Xiaomi has today announced a new Xiaomi Mi MIX 3
Palace Special Edition, priced at 4,999 Yuan which roughly converts to US$ 725.
Unlike other special edition phones, this one is limited to just 500 units and go on sale at 21st December.
This is the second special edition of the Mi MIX 3
launched by Xiaomi. Earlier, the Chinese company had launched Mi MIX 3
Forbidden City Edition that went on sale last week, along with the Sapphire
Blue Ceramic Edition. The Forbidden City Edition is also priced at 4,999 Yuan,
roughly US$ 725.
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Palace Special Edition is
jointly developed in partnership with the Palace Museum and comes in a Sapphire
Blue color. To make it stand out, the phone’s body is engraved with the sacred
animal pattern. It comes with a collection gift box, which contains the ancient
hand-painted gold bronze statue, and an exclusive three-year flow card as well
as a mobile phone case.
As for the memory configuration, the smartphone packs
10GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage. The USP of the smartphone is its manual
slider design that allows the phone to sport a notch-less and bezel-less
display. This is also the company’s second smartphone to feature 10GB of RAM.
The rest of the phone’s specifications are similar
to the regular edition. It features a 6.39-inch Samsung AMOLED display with
2340×1080 pixels screen resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the
device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 octa-core processor.
For photography, the handset comes with dual rear
camera setup consisting of a 12-megapixel primary lens and a 12-megapixel
secondary telephone lens. There’s also a dual camera setup on the front side,
featuring a 24-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor.
The smartphone is running Android 9 Pie operating
system out-of-the-box with the company’s own MIUI custom interface and Xiao AI
Voice Assistant. The device is powered by a 3,200mAh battery that supports
Quick Charge 4 fast charging as well as 10W wireless charging.
