with the

xiaomi

, you can only split apps vertically, not horizontally, which means if you're trying to watch a video while doing something else, that video will be a little window in the middle, but to be fair during the two weeks i've had this i always felt like it had enough extra tools to

just

ify having a

foldable

phone

instead of a regular flagship the only other thing that was a little weird was this

phone

doesn't really want me to use google apps as chrome

just

wouldn't install and treats gboard as a security risk to the point where you have to go to a separate menu

just

to enable the option to potentially switch to it, but assuming that's

just

because this is a chinese model It's almost hard to see where the problem is with this

phone

, even the battery and cameras are very much keeping up with its expensive arrival, to be so of By the way, yes, the mixed fold skimps on wireless charging capabilities, but it more than

make

s up for it by being able to charge twice as fast as Samsung in 40 minutes instead of 1 hour 30 and then comes with the charger to do it and then to The cameras have a good quality 50-megapixel main sensor to shoot.

They're reliable mostly natural photos in all different lighting conditions, plus the classic bonus of being able to take selfies with that rear camera. I mean, tell me this isn't one of the sharpest selfies you've ever seen, but this is where the rub comes in. Although I think Samsung and

Xiaomi

are making the most of this

foldable

form factor as they have loaded these

phone

s with multitasking elements and

foldable

features, it doesn't change the fact that this core style of

phone

is all full screen on the front and then on. the larger indoor screen concept is fundamentally inefficient the way it's designed means you need two completely separate screens and three arrays of cameras even though you can only use one at a time that aside from the completely unnecessary cost also means that when the

phone

is folded, it's not

just

because it's impractical, but you don't even get the benefit of it being thick, like it isn't like now. the

phone

is stacked inside with components that

make

it run faster or take better photos its

just

multiple layers of repeated metal body and unused screen and you might be thinking well

xiaomi

fixes that right they have done feel like a normal

phone

when folded nicely yes, but to get there while still retaining all the inefficiencies that a

foldable

design like this brings, they had to remove like half of what

make

s Samsung attractive in the first place, for example the hinge the only reason

xiaomi

managed to

make

a lower profile hinge than samsung by making it less sturdy you will notice that when you open this

phone

it

just

opens all the way instead of samsung's flex mode feature giving you it allows 40 degrees of freedom that the hinge can be held in and apps can adapt to it or I mean technically this

xiaomi

has a Har tuned dual speaker system Man Kardon, it's not very good, although you can tune The Equalizer all you want, but the sheer physics of trying to get the Punchy sound out of a five millimeter thick

phone

shell

just

doesn't add up and the end result is that sounds tinny but a sub to the channel would be harmonic oh with the cameras yes the main sensor It usually takes good pictures but both the ultra wide and zoom cameras have been scaled down massively to try and minimize the bump .

Both are solid in bright lighting but fall apart when the light starts to wane. We

just

found some wild deer around here. let's see if we can use the zoom camera to take a decent photo that's not great oh dear and you also know this selfie camera inside which is really

just

an ambient light sensor there's no camera here which again is something

xiaomi

had to do to

make

the

phone

so slim but it doesn't work with a form factor like this. z-flip

phone

u Unlike those

phone

s and unlike some other flagships that have a second rear screen on the back with how wide it is, it's quite an awkward maneuver to perform, on top of what you do if you want to have a video call With someone you couldn't do on the main screen and I'm not even going to delve into the still huge crease that runs down the middle the lack of a water resistance rating or stylus support how videos don't fill the screen how most apps don't take advantage of the space how the only real solution is to run them in the normal aspect ratio of the

phone

but then what's the point and then how even though it's great the mixed fold comes with a case included you'll never be able to adequately protect a

phone

like this at all senses how it can be done so easily with a normal bathroom this could be a thing of mine but even with the case on this one i'm constantly worried about dropping this

phone

because i feel like it wouldn't do very well for me.

I'm not exactly saying that

xiaomi

got it wrong. decisions with this

phone

because, let's be honest, Samsung is too thick for most people, so something had to happen. I'm

just

saying I don't think you can win with this

phone

format. you are for a mainstream audience if you are one of the specific enthusiasts who know these

foldable

s are for you then you are probably right but for most of you who are watching this market from a distance and are tempted this is your keep in mind Mind you now probably isn't the time for you to jump in to see me unbox the Tesla Electro

phone

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