Xiaomi MI MIX 2 VS Xiaomi MI MIX Camera Review

We finally have waited its coming, Xiaomi MI MIX 2, a 18:9 full view display smartphone, compared with MI MIX, MI MIX 2 has made upgrade in screen ratio, size, dimensions, weight, ceramic craftsmanship, phone calling quality and camera, especially camera,  let’s compare Xiaomi MI MIX 2 camera with MI MIX.

Xiaomi MI MIX VS MI MIX 2 Camera specs

First, we know their camera information, previously Xiaomi MI MIX was released, they have mentioned its camera details and supplier, but according to software detect, we can see Xiaomi MI MIX camera specs, 16MP, F/2.0 aperture, and 1.0μm ,  not supporting OIS.

But Xiaomi MI MIX 2 adopts Sony IMX 386 sensor, 12MP, F/2.0 aperture, 1.25μm, supporting four axis OIS, namely, it has same model as that of MI6.

How are their camera effect? Let’s see how much breakthrough between Xiaomi MI MIX and Xiaomi MI MIX 2. By the way, we igeekphone will make Xiaomi MI MIX 2 vs MI MIX 2 review in details later.

Samples in close distance

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Set 4:

In general, under enough light, Xiaomi MI MIX 2 has more advantages in color restoring than MI MIX, from second, third and fourth samples, Xiaomi MI MIX  color is more vibrant, and excellent, but MI MIX sample color shows receding, even white, from first sample, Xiaomi MI MIX 2 has better blurring background solution.

Samples in long distance

When taking photos in long distance, although Xiaomi MI MIX uses 16MP camera, it doesn’t shows its advantage in delicate aspect, after enlarging, the leaves looks blurring because of noise. But Xiaomi MI MIX 2 behaves better in this aspect.

Night samples

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Set 2:

Set 3

As for samples at night, two phones have larger gap, from Set 1, we can see Xiaomi MI MIX has disadvantage in exposure, after enlarging, the noise becomes very obvious. From Set 2, Xiaomi MI MIX 2 behaves with advantages in light that gets through. From Set 3, Xiaomi MI MIX not only has more noise but also deals with the sky in gray color, its visual effect is not as good as MI MIX 2.

Conclusion

Xiaomi MI MIX 2 has made big progress in color restoring, sunlight, delicate aspect and exposure control, compared with MI MIX, Xiaomi MI MIX 2 camera can be a good advantage, if you like Xiaomi MI MIX 2, you can choose it with better camera performance. By the way, check MI MIX 2 vs MI MIX specs here from igeekphone.

Update on September 25, 2017