ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 53REVIEWmore efficient, but the reality is you’re likely to find
yourself with a day’s usage here, probably with some
juice to spare the following morning. Quick Charge
3.0 does let you rapidly refill the battery, though
one thing missing is support for wireless charging
– that’s true for all of Xiaomi’s smartphones.
However, we do like the fact the smaller battery
makes the phone lighter – now 185g, previously
211g. This makes a huge difference to our overall
impression of the phone.
So we mentioned that we previously reviewed the
ceramic Mi Mix. The new Mi Mix 2 still has a ceramic
rear panel but a 7000-series aluminium frame. It’s an
improvement – much nicer looking, if less at odds
with other flagships on the market. Still a flat slab,
but the Mi Mix 2 is now a flat slab with ultra-smooth,