So I fixed the data issue I was having it reverting always to 3G cripppling the use of the phone. The fix is here, I now have 5G and 4G! twitter.com/TechTabletscom/status/1698362588373877189

Don't care for IP ratings or stylus, what is a deal breaker is main screen durability. Software issues are a non issue as I always buy Xiaomi models that are 1 model back, you have awesome price and super fast and stable performance. Love my new Mi 12s Pro :D

Hi Chris, I have the Mix Fold 3 and wanted to chime in for the camera preview mode. The mode you demonstrated in the video is intended for the subject further away to see themselves when you take a photo for them. To use the real camera's for selfies and vlogging, you need to first swap to the front camera from the 8 inch inner screen, and then press the outer screen preview button on the top right. This way you'll get all the on screen controls from the cover display.

Great review especially the details on Widevine support with Netflix and Amazon prime. Could you add charging supported protocols like PD and QC versions And the Bluetooth as well such as aptxHD, LDAC.. etc

Thanks Chris for this amazing review

I know it's extremely iterative, but I'd love to see your coverage of the z fold 5. While it is very "samey", what was improved does give a pretty great experience. I've been surprisingly enjoying it. Love your coverage of all these devices. Keep up the great work!

Selling my Mix Fold 3... I tried several fixes about issues on delayed notifications. If only this can be fixed, it'll be an amazing device.

The review i have been waiting for ! As usual great chris! I personaly would have liked a stylus support and a good desktop mode like samsung, i am ok not with ip rating

Just got my Mix fold 3 a couple of days ago here in Canada. 5G is solid on Bell and Telus Mobility. no issues so far with wifi. I find the cameras to be great. Last night was a full "super"moon and the camera app has a super mood setting. great handheld shots. Other than the tweaking to work around some of the settings everything so far is great.

Well I have a mix fold 3 in guangzhou about to be imported (OOF), but hopefully the antennas work with our tmobile bands here the us... Great review and very valid concerns!

Thanks for sharing.

Great review Chris, Samsung software in this would be awesome!

Great review, I have the phone in the Uk on Vodafone also second EE sim and 5g is working fine. I also get pretty good 4G. Is it your carrier settings? I think your unit might be faulty if your wifi is off as well. Mine is rock solid. You can have the controls on the front. Open up, go to selfie and then click in the top roght, it will then ask you to turn the phone.

Honor Magic V2 announcing tomorrow for global release, I think this will be the one to get over the Fold!

My wife had this ch brand and at that time we had to sell it because of software bugs, while was put to wakeup in the morning you can't just stop the ringing because the phone does not show the button to tap..or worse never stop from ringing after that and ask for a reboot.Was such a unfinished device...and I se that one is the same.Rafimenent came with great cost and ch wants just the look to sell and make money and go away with it.Samsunk is the new apple like Tesla and John Deere does unfortunately.I wander if FAIRPHONE is good or anything to go to..?! Nice review as always kudos !

As always excellent details review. Been waiting for your review for this phone for sometimes. Planning on buying 1 foldable phone but since this won't have global release, I'll just give it a skip. Been eyeing on Honor Magic V2 for sometimes, will wait for your review. Today (1st September 2023), 9am GMT, Honor will have the Global Launching event at IFA 2023 in Berlin. Is always good to have global ROM. 99% I'll go for their Honor Magic V2 for their world thinnest & lightest hardware + Global ROM.

Thank you for so honest review and ... the no Android Auto note I moaned about once :) It is important for a lot of people. What a pitty that most CN version phones don't have the European 4G B20 band. However, I see that this one for exemple has all needed 5G bands (at least for France) so in some time it may get better when the 5G is fully deployed. I've heard it is possible to install android auto and google pay afterwards... is it true?

My only concern with foldables is the potential for the crease developing a spontaneous crack over time as has happened with a previous Samsung fold I had, and I dont mean the screen protector but the actual screen itself. Samsung customer support is so inconsistent too, they refused my repair (blaming the user) whereas other people with the same issue have had it repaired by them, I guess Xiaomi support would be the same.

There is noticeable colour shift from the main camera to the ultrawide and one review said, that the zoom lenses record at only 1080p.

When can we expect a video on honor magic v2?

How and where did you buy it ? Is it on a web site? Please tell us how did you get it.

Please do comparison between mix fold 3 and mate x5 pls

Man can't wait for foldable phones to fully mature in terms of hardware and software, maybe 2-3 generations more, and I guess the price would be much more affordable during these times too hopefully. Right now, these foldables especially Samsung's Fold & Flip series are really tempting me to try them out if not for the durability concern.

It really depends on the user. What is a deal breaker for a person is no big deal for another. As for me, IP rating is not important for me because I know how to take care of expensive things I buy. Lack of stylus is no big deal too. The Samsung fold 5, for me is uncomfortable to hold for my small hands. So I'm eyeing either the honor v2 or the mix fold 3

I recall that they were advertising finally adding usb3 with display out to the mix fold 3 and their tablets with some sort of additional 'desktop mode' is that not actually available?

Watching on the fold 5, wasn't going to upgrade, but it is a very polished finish, except for the same design, it's very hard to find any flaws, it just works

I was planing to upgrade from Vivo X Fold 2 to this, but this review stops me to do so. I dont expected that bad software and camera optimization even Vivo gets it better not mention it has band 20. Others reviewers don't mention that bad software. So they overhyped it a bit. this could be the best fold device. So thank you for that honest review. You saved me lot of money

Love the Fold 5 design.

Thanks for the honest review!

The Mix fold 3 gets so many things right and has serious potential! But there are quite the deal breakers, like the lack of global modem and not optimised software experience. On the other hand yes you get great options with a Samsung fold. But they are definitely complacent and lazy with thier design development. Would love to see a comparison of your experience with the Honor V2. Too bad about the Mix 3 Chris! Hard luck!

As a Samsung fold owner for 3 years and a mix 3 owner now, the xiaomi is leaps ahead.

Hi. Great review with a lot of details that determine the user experience. I wish all these reviews go into the details like you do. Well done Sir 👍. I agree Samsung still has the best software, i think the Honor v2 has the best hardware. You didn't mention though that the screen of this phone doesn't allow you to multi task horizontally, you can only have the apps open side by side vertically. If Samsung get the next Fold right in terms of the outer display being normal ie 20:9 aspect ratio normal phone screen, light and thin hardware with s pen support on both screen, then that would be a winner device for them.

I do think that they can fix the camera settings not appearing on the outer display quite easily, but it's so indicative of a larger issue: It just doesn't feel like they're prioritizing foldable software. This is there third device now, they're clearly funneling money into R&D, I can't understand why they're cutting corners in terms of optimizing for the hardware!! I know a lot of these Foldable devices are China exclusive, so maybe it's just the opposite of Samsung where they don't have to worry about competing for market share? Samsung don't feel the need to innovate on hardware in the global market, and other OEMs don't feel they need to innovate on software in the China?

sir does xiaomi ui have an accessibility on screen magnifier like the samsungs and iphones do in the states? i have some vision problems at times

thanks for this one... same thinking Fold 5 is a NO GO. been waiting for Magic V2, but did not think it will be release next year. So ONEPLUS OPEN. I hope it comes before new year.

Mine works well on the 5G network in the UK. It might be an issue only in Spain?

The main cam vid is great looking. Wow

Xiaomi should really add more bands and especially band 20 to their flagships. Wider band coverage is part of the specs you would expect on a flagship and the other main Chinese brands OPPO, Vivo, Honor, Huawei and Motorola all have band 20 and wider band coverage in general on their Chinese model flagships. Even for people in China, band coverage can be important as many Chinese people travel to Europe either for business, study or leisure

Has there been an update to improve the cameras and network signals ?

I agree that Samsung design wise and even for the most part hardware wise making the same phone for the last 2-3 years, however other than the outer screen and the cameras I dont really care to be honest. Yeah it should have the cameras of the S Ultra's and a usable outer screen and it would be perfect. Whether people like it or not Samsung has the best UI for the foldables in regards to optimization and bugs. Majority of the things work without any issue and you can see they really optimized the UI to their foldable, they actually took the time and care unlike many of the competition who just slapped a regular Android with a couple gimmicky foldable features and called it a day. I wish they would just do what Vivo does with their foldables, giving actually top hardware in all aspects and an actual usable outer screen, it would be top 1 foldable no questions asked.

Good review. Software seems real rough. Zfold still best. Most other fold device makers seem to be waiting for Google to do the software for them.

Idk what's the strategy of Xiaomi is I would rather a late release with a better software then a brand new phone with some issues especially for this price. Xiaomi is in the top brands yet act here like a beginner such as the nothing phone ... Now Since the major problem here is the software optimization i do hope Xiaomi will do the best with the upcoming updates

Is google service available on this phone??

Their UI are not built for this type of phone, hopefully they'll have fix update shortly, if so please do another review about this.

2:48 very clean and smart look

I have the Samsung Z Fold 5, but there's is no doubt that's a beautiful build. It's hard to beat the Samsung ecosystem for me. But this hardware is very nice. Great review, and you know us USA types love that accent of yours!

Android auto and most of the software quirks can be sorted easily with root and magisk modules.

Inner screen have screen protector installed?

I’m very interested in the Honor Magic V2 but not sure about software usability and support.

Great review. Same here, luckily trading Chenzen agreed to cancel my order... The Netherlands will only have 2G for this phone...😢

Great video and very beautiful phone 💪

I would like to see a Honor Magic V2 versus this and the Fold 5.

*I had a Mi8 china version a few years ago, not having Band 20 wasn't much of an issue then as 5G wasn't readily available then & didn't really use mobile data, I wouldn't get a China version anymore even with a EU ROM.* *Solid hardware, shame about the software, could have been an amazing product!*

Very good test as usual, I was hesitating between the honor magic v2 and this one so now I will wait for the global version from the honor and buy it directly in France where I am

hi buddy i bought fold2 but very bad device softwere ..i m waiting Honor v2 it will be amaizing

I wanted to check if telephoto cameras can record 4K. As per GSMArena review, MIX Fold 3 can't record 4K from any of its telephoto cameras, let alone 4K 60fps. Can you confirm if that's true?

You forgot to mention Samsung Z fold 5 doesn't comes with a charger in the box 😅 But I prefer bar phones like Huawei Mate 60 Pro, can't wait for that review from your Christopher 😉😁🤪

I hope someday they make a proper upgrade from the original mix, that I'm now still using.

There needs to be a new foldable form factor, something like a Flip, a square but a lot larger that unfolds to 16:9 ratio. As of now, these folding phones when unfolded just don't do much. Huge black bars on videos, mediocre multitasking, unoptimised software and lacklustre battery life. The companies are just treading water instead of trying out new stuff. I still miss the popup selfie camera that's all gone these days. The punch-holes and under-display cams don't do it for me personally.

Also I can't connect pixel watch or Samsung watch 5 Pro. Tried everything.

I have all the controls on the front screen when i am using the back cameras. This is how you do it, unfold the device Open camera app Switch it to selfie camera Press the top right button to use the cover screen.

Thanks, this is the most comprehensive report I have read on the Xiaomi Mix Fold 3. If the price is attractive I would still purchase it.

Xiaomi phone isn't available here in the USA l, so what is there to do now?

I would want to buy one, but not supporting all Google features is a deal breaker for me. I have Xiaomi 13 Ultra imported from China, it doesn't run Android Auto and won't let me turn on Google Map Timeline. Also it is missing certain band, which makes it less than ideal for frequent traveler like me. And most importantly, it doesn't support eSIM. When my Fold 3 dies (inner screen is starting to crack), I'll have no choice but go with Fold 5. Additionally, I think Samsung software is top notch. No other brands of foldable phone OS/software would come anywhere close to Samsung's One UI.

You should try the Honor Magic v2

After years on iPhone I got a Z Fold 4 and loved it but the Mix Fold 3 is far better. Bigger screen, way better battery life, the main screen is glass not plastic and doesn't even get warm playing Diablo Immortal. No real issues at all so far apart from VLC player not working.

Can't whait to see the oppo find n3 fold/ oneplus open😊

Is this indeed locked into the Chinese PlayStore apps?

Such a shame that z fold 5 didn't have a proper screen like this . But unfortunately s pen and dex are really important for me personally, so I have to stick to my z fold 3 until samsung changes its screen size

Hi Chris, I've been following your channel for a long time and you definitely get the best reviews. I recently bought the Lenovo P11 pro 2022 tablet (Xiaoxin version) and I can say that I am very happy with the tablet + regular fone. By the way, I watched your review before buying the tablet Thank you very much

I have just given up on Xiaomi. They will always underperform in the software side. Maybe they have to support 1000 different models. I dunno

Do you plan to buy Honor V2 Fold global release? Tomorrow is announcement in Berlin IFA. @

My post was deleted I guess - did you get it anyway, Chris?!? (LTE band locking)

does google pay work with the mix fold 3?

oppo's fold and flip will be out soon also N3

I bought the Vivo X2 fold. Love it

On other reviews the outer view screen they could use the shutter button so confused 😕

After this.....what was a surface duo again? 😅

IMO any folding screen is a massive error of judgement.

Thanks

I to bought the Xiamoi Mix fold3 instead of the z fold5... and this is not click bait...BUT after about 3 to 4 days I sent the Xiamoi Mix fold3 back and bought the Z FOLD5..don't get me wrong the hardware was/is incredible, but after 3 days I realized that the UI is WAY BETTER ON the Samsung Z Fold series...hardware design doesn't matter if the app software optimization isn't up to standards...

Yes definitely software for me. When I use something I want it not to annoy me. Hardware wise I can compromise. Not the best not a deal breaker. Just sadder I guess. I can live with exynos 2400 or amd 7940hs instead of 13900.

Why can't they release a global version?

Should I get Honor V2 over Mix Fold 3? Thank you!

gcam when its worked on might save this.

Personally I gave up on folding phones.. we're on like gen 4 or something and the crease is still WAY too visible for me. I'm hoping maybe one of those sliding concepts become reality with no crease to speak of.. one can hope

I sold it after using for 5 days due to the annoying Chinese ROM..Apart from that its one of the best foldables i have ever used

can you. confirm that it is able to output type c to hdmi ???

Im sure if Xiaomi sent you a Mix Fold 3 for FREE then you'd do a raving review of the device

Also no Google. Deal breaker. But the Honor Magic V2 is killer.

How about the Honor one?

Looks like is having something like under display selfie.... Is it true? If yes, how can i activate this? Thank you

So would you take the Vivo X fold 2 over this if you had to chose?

hate that pwm screen 😭 why not dc dimming!!!

TechTablets, Thanks Much !.......

I don't see a real world use case for this foldable smartphones 🤔

Waiting for N3

Compare with honor V2 thank you

Its a stunning device but indeed to much focus on chinese market with apps installed. Also missing Google features

No global, why bother. Thanks Chris, made this decision easy with that list of cons.