As phone makers announce their 5G hardware coming
throughout this year, we are starting to see them go on sale around the world.
Today’s announcement comes from the head of Xiaomi in Western EU, Wen Ou via a
post on Twitter.
Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 5G will be available for purchase
starting on this Thursday, May 23 for two new European markets: Italy and
Spain. The Mi Mix 3 5G is the first 5G smartphone to become available for the
two countries.
The phone was first announced back in February at
Xiaomi’s press event at the MWC for the price of € 599. While customers in Spain
will take advantage of this phone for the originally announced price, customers
in Italy will end up paying a bit more. Xiaomi’s website has the Mi Mix 3 5G
listed for € 699. Vodafone in Spain has already announced 5G rollout beginning this
summer while Italy will see 5G coverage from TIM and Vodafone set to launch
later in June.
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 5G has similar specs to the Mi Mix
3 but there’s a larger 3,800mAh battery in the 5G variant. There’s a 6.39-inch
display that slides down to reveal a front-facing camera cluster. There are
12MP dual cameras and dual front-facing cameras comprised of a 24MP selfie
shooter paired with a 2MP depth sensor. There’s also a rear-mounted fingerprint
scanner, 10GB of RAM and at least 64GB of expandable memory.
