 I'm Dan Seifer with The Verge and this is the new Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S which doesn't look a whole lot different from last September's Mi Mix 2. Now it shares many of the same features and overall design but there's three new things to talk about here. It's got a new processor, it's got wireless charging, and it has an all new camera system. It's got a 5.99 inch 18 by 9 LCD panel with full HD plus resolution. It's got Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. You can get it in up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It runs Xiaomi's MIUI software. It's up to version 9.0 and this one is based on Android 8. And it is available in China starting next week and then it will be in Xiaomi's other global markets following later on in the year. The Mi Mix 2S has wireless charging through its ceramic back which is new and nice to have. It also has wired quick charge 3.0 charging through the USB-C port. Now there isn't a headphone jack here but there wasn't a headphone jack on the last model either so that's not really much of a surprise. The biggest change this year is definitely the camera system. It's a new dual camera system unlike the single camera on last year's phone. It's two 12 megapixel sensors, there's a wide angle lens and a telephoto lens like you might find on the iPhone X or the Samsung Galaxy S9+. The wide angle lens has an all new sensor with larger pixels on it and dual pixel autofocus so better faster focusing and hopefully better performance in low light. While the telephoto lens is pretty standard comparable to other telephoto lens cameras. Of course there is a portrait mode here that Xiaomi says uses new AI features to separate the front from the background or your subject from the background as well as to optimize the colors for the scene. We'll have to see how well that works in practice. The Xiaomi's won a lot of awards for the Mi Mix 2's design so it's not really a surprise to see them use the same basic design for the Mi Mix 2S. You get that really big screen and almost no bezels all the way around it. It's an LCD panel, it's not AMOLED like you might find on other phones but it still is pretty bright and vibrant and really looks pretty nice to my eyes. The weird part of course is that the front facing camera is on the lower right corner of the frame which makes it kind of odd when you're taking selfies. You're basically supposed to flip it over upside down so that you can take a normal selfie. Other than that it's a pretty great looking phone. Of course the new camera is familiar looking but it's kind of nice to see that Xiaomi's actually added the dual cameras to the Mi Mix line. And of course because it's a Xiaomi and it's a flagship Xiaomi phone it has the latest and greatest processors and internal specs that you can get. In terms of battery life, the battery is the same. It's a 3400 milliamp hour battery but Xiaomi says that because it's using the new Snapdragon 845 processor they're getting better performance without any hit to battery life so you should expect about the same battery life as the Mi Mix 2. This is definitely one of the nicest phones from Xiaomi that I've ever used and it'd be really great to see them expand this to other parts of the world that they haven't been selling yet but there's still really no story on when we're going to find that out. The Mi Mix 2S is available in two colors. You can get it in black or this pretty sharp looking white model that I have here and pricing is going to convert to roughly $500 US depending on how much RAM and storage you get in there. It's going to be available in China starting next week and then Xiaomi's going to roll it out to its other global markets in the coming weeks after that but unfortunately it's probably never going to come to the US. For more on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S be sure to check out theverge.com and sure to subscribe at youtube.com slash theverge. For more on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S be sure to check out theverge.com and sure... Huh, let's do that without cracking my voice.
 I'm Dan Seifer with The Verge and this is the new Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S which doesn't look
 a whole lot different from last September's Mi Mix 2.
 Now it shares many of the same features and overall design but there's three new things
 to talk about here.
 It's got a new processor, it's got wireless charging, and it has an all new camera system.
 It's got a 5.99 inch 18 by 9 LCD panel with full HD plus resolution.
 It's got Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor.
 You can get it in up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
 It runs Xiaomi's MIUI software.
 It's up to version 9.0 and this one is based on Android 8.
 And it is available in China starting next week and then it will be in Xiaomi's other
 global markets following later on in the year.
 The Mi Mix 2S has wireless charging through its ceramic back which is new and nice to
 have.
 It also has wired quick charge 3.0 charging through the USB-C port.
 Now there isn't a headphone jack here but there wasn't a headphone jack on the last
 model either so that's not really much of a surprise.
 The biggest change this year is definitely the camera system.
 It's a new dual camera system unlike the single camera on last year's phone.
 It's two 12 megapixel sensors, there's a wide angle lens and a telephoto lens like you might
 find on the iPhone X or the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
 The wide angle lens has an all new sensor with larger pixels on it and dual pixel autofocus
 so better faster focusing and hopefully better performance in low light.
 While the telephoto lens is pretty standard comparable to other telephoto lens cameras.
 Of course there is a portrait mode here that Xiaomi says uses new AI features to separate
 the front from the background or your subject from the background as well as to optimize
 the colors for the scene.
 We'll have to see how well that works in practice.
 The Xiaomi's won a lot of awards for the Mi Mix 2's design so it's not really a surprise
 to see them use the same basic design for the Mi Mix 2S.
 You get that really big screen and almost no bezels all the way around it.
 It's an LCD panel, it's not AMOLED like you might find on other phones but it still is
 pretty bright and vibrant and really looks pretty nice to my eyes.
 The weird part of course is that the front facing camera is on the lower right corner
 of the frame which makes it kind of odd when you're taking selfies.
 You're basically supposed to flip it over upside down so that you can take a normal
 selfie.
 Other than that it's a pretty great looking phone.
 Of course the new camera is familiar looking but it's kind of nice to see that Xiaomi's
 actually added the dual cameras to the Mi Mix line.
 And of course because it's a Xiaomi and it's a flagship Xiaomi phone it has the latest
 and greatest processors and internal specs that you can get.
 In terms of battery life, the battery is the same.
 It's a 3400 milliamp hour battery but Xiaomi says that because it's using the new Snapdragon
 845 processor they're getting better performance without any hit to battery life so you should
 expect about the same battery life as the Mi Mix 2.
 This is definitely one of the nicest phones from Xiaomi that I've ever used and it'd be
 really great to see them expand this to other parts of the world that they haven't been
 selling yet but there's still really no story on when we're going to find that out.
 The Mi Mix 2S is available in two colors.
 You can get it in black or this pretty sharp looking white model that I have here and pricing
 is going to convert to roughly $500 US depending on how much RAM and storage you get in there.
 It's going to be available in China starting next week and then Xiaomi's going to roll
 it out to its other global markets in the coming weeks after that but unfortunately
 it's probably never going to come to the US.
 For more on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S be sure to check out theverge.com and sure to subscribe
 at youtube.com slash theverge.
 For more on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S be sure to check out theverge.com and sure...
 Huh, let's do that without cracking my voice.