Xiaomi's new foldable smartphone and most expensive phone, Xiaomi 18 Fold, was introduced. What does the phone with a design like iPhone Ultra, Galaxy Fold 8 and Huawei Pura X Max offer us?
Large-screen foldable phone models such as notebooks continue to increase. Xiaomi's first large foldable screen phone has a similar screen and design to the Xiaomi 18 Fold, Huawei Pura
Let's see what advantages Xiaomi 18 Fold offers over its competitors and how it differs from its competitors. We commented on all the technical details of the curious model in the video. Have a nice time…
Xiaomi 18 Fold Design features
Xiaomi 18 Fold, which is 10.7 mm thick when folded and 5.02 mm thick when opened, weighs 219 grams.
The phone, which has a 7000 Series Aluminum alloy case, is protected by Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass 3.0.
This glass is resistant to drops from 1.2 meters, according to Xiaomi. Of course, we also need to look at real life experiences.
It uses a double-layer ultra-thin glass structure combined with organic flexible insulation materials on the hinge side and a new generation Dragone Bone hinge.
The phone, which has dual internal stereo speakers, has a fingerprint reader integrated into the button on the side along with facial recognition.
There is no water resistance feature.
Xiaomi 18 Fold Screen features
Xiaomi 18 Fold, which has a 5.38-inch external screen, offers us a 7.58-inch screen when the screen is opened inside.
The interior and exterior displays have an aspect ratio close to 2:1, matching standard paper ratios.
The screens, which have dynamic refresh rates between 1 and 120 Hz, are AMOLED.
The screen-to-body ratio of the 7.58-inch screen is 90.6 percent.
The screen offers a resolution of 2364 x 1672 pixels and a pixel per inch ratio of 382 PPI.
The screen supports technologies such as HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HDR Vivid and can also reach a maximum brightness value of 4000 NIT.
The 5.38-inch screen outside the cover has a resolution of 1168 x 1712 pixels. This screen can also reach a maximum brightness level of 4000 NIT.
Xiaomi 18 Fold Hardware Features
Xiaomi 18 Fold will be powered by its own developed XRING O3 processor. XRING O3, the second processor developed by Xiaomi, is used in Xiaomi's flagship for the first time.
XRING O3 features
XRING O3, which has 3 nm production technology, contains 24 billion transistors.
When we look at the internal structure of the chipset using the 10-Core processor, it is powered by 2 Ultra, 4 Premium and 4 Pro cores.
When we look at the graphics unit of the XRING O3 processor, we see that the G2-Ultra NX GPU is used. The 16-core GPU increased its performance by 85 percent compared to the previous generation. Of course, these figures are Xiaomi's comparison data. It is also necessary to look at real-life tests, gaming experience and application experience of both the processor and GPU.
XRING O3 stands out as the first mobile processor to support the LPDDR6 RAM standard.
Compared to the 16-bit interface in LPDDR5X, LPDDR6 promises a higher bus width with its 24-bit interface.
Total memory bandwidth reaches 113.8 GB/s. It offers a 50 percent increase compared to the LPDDR5X-9600.
Artificial intelligence acceleration units are integrated into all the basic processing blocks of the processor. Thus, unnecessary activation of the NPU for lighter artificial intelligence operations is prevented.
In this way, while processing efficiency is increased, power consumption is also reduced.
On the NPU side, a completely new and low-power quad-core design using SIMT architecture was preferred. Each NPU core contains one Tensor unit and two Vector units. This structure offers 200 TOPS Tensor performance and 3.13 TFLOPS Vector performance in A8W4 format.
The RAM and storage options of the phone, which offers storage speed at the UFS 4.1 standard, are as follows;
256GB 12GB RAM
512GB 12GB RAM
512GB 16GB RAM
1TB 16GB RAM
Xiaomi 18 Fold Camera Features
The main camera of Xiaomi 18 Fold, which has a triple camera system developed in cooperation with Leica, has a resolution of 200 MP.
The 23 mm wide-angle main camera, which has an aperture of f / 1.7, also has optical image stabilization.
The 50 Megapixel resolution f/2.8 telephoto camera has 3x optical zoom support. This camera also has optical image stabilization.
The ultra wide-angle camera with a resolution of 50 Megapixels has an aperture of f / 2.4.
On the video side, it supports 4K 30 and 60 FPS, 8K 24 FPS, and 30/60/120/960 fps in 1080p.
On the front, a 21mm wide-angle front camera with 16 Megapixel resolution and f / 2.2 aperture is used both in the outer screen and in the inner screen.
Xiaomi 18 Fold Battery Features
With a 6000 mAh capacity silicon-carbon battery, Xiaomi 18 Fold offers the highest battery capacity among devices in the same form factor.
Stacking technology with a high silicon content of 20 percent is used in both battery cells, and the energy density reaches up to 920 Wh/L.
Xiaomi 18 Fold offers 67W wired and 50W wireless HyperCharge fast charging support.
Xiaomi 18 Fold Ceramic Edition
Xiaomi 18 Fold also comes in a special Ceramic Edition version.
The back panel of this model uses lightweight silicon nitride ceramic material. This marks the first time silicon nitride has been used on the back panel of a smartphone.
Silicon nitride is an advanced ceramic material widely used in automotive and aircraft engines due to its resistance to high temperatures. While this material combines the warm and smooth ceramic feeling with extremely high hardness, it stands out by being approximately 50 percent lighter than traditional zirconia ceramics.
Xiaomi 18 Fold prices
Xiaomi 18 Fold; It is offered for sale in four different color/version options: Black, White, Red and Ceramic. It will be available in China on September 10.
Xiaomi 18 Fold has four different RAM and storage options:
12GB + 256GB: 10,999 Yuan
12GB + 512GB: 11,999 Yuan
16GB + 512GB: 12,999 Yuan
16GB + 1TB: 14,999 Yuan
