By Pascal Oparada
If you are a lover of all things big and great, then Xiaomi Mi Max 3 with a 6.9-inch screen and a 5,500mAh battery is perfect for you.
The phone which was touted to displace the iPhone has launched its biggest phone yet.
The Mi Max series of phones was always about mid-rangers with a big screen and a big battery, but the Mi Max 3 towers over its predecessors (the Mi Max and the Mi Max 2 both had a 6.44-inch screen).
At 5,500mAh. the battery has gotten bigger as well. Xiaomi claims it’ll charge from zero to 71% in just one hour.
In terms of specs, the Mi Max 3 is still definitely in the mid-range territory. The screen is an LCD with a 2,160×1,080 pixel resolution, the processor is an octa-core, 1.8GHz Snapdragon 636 with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, and the rear camera is a 12/5-megapixel camera, coupled with an 8-megapixel selfie camera on the front.
It has a USB-C port for charging, a fingerprint scanner on the back and, mercifully, a 3.5mm audio jack.
On the software side, the Mi Max 3 is running Android 8.1 with Xiaomi’s MIUI 9.5 on top. As is the case with basically all modern phones, there are plenty of AI-assisted features here, including scene recognition in the camera and face unlocking.
The most striking aspect of this phone is its size. The screen has a simple, notch-less design, but the bezels on top and bottom are quite slim.
The dimensions of the device are 176.15 x 87.4 x 7.99 mm, with the weight being 221 grams, according to GSMarena.
Xiaomi Mi Max 3 is really pushing the envelope here.
The Mi Max 3 will be available in black, gold and blue. The model with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage costs about N90,710 ($252), while the variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage goes for N108,000 ($300).
