It is now certain that Xiaomi will release the second generation of the Mi Mix by the end of this year, in addition to having renewed the collaboration with the French designer Philip Starck, of whom we had told you , promising, while in these hours you will find more details about the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and the innovative features you will definitely be endowed with.
At the Geek Park Innovation Conference in January, a conference held by Geek Park which is a company that aims to be the headquarters of innovation in China, Lei Jun had mentioned how in 2017 the struggle between the various smartphone manufacturers it will not happen through modular devices but with screens. Looking at LG and Samsung we can in fact understand how we are trying to push towards devices with increasingly thin frames, with flexible curved screen panels. It is moromored that Apple is also moving in this direction, but there is no doubt that Xiaomi will continue to follow the path taken with the Mi Mix, for a terminal whose edges are almost totally absent.
One of the rumors about the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 is right on the screen percentage compared to the surface, which should go from 91,3% to an astonishing 93%.
The other rumors concern Goodix, a Chinese company that has da poco presented at MWC 2017 in Barcelona its new technology of fingerprint scanner embedded in the display. This first-of-its-kind technology is capable of transforming a defined portion of the screen into a fingerprint sensor, thus removing the need for a physical key, or a rear-mounted sensor. Subsequently, analyst Sun Changxu hinted that Apple could implement this in-display fingerprint sensor on its iPhone 8, but, before that, a Chinese smartphone maker may be using this technology first.
In addition, industrial analyst Pan Jiutang revealed from poco that the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 could use the fingerprint scanner technology on the display and that it could be launched in the second half of this year.
This new generation of Mi Mix is certainly a terminal to look forward to, even if Xiaomi's first concept phone is not yet very widespread due to its scarcity. To reassure the requests of the fans came the words of Lin Bin, one of the founders and president of Xiaomi, who said that the production of the current Xiaomi Mi Mix will be increased, so let's expect the flagship to become available in reasonable quantities as soon as possible. .
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05 / 03 / 2017 Update: According to some sources that clarified yesterday's report, the fingerprint scanner will be located on the front but not embedded in the display, but will just be positioned just below the display.
