The Xiaomi MIX Alpha, long overdue for the mass market, is now available in an online flea market in China.
According to the seller, the MIX Alpha motherboard is intact, missing various small accessories such as batteries and no screen. The seller is asking 5,000 yuan (USD 704).
Xiaomi released the 5G era concept phone MIX Alpha on September 24, 2019, which is priced at 19,999 yuan (USD 2816) and was originally scheduled to hit the market in late December 2019. However, Xiaomi has yet to announce the exact launch time.
As a concept phone for the 5G era, the Xiaomi MIX Alpha explores a new form of a phone.
It features a wraparound screen scheme where the body is surrounded by a single screen that extends from the front to the sides and back.
Xiaomi says the MIX Alpha has achieved several technological breakthroughs, including an innovative flexible screen layering solution, an innovative flexible screen fingerprint unlock, and an innovative screen sounding technology.
The Xiaomi MIX Alpha features a 7.92-inch flexible OLED display with a resolution of 2088×2250.
It packs the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus flagship platform with 12GB RAM + 512GB storage, a 4050mAh battery and support for 40W wired flash charging.
Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi and chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said that MIX Alpha represents Xiaomi's wishes from the beginning.
All of today's exploration of the impossible is to make tomorrow even more different, according to Lei Jun.
Here are more photos of the motherboard on sale:
