Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 review: Magnetic slider with hidden selfie cameras.
The magnetic slider.
Mi Mix 3 hid its selfie cameras behind a spring-loaded magnetic slider, delivering a true all-screen face with no notch or pop-up motor. A design statement that prized mechanism over battery size.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
02Camera
78/10078/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
03Performance
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 7 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
68/10068/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.
05Build
82/10082/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
- Satisfying magnetic slider mechanism
- Wireless charging rare for Xiaomi at the time
- Pixel-tier IMX363 main cam
- Small 3200 mAh battery
- Heavy 218 g ceramic body
- No 3.5 mm jack
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .