Review Xiaomi Mi Max: You will not believe, but I'm used to it. ▌Camers at the level of the last generation of smartphones REDMI ruler

When the Smartphone Siaomi Max first appeared on the Russian market, many have some perplexity of its giant size with a display of 6.55 inches. But, despite the fact that it looks not very convenient, in practice it is quickly used to you, and the management of one hand no longer seems to be unreal.

Specifications

Belonging to the class Flaboet
The form Monoblock
Material of manufacture Aluminium case
Platform MIUI 7 with Android 6.0
Network support Support for two SIM cards, 2G, 3G, LTE (800, 1800, 2600)
OS. Qualcomm Snapdragon 650.
CPU 6 kernels
Video accelerator Adreno 510.
Volume of built-in memory 32GB.
Volume random access memory 3GB.
Memory card support There is a slot
Wireless connection Wi-Fi (Dual-Band, A / B / G / N / AC), Bluetooth 4.2 Le, A2DP
Display 6.44 inches with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 points
The matrix IPS.
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 4 with oleophobic coating
Parameters of the main chamber 6 MP, F / 2.0, with phase automatic focus and focus when pressing
Parameters of the front chamber 5 MP, F / 2.0
Navigation systems GLONASS, GPS (A-GPS)
Built-in sensors Approach, lighting, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass
Battery type Valid, Li-Ion 4850 Mach
Device parameters 173.1 × 88.3 × 7.5 mm
Weight 203

The original kit includes a smartphone itself, a battery charge device and a USB cable for connecting the device to a personal computer.

Material, View and Assembly

In the Xiaomi Mi Max 32GB review, it is impossible to do without consideration of the assembly details, since the manufacturer pays extreme attention not only to internal filling. In addition, a review in Russian on this model, sometimes you have to look as carefully.

Taking a smartphone in hand, you can see the next touch panel At the bottom of the display, the grid over the conversational speaker and the light indicator. In the same place, but on top, the front camera is built. A change is noticeable on the back cover, in comparison with previous versions On the 16GB, in the form of a slightly curved lid at the edges. This move gave a smartphone more attractive view. In addition, it is especially important, to keep it convenient in your hand, and the device itself seems thinner. The material manufacturing material here is high-quality aluminum, but the upper and lower insert plastic. The rear is the main camera and the fingerprint scanner. Speaking of scanner, he can boast fast work and almost instant unlocking smartphone. What no less pleases is the ability to work the scanner with outsiders.

At the end of S. right side ˗ Volume adjustment and telephone shutdown button. On the left end ˗ slots under the memory card up to 200 GB and sIM cards. Below on the panel ˗ connector under the microUSB cable, the main microphone and the external speaker, above there is an infrared port, minijack and an additional microphone connector. Despite the fact that the speakers are not equipped with a stereo sound, the volume of the Xiaomi MI MAX volume or the same Xiaomi Mi Max 2 large, and the sound of excellent quality.

A little bit about sizes and display

Speaking about the sizes of the device, they are really impressive, but this is not the most huge model of the current analogues. Below are examples of dimensions of different manufacturers:

Model Weight In height By width Thickness
Xiaomi Mi Max 203 173.1 mm 88.3 mm 7.5 mm
Meizu M3 Max 189 g 163.4 mm 81.6 mm 7.9 mm
ASUS ZENFONE 3 ULTRA 233 g 186.4 mm 93.9 mm 6.8 mm
Sony Xa Xperia Ultra 202 g 164.0 mm 79.0 mm 8.4 mm

Taking into account the size of the diagonal displays Max, in reality there is no problem as to whether to keep a smartphone with one hand or two hands and how to manage it. The operation of the device is comfortable due to a small thickness and previously smoothed corners mentioned.

As for the screen as a whole, in addition to the 6.44 inch screen with an extension at 1920 × 1080 points and IPS matrix, there are 342 pixels per inch. There is automatic adjustment of the levels of brightness, which is also very convenient, there is no need to manually constantly change them and attach. Multitach handles up to ten tours.

Against the background of emerging new models, the huge diagonal of the maximum display is no longer perceived too new. In terms of quality, everything is wonderful, although it is not perfect, it does not reach the Gold class - when viewing images or video at angles, the pictures are slightly flexible.

Nuances of the operating system and performance

By composing an overview of Xiaomi MI MAX 32GB, involuntarily has to look around on other smartphones of the same manufacturer. All of them use the original MIUI operating system in different versions. In this case, this is 7.0 s android support 6.0. Since such firmware is practically not inferior to Android, change it or not - the case of everyone individually and, rather, even habits.

MIUI provides the user of Xiaomi Mi Max on 32GB, and on 64GB or more powerful Xiaomi. MI MAX 128GB The widest range of features in terms of personal settings. You can change the phone, in fact, anything, including the font size and icons. In addition, today the firmware supports Russian.

In terms of performance, the maximum, however, is not far behind Xiaomi Mi MAX 128GB, having 6 kernels and chips Qualcomm Snapdragon 650, Adreno 510. The RAM into 3 GB is also pleased, especially considering that today even laptops with such productivity continue to be actively used. In other words, to effectively work with the FHD resolution, this is more than enough.

The smartphone itself works quickly, including the start mode various applications and games. As for heating while working - it affects top Devices and does not exceed the norm, so no complaints have no complaints.

Battery and camera work

In this review, it is worth allocating battery autonomous operation. The MI Max battery has a capacity of 4850 mAh, bent Li-Ion. According to test results, the following results showed:

  • Uninterrupted reading from the screen at the level of brightness of 30% and with the air crash - 29 hours without charge;
  • Reperally viewing video recordings in HD with maximum brightness and airrest - 11 hours autonomous work.

Comparing the capacity of the batteries of other models, and considering performance, it is safe to say that a royal battery is used in this model. Plus, the device itself is thin and light, and with active operation without saving the resource, five or more hours in a row will easily work. In other words, in general, the smartphone can easily do without recharging to two days. In addition, Max supports technology fast charging, charging the battery for 115 minutes by 85% (if there is a necessary power supply).

The camera in the Xiaomi MI MAX series is very functional, allows you to change the exposure to light scrolling the focus circle. Looking into the settings, the user opens many various modes and filters for shooting. In the daily and macro photography, the camera makes excellent, but the already lighting, the lower the quality of the obtained images. At night, it is better to refrain from the photo. On the situation with video viewing angles, the standard, recording up to 4K, there is SLO-MO and acceleration.

Wireless interface

By wireless interfaces practically full set, absent, except, NFC. In stock Support and stable wi-Fi work B / G / N / AC with Dual Band, Bluetooth version 4.2 Le, gPS navigators With a cold start, about two seconds, mobile receptions in networksGSM 900, 1800, 1900, 3G, LTE, work with USB on-the-go.

Wi-Fi services support all currently topical technologies, so no connection problems occur. The same situation with Bluetooth. The presence of an infrared port here allows you to work correctly with third-party technique, in particular TVs, if you install a special application.

If you forget about the diagonal, MI MAX externally nothing stands out against the background of most chinese smartphones That last seasons - as well as the rest, it is suspiciously similar to the iPhone 6.

In the upper left corner there is a camera lens and a double flash, and a little lower in the center - the fingerprint scanner. The latter works quickly and correctly, it is not very difficult to reach it. Unfortunately, in addition to unlocking the screen, he does not know how much, but for a smartphone for 20 thousand rubles it is normal.

The rear panel is made of a solid piece of aluminum (we got a version in golden performance, but there is still completely black), with neat plastic streaks-antennas in the tone of the body, more than any terrible plastic inserts from above and below.

Retractable tray for SIM card combined: one slot for Micro-SIM, A second or for Nano-SIM, or for memory card. So if you go with a smartphone with a simo of the smallest format, you will have to go to the communication salon of your operator and change the map to the larger one. Or live without additional memory.

The front panel is covered with tempered glass Gorilla Glass, edges perform over the metal of the main body and spill - 2,5D effect now in fashion. The ugly black frame around the screen is preserved, but it became much thinner.

Honestly, I noticed her after reading our review of the first version of MI Max, but, once saw, I could not continue to ignore anymore. So it is better to look for the black version of the smartphone, it also also sensory buttons with light illumination are less stand out.

MI MAX 2 has very loud external stereo speakers: one on the bottom end to the right of the USB-C port, and the second is combined with conversational upstairs. Ringtone and the alarm clock are not missing, even from the next room, but I would not listen to music on it, on the volume above 70% it starts to chop out, and the sound turns into a metal messenger.

With headphones (both wired and bluetooth), the smartphone plays normally, no better and no worse than other devices without a highlighted audio system, it will completely come out for every day. And if you dig a little in the sound settings, turning out different types Headphones, it is possible to achieve a decent result.

While the flagship Xiaomi Mi 6 from the 3.5-millimeter port for headphones got rid of MI MAX 2. There is even an IR port. The staff application allows you to adjust the smartphone to work as a control panel for almost any home appliances - especially I appreciated the opportunity to get your own remote control from the air conditioner in the office.

Somewhere on the second day I discovered a very annoying drawback - Xiaomi saved on the NFC module. As a person who has almost completely passed to pay through Android Pay, I really lacked the opportunity to leave bank card Houses and pay everywhere from the phone. I do not understand why chinese manufacturer Requested from such a necessary thing, even in a very cheap Nokia 3 there is NFC!

Huge, but it is almost not felt

The smartphone with a practically tablet diagonal of the screen is not suitable for everyone - it closes only in the biggest pockets of jeans, it does not hide it under the desk on the exam, and only a man with big palms can keep it comfortably, keeping in the second hand Packages from the store is not that it is impossible, but pleasure is below average.

On the other hand, Xiaomi designers obviously tried to do everything in their forces to provide the user with the maximum comfort, and not only in terms of ergonomics, but also in software, but this later.

The volume swing and the screen turning button are located on the right end and have not changed its position compared to last year's model, which is rather bad.

Despite the fact that the places are at least debugging, the controls are "shaking" to each other, and I constantly configured the "volume down" and the power button. There, after all, even the habit is difficult to work out, because the smartphone has to be constantly intercepting when using two hands.

Under the screen there are three sensory buttons, subjectively - the weakest element of the design of the device, they look "Chinese" and outdated. However, you will still use them anyway, it is very uncomfortable to reach them.

Alternatively, prudent manufacturer added interesting software solution With contextual on screen menu. You can add a small circle to the screen, on the "tap" to which the circular menu will fall out with the "Home" key, "back", "multitasking", "make a screenshot" and "screen lock".

It seems that actions have to be performed on one more, but in fact, to intercept the device so as to reach the desired button, you have to spend much more time and strength than on an extra tap in that part of the screen that is convenient for you.

As a result, after a couple of adaptation days (I usually use a tiny Sony Xperia. Z3 Compact) I adapted to the dimensions, sorted application icons on the right edge and almost ceased to notice what MI Max 2 is huge, even learned to respond to Telegram on the go with one hand.

The screen is good, but not excellent

Screen - Pride and Home distinctive trait Xiaomi Mi Max 2. And it's not just a diagonal, the IPS panel is very bright and produces saturated, juicy, but mostly natural colors even on standard calibration. If you do not like something, you can change the gamma settings in the menu and adjust it to your taste.

Permission of Full HD 1920x1080, dysnity points per inch - 320 ppi. The viewing angles are not bad, the colors are not inverted and not flexible even at an acute angle. But if you look at the screen at an angle of about 45 degrees from above, it fades almost completely. Like a trifle, but if you watch the series or video on YouTube with two friends, one who sits on the right, risks nothing to see

The smartphone comes with Android 7.1.1 on board, so in the evening in the settings you can activate the "Reading Mode", which makes the image more yellow so that the eyes are less tired from bright white light in the dark. This feature, by the way, is in all Apple smartphones and computers.

Average level performance

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Completed eight-core processor Snapdragon. 625 with Adreno 506 graphic subsystem and 4 GB of RAM. Chip last year, middle class, but it is characterized by high energy efficiency.

Performance - no records. However, if you judge not by digital "parrots", but on your own experience, for the daily tasks of such iron enough with interest: there are no problems with downloading "heavy" PDF documents, the interface is fast and smooth, browser, video and social network customers work quickly and do not hang.

Comparison of the performance of Xiaomi Mi Max 2 with competitors

Perfectly holds a charge

Apparently, it is for the autonomy of Xiaomi and chose Snapdragon 625 - Motorola Moto. Z Play The same chip demonstrates with even a smaller battery volume.

Charge Xiaomi Mi Max 2

As you can see, the Xiaomi Flight Battery on 5300 mAh holds 11.5 hours in video playback mode on full brightness and volume with Wi-Fi enabled and push notifications and almost 7 hours in games at maximum brightness and volume. This, of course, not 25 hours of video at Moto Z Play, but then the screen is much more.

The device is charging, by the way, quickly enough. It is used here uSB-C port With Quick CHARGE 3.0, the manufacturer promises that the smartphone is charged to 68%. It may be so - by 100% the charge scale was filled in three hours twenty minutes.

Android 7.1 and Miui 8 perfectly complement each other

Xiaomi Mi Max 2 installed the newest operating system Android 7.1 in the MIUI 8 shell.

For me, for me, the main breakthrough innovation Android 7.1 has become updated google keyboard. She is not only smart and it can be customized colors - it has a function of automatic selection of gifs! Just open the menu with Emodi and choose the GIF tab - in the search box that appears, you can search any animation and lead important negotiations on the Internet on a fundamentally new level. Thank you, Google!

The camera rather disappointed

Xiaomi declares that the MI MAX 2 uses a 12 megapixel module, similar to that in the flagship MI 6. But in MI 6, a double camera with such a "complete set" can give something worthy, especially in conditions of insufficient illumination. In MI MAX 2, one module, and it gives average results.

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The camera focuses quickly, can automatically adjust the exposure along the selected part of the frame, with good lighting it gives very decent detail. But there is a sun hide, frames in automatic mode They are overwhelmed with noise - the situation is not better in the room.

Examples of photos can be estimated below. Despite the noise, the camera has one strong side "She knows how to dispel the sky when shooting on the street and focuses well at a small distance even without a macro mode, a photo of colors were made from a distance of about 5-7 centimeters.

Competitors

MI MAX 2 has not so many competitors, the actual lights of such a diagonal can be counted on the fingers. Nearest competitor - Sony Xperia Xa1 Ultra. There and Corporate design Sony, and a six-inch screen, but lives the Japanese Fablet less, the battery is only 2700 mAh, and prices begin from 27 thousand rubles.



Excellent management of one hand. You can choose a convenient diagonal of the location area of \u200b\u200bcontrols or enable Touch Assistant - an additional floating multifunction key.


Cameras

The main chamber uses a 16-megapixel module of an unnamed manufacturer. Lovers of artistic mobile photography should look at the flagship model. All others rear camera Will not leave indifferent. Examples of photos and artificial lighting, and with bright sun can be seen below.






The native application for shooting pleases a large number of settings. Filters, blur, fish eye effect, definition of persons, age and gender are supported. And even - the elimination of the screens, and you can choose the update frequency.



The flash is sufficient not only for shooting, but also for use in the form of a flashlight. Maximum video quality - 1080p (Full HD, 30 frames per second). Front-camera Allows you to make excellent selfie.

Autonomy

Representatives of Xiaomi promised the phenomenal operation time of the device. In fact, MI MAX does not put records, but it is impossible to call it bad results.


When playing Full HD video with medium screen brightness, the time of operation is 10 hours. At maximum brightness - 8 hours. Half an hour of World of Tanks through Wi-Fi reduce battery charge by 7%. With a mixed mode of use (with LTE / GPS / Wi-Fi and medium brightness enabled), the smartphone is enough for 4 hours of surfing on the Internet and correspondence in messengers, 1 hour of the game, 3 hours listening to music in headphones. If necessary, the voraler of the gadget can be reduced directly in the system.


Complete charge takes more than 4 hours. However, the process can be accelerated. Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology allows you to charge a battery by 80% in 30 minutes by high voltage and current strength. True, you will have to use a branded or certified Qualcomm charger.

Wireless Interfaces and Communication

Voice communication works perfectly. The interlocutor heard clearly, he is also not complaining. Interruptions in work cellular communication During testing, it is not noticed, the protocol of the work corresponds to the coverage zones. If there is a coating LTE smartphone Stably shows good speed Internet, if necessary, instantly turning into 2G to make calls. Unfortunately, Volte, a promising standard of voice transfer in the fourth generation networks, has not yet been implemented in Russia, so it failed to test it.


Communication with satellites is stable. GPS is included in 20 seconds in the absence of information on the location of satellites and for 3-5 seconds in the presence of such.


With the help of infrared port and Mihome or Zazaremote applications, you can manage home appliances: both Xiaomi gadgets and familiar TVs or air conditioners.

RESULTS

Despite the huge diagonal, Xiaomi Mi Max turned out to be extremely convenient smartphone with good filling and optimized software. In the near future, you should expect firmware updates that will increase autonomy. But now, taking into account the current exchange rate, this is the replacement of Xperia Z Ultra.

The basic version considered in the review is about 250 dollars. The flagship MI MAX (4 GB of the operational and 128 GB of the integrated memory) will cost about $ 305 to the Russian buyer. An intermediate version of 3/64 GB costs 251 dollars.

Smartphone performance is enough for a couple of years. In general, I need a Fablet - Choose Xiaomi.

Shooting in difficult light conditions:

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With shooting in difficult lighting conditions, Xiaomi MI MAX 2 copes not in the best way. Yes, there are no noises in the image, but this is the dignity of non-optics, but of software processing - and because of the aggressive work of the local "noidava" shot greatly loses in detail.

Front-camera:

Frontal camera Xiaomi. MI MAX 2 takes off well - it is enough not only for video calls, but also for selfie.

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Examples of video recording:

Comparison with competitors Xiaomi Mi Max 2

On the mobile market Very few models with a diagonal of a display of 6.44 "inches, in fact, they can be counted on the fingers of one hand. And if you restrict ourselves to the framework of this price segment, then there is no choice at all. The hero of the review, and already mentioned in the introduction of its predecessor, Xiaomi Mi Max - and that's it.

Parameter Xiaomi Mi Max 2 64GB Lenovo Phab 2 Pro
Screen 6.44 ", IPS, density
Points 342 PPI
6.4 ", IPS, density
points 459 ppi
Resolution 1920 x 1080. 2560 x 1440.
Operating system Android 7.1 + MIUI 8.5 Android 6.0
SOC. Qualcomm.
Snapdragon 625,
8 x 2.0 GHz,
Cortex-A53.
Qualcomm.
Snapdragon 652,
4 x 1.2 GHz + 4 x 1.8 GHz,
Cortex-A53 + Cortex-A72
GPU. Adreno 506. Adreno 510.
RAM, MB 4096 4096
Flash memory, GBIT 64 64
Memory Card Support, GB MicroSD, up to 128 MicroSD, up to 128
Cameras, MPIX Basic 12.0
(flash, autofocus),
frontal 5.0
Main 16.0
(flash, autofocus),
frontal 8.0
Battery, Mach 5 300 4 050
Gabarites, mm. 88.7 x 174.1 x 7.6 88.6 x 179.8 x 10.7
Mass, G. 211 259
Slots SIM, pcs / type 2, Nanosim + Microsim 2, Nanosim
price, rub. ~16 500*;
~–**;
~15 500***
~25 500*;
~29 000**;
–***
* When buying from "gray" suppliers;
** when buying in the official Russian retail;
*** When ordering directly from China.

Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is noticeable more expensive than new Xiaomi. Overpay is offered behind the screen with a resolution of 2K, as well as for a slightly more powerful SOC. However, the battery capacity of the Lenovo model is less, and if you consider a more "voracious" hardware platform, then the battery life too.


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Conclusion

New smartphone Xiaomi. It was successful: one of the weakest places of the predecessor - the main chamber - replaced the more successful module, which is not enough of the stars from the sky, but it is capable of issuing good snapshots.

But the replacement of SOC on a less productive will have to taste far from all - after all, when buying a new model in the line, you believe that it will be at least no worse in performance than the previous one. Here the situation is different - the new SOC is exactly less productive. With everyday use, it is not at all noticeable, but when playing "heavy" games - quite. But the new SOC is more energy efficient, and due to this, as well as an enlarged battery capacity, Xiaomi Mi Max 2 provides excellent battery life.

If you say tricky, then new Xiaomi. refers to the specific class of devices, and if you need a "tabletphone" with very big diagonal screen, then the choice is not so great - in your price category By the price / quality ratio, the device has no equal. But the owners of the version of the previous generation go to new smartphone There is no point in the meaning - the changes occurred are not so important.

Smartphones of the Xiaomi Mi Max series have ever been competitors. Those who wanted to get an inexpensive device with a huge screen and excellent battery, always looked in the direction of this line. To the output of the third generation "Mi-Max" has not changed anything. Do you want a steep phable? Buy Xiaomi Mi Max 3.

A year or two ago, all sorts of Chinese brands like Cubot and Doogee tried to make their Mi-Max. It turned out, of course, so-so, so the brainchild from Xiaomi still was the best. However, it was at least some kind of, weak, but competition. Now it is not at all.

Xiaomi feels too rapidly in the niche of the phambletes. But we must pay tribute, still develops a ruler. The new MI MAX received a whole bunch of decent improvements compared to the predecessor and became more pleasant to use than before. We will talk about all the details in the Xiaomi Mi Max 3 review.

Design

The first Xiaomi Mi Max was a hefty, angular brick. Nothing can be done - there was such a fashion - to make smartphones, similar to. Rear in the center of metal, top and bottom plastic inserts.

And here it is - Xiaomi Mi Max 3! The device acquired two vertical cameras, the screen stretched out, receiving new proportions 19: 9, and under the hood now it works a little more productive chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon 636.

In general, MI MAX 3 is a stylish, steep and modern smartphone that is not ashamed to use in 2018 despite the size. Although the entire specificity of this apparatus is hidden in them.

MI MAX 3 is a rearmartphone and lowlands.

They are not very convenient to use. Especially after any, even the 6-inch apparatus. You experience a special buff, when you postpone Mi-Max and take into your hand the same Xiaomi Mi A2. Smartphone, yesterday, the seemingly shovel today is perceived by an excellent and extremely comfortable typewriter.

With big tablets like or our hero, of course, it is not necessary to compare. It is at all different devices For completely different tasks. But 7-, 8-, and 8.5-inch pills the third "Mi-Max" lays on both blades. It is not much less, but in size and, as a result, for the convenience of use, he wins greatly.

That is why Xiaomi Mi Max 3 replaces two devices at once - smartphone and tablet. Yes, with reservations and nuances, but this is one device. And not two gadgets immediately, which are not always possible to take with you.

In addition to the dimensions, to which they will definitely have to get used to, our hero has another feature - the permanent risk of torturing the device.

The smartphone is streamlined and very slippery, and there is not always comfortable with wild sizes to keep it alone and even two hands. The risk of introducing a gadget with asphalt is very large, so we buy a dense and reliable case, or we use extremely neat.

Display

View content (social, Internet, video), typing, follow navigation - all this pleasure on such a huge display. After such a screen, all other panels less than 6.5 inches look at some vehicles through which anything is not clear.

The screen is pulled in height, it means that the manufacturer has the opportunity to put in about the same as before the case panel more. It's good.

The angles of the display are neatly rounded, and the sandwich panel itself is glued without an air layer. Also cool!

But the IPS matrix itself was not too pleased. According to the quality of colors and contrast, it does not compare with the top -. However, the screen is much better than thatthat I saw in. In general, everything is fine, but it might be a little better.

When the new generation of the smartphone already exists in the market, we always make a comparative plate characteristics of both revisions. Excellent tradition Super G, which you like it. In general, all the details in the table under the cut.

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Xiaomi Mi Max 2 Xiaomi Mi Max 3
Screen 6.4 inches with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (IPS, 342 PPI, contrast 1000: 1, brightness 450 NIT)6.9 inches with a resolution of 2160 × 1080 pixels (IPS, 350 PPI, brightness 520 NIT, contrast 1500 K 1, 84% NTSC)
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (8 cortex-a53 cores with a frequency of 2.0 GHz, 14 nm)Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (8 KRYO 260 cores with a frequency of 1.8 GHz, 14 nm)
Graphics Adreno 506.Adreno 509.
Run 4 GB4 (after rebooting free 2 GB) or 6 GB LPDDR4X
Storage device 32, 64 or 128 GB EMMC 5.164 (free 51.4 GB) or 128 GB EMMC 5.1
Memory cards There is a slot combined
Battery 5,300 mAh (QC 3.0)5,500 mAh (QC 3.0, 18 watts)
Main camera 12 MP (SONY IMX386, F / 2.2, pixel size 1.25 microns, PDAF autofocus, recording video 4K)12 mp (samsung s5k2i7, f / 1.9 matrix, pixel 1.4 μm) + 5 Mp ( sensung Sensor S5K5E8, F / 2.0, size 1/5 '', 1.12 microns), video recording 4K
Front-camera 5 MP (F / 2.0, 85-degree lens, recording video Full HD)8 MP (SAMSUNG S5K4H7, F / 2.0 sensor, 1.12 microns, write Full HD video)
OC at the time of release Android 7.1.1 (MIUI 8 shell)Android 8.1 Oreo (Miui 9 shell)
Connectors USB Type-C (with OTG), audio output 3.5 mm
Sensory IR port, gyroscope, accelerometer, approximation and lighting sensors, Hall sensor, digital compass, print scanner
Network 2G, 3G, 4G LTE (strips: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 38, 39, 40, 41)2G, 3G, 4G LTE (strips: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
SIM cards Nano + Micro SIMtwo Nano Sim.
Interfaces Wi-Fi (802.11 AC), Bluetooth 4.2, FM, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeidouWi-Fi (802.11 AC), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Gabarits. 174.1 x 88.7 x 7.6 mm, weight 211 grams176.2 x 87.4 x 7.99 mm, 221 grams

This year, Siaomi puts a separate slot under SIM cards and a memory card to almost all its smartphones. A great new Trend.which does not limit the user in choosing: more memory or second SIM card.

What prevented the independent tray in MI MAX 3 - unknown.

Especially given the huge corps, in which it would be possible to place at least three trays under the SIM card and two under Micro SD. Sorrow.

The second nuance is the absence of NFC.

Smartphone is not budget, embodied a bunch of new trends. Even, won, uSB connector C is. So, damn it, why didn't the NFC antenna installed here? It's so simple, but for the manufacturer, nothing is essentially worth it.

Included all standard: uSB cable C and adapter with fast charging support. Unfortunately, the case manufacturer regretted, although for the sake of security for MI Max 3, it would be useful than ever.

Performance

The first MI MAX worked on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor. The "stone" was excellent. However, he remains as such and today, overtaking already the boring QS 625 in performance.

The second generation was bored thereby 625th "Snap", which means that the computational power fell. But the power consumption has improved, because the chip was a 14-nanometer.

In a new audit, engineers combined confident performance and optimal energy consumption by using QS 636 chipset.

Accordingly, the system works smoothly, applications are loaded quickly - no questions.

On the smartphone, you can easily play any modern 3D-shooter. For this, truth will have to switch to the mid-settings of the graphics. With the same Pubg Mobile "Mi-Max" copes well, but again only on average parameters. At high settings, you need to be ready for quite frequent consignments and drawdowns on FPS.

By the way, there is no trottling at all. A few consecutive tests antutu not only did not heat the device, but also did not make the performance. Very worthy, Snapdragon 636!

The only moment - the periodic hanging of the shell occurs at the time of switching between the "apps" in multitasking mode. We will write on the firmware that, I am sure, will be updated soon, and all the roughness will be eliminated.

Cameras

You can exhale - in Xiaomi Mi Max 3, decent rear cameras are installed.

In other words, buying Xiaomi Mi Max 3, you buy not only a high-quality phable with good autonomy, but also a decent smartphone in terms of photo and video. This year, this year is rejoicing us with a high-quality photography, which will finally compete with competitors. It all started from the flagship -, and ended with middling.

Personally, I did not have enough more leased dynamic range. Here he works, trying his best, pulling dark and showing the cross-sectioned sections of the frame, but this is still not enough. Not enough for the flagship level, but for the middling, again, not bad.

The device copes well with the portrait mode. By the way, even better than it does, who, rascal, automatically applies the filter " beautiful face" And it is impossible to disable it.

There is no such crime in our case, fortunately. But there are periodically sloppy circumcised edges of the object in the foreground and other errors of blur errors. On the computer pictures, it happens, it looks doubtful, but it will go on the screen of the smartphone and for socialki.

But there is HDR and portrait mode, which, however, also work on a triethrower. In general, the device is clearly not for lovers to wash the Selfak. By the way, the discovery of his beloved (s) is extremely uncomfortable on him primarily because of the dimensions. Try, grasp it to squeeze a photo. Either the photo is lubricant, or you will throw a smartphone.

Video

Of course, the device can write 4k video. And he does it, it must be admitted, not bad. We look an example.

Excellent detail, good picture quality as a whole. Even the noise was surprisingly not groaned. In the noisy Nevsky Prospect, the algorithms have never spoiled a loud buzz of a large city.

The trouble is only with stabilization - its works are completely indistinguishable, so they keep the smartphone tightly, we try not to shake the camera.

Sound

For the external sound, two speakers are responsible at once: the main on the lower end and the conversational above. It is clear that the latter is to a lesser extent, but any effect of stereo this tandem is still creating.

The sound is loud, but does not differ in some special quality. The bottoms are not read, therefore, at the speaker's peak, the sound can be crumbling and shaking. Not much, but still.

In the headphones, the sound is beautiful. There are corporate improvements with profiles under specific modelsBut I would not recommend all this "good" to use. All this is too much distorting originally laid in the tracks.

Autonomy

Outcome

Xiaomi Mi Max 3 is an excellent smartphone tablet for everything. There is practically no compromise in the device: large screen, good autonomy, excellent processor and decent cameras. I would like to still NFC, but for 2018 its absence is still the rule, rather than complete disappointment. Still, technology got far from all segments.

Of course, our hero is not far away for everyone. It is impossible to buy it blindly, it is necessary to twist the smartphone in your hands, estimate, whether it will be convenient to use it. However, there will be more lovers of the screens of screens from MI MAX 3. There is simply no similar on the market. But do not. And all because MI MAX 3 is good in itself.

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