Mass production for the Xiaomi MIX Alpha is too difficult and the project has been abandoned, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said today on Weibo while answering user questions.
Xiaomi released the 5G era concept phone MIX Alpha on September 24, 2019. The price is 19,999 yuan ($2890). It was originally planned to hit the market at the end of December 2019.
The device has 180.6% screen-to-body ratio surround screen, a futuristic design that shocked the world.
It supports pressure-sensitive controls on the sides, and the screen features a dual-fold flexible screen design with new screen sound technology and on-screen fingerprint technology.
It also comes with AI as well as multi-sensor anti-false-touch technology that supports smart scene recognition and can intelligently identify information such as high speed trains and flights.
Lei Jun has said that the MIX Alpha began development 2 years ago and invested 1,000 engineers before and after, with a total investment of 500 million yuan.
In January, Cui Baoqiu, chairman of the Xiaomi Technical Committee, said Xiaomi has mass production capabilities for the MIX Alpha, but mass production is not determined solely by R&D, but also needs to be coordinated with its virous department.
Xiaomi says it can now mass produce the futuristic MIX Alpha smartphone
Xiaomi held a meeting in Beijing today and announced that the Xiaomi MIX Alpha R&D team won the Xiaomi Annual Technology Award 2019 with a prize of US $1 million.
Lei Jun explains why Xiaomi rewards these 10 engineers with $1 million
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