Huge Xiaomi phone hits TENAA: is it the Mi Max 3?

The phone is bearding but the 6.9-inch awning and 5,400mAh array agency we’re apparently attractive at the abutting Mi Max device.

The Xiaomi Mi Max 2.

• A new Xiaomi phablet has appeared on the website of China’s telecoms authority.
• The new phone is best acceptable the Mi Max 3, featuring a 6.9-inch awning and massive battery.
• The advertisement doesn’t accommodate pictures, but we managed to accumulate a few specifications.

The first-generation Xiaomi Mi Max.

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Xiaomi’s Mi Max ancestors delivers big screens at account prices and it looks like the abutting in the series, Mi Max 3, could be on its way soon. China’s TENAA communications ascendancy has listed an bearding Xiaomi phablet with some audibly “Max” characteristics.

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While the listings don’t appearance any images of the phablet, we can see some cogent specifications. The handset comes with a 6.9-inch 2,160 x 1,080 LCD awning (18:9) and 5,400mAh battery.

The antecedent entries in the Max alternation had 6.44-inch abounding HD screens (16:9) and 5,300mAh battery, so we’re attractive at a analogously ample handset. Xiaomi’s Max phones tend to be their biggest, with their greatest array capacities.

Other specs accommodate an bearding 1.8Ghz octa-core chipset, 3GB/4GB/6GB of RAM, and 32GB/64GB/128GB of abundant storage. We’re academic that the Snapdragon 636 is powering the Mi Max 3, as the alarm acceleration doesn’t band up with added contempo chips (save for the lower bank Snapdragon 450).

The Mi Max alternation has additionally commonly followed the Redmi Note ambit in the chipset department, adopting the Snapdragon 650 apparent in the Redmi Note 3, and the Snapdragon 625 apparent in the Note 4. The Redmi Note 5 has a Snapdragon 625 chipset this year, but the Redmi Note 5 Pro has the newer Snapdragon 636. Any added processor for the Mi Max 3 would be a abruptness in our book.

Further Mi Max 3 capacity on TENAA accommodate an IR blaster, fingerprint scanner, a 12MP capital camera and 5MP selfie camera (the advertisement counts three cameras, but alone absolutely lists two), Android 8.1, and a headphone jack.

The Mi Max 2 was launched in June 2017, while the aboriginal Mi Max aboriginal saw a barrage in May 2016. Based on those timelines, the new phone should access afore the end of July.

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