Xiaomi already confirmed that it will introduce its Mi MIX series phone at the Xiaomi Mega Launch event on March 29th along with new smartphones in MI 11 Series. Recently, the company had confirmed that the MI MIX and Mi Pad tablets will make a debut this year. Now, it has also provided details about new technology that will be used in the new Mi MIX and Mi 11 Ultra phones.
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The new Mi MIX phone will use a self-developed liquid lens tech that makes it possible for macro and telephoto to coexist in a single camera and Xiaomi calls the technology “Bionic photography”. It contains an optical-grade liquid that can be precisely controlled mechanically or electronically to achieve precise and rapid focusing. At the same time, it has the characteristics of high light transmittance, ultra-low dispersion, and resistance to extreme environments. They also take up less space compared to a traditional lens, which will give OEMs more flexibility to add extra features.
The new flagship Mi 11 Ultra will be the first smartphone to launch with a silicon-oxygen anode battery that will offer higher energy density, larger capacity, and faster charging. Presently, many car manufacturers are using this technology, and Its own Mi MIX Alpha used a curved 4050 mAh nano silicon anode battery, but there were drawbacks such as low charging efficiency, which will cause a large amount of irreversible lithium loss, thus reduce the battery’s cycle life.
With the second-generation silicon-oxygen anode battery technology, Xiaomi adopts “lithium doped with silicon” that is used in electric car batteries. This solution can help to increase the energy density of mobile phone batteries, but in actual production, silicon expansion rate may be encountered and this technology is not yet perfect, which may have an impact on production capacity.
Xiaomi believes that the mobile phone industry may be the next to adopt the new battery tech. It also plans to continue to invest in such tech in the future phone and IoT products.
