Xiaomi’s latest foldable is durable enough to survive half a million folds
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DV0G)
The Mix Fold 3 has four rear cameras, ranging from ultrawide to periscope. | Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi has announced a new foldable for Chinese users to consider buying - and for the rest of the world to stare at wistfully from afar. The Mix Fold 3 is going on sale this week starting on August 16th, and based on Xiaomi's approach with its Mi Mix Fold and Mix Fold 2, we won't be holding our collective breath for an international release.
The Mix Fold 3's most eye-catching spec is perhaps the number of folding cycles it's rated to withstand, which stands at 500,000, according to a certification from TUV Rheinland. That's 100,000 higher than the 400,000 of Honor's recently announced Magic V2 foldable and over double the 200,000 promised by Samsung and Google with their 2023 devices.
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