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hey guys this is Bailey Stein with Andrew authority and today we'll be checking out the Xiaomi me max - just a quick note although I have prepared this video my colleague Abhishek Baxi has done much of the testing as well as the written post linked below and with that out of the way let's talk about this phone if you recall last year's Xiaomi me Mac this is really only a minor upgrade from that the design isn't all that different the mean UI software hasn't changed much and yet it's still ludicrously large with a six point four four inch 1080p LCD display the display itself is really just kind of mediocre color reproduction is okay and it's coated in Gorilla Glass 3 but doing angles are disappointing and both Abhishek and I had issues with auto brightness we certainly understand shammies need to keep costs down but we would have liked to see a better display given how critical it is to the content consuming audience that this phone is aimed towards as you would expect a large display also means a large body the overall design is quite nice though the premium metal build looks good and the build quality is better than the originals the now curved side edges also help a bit with handling not to the point of being able to get away with one-handed use but there is a built-in mode for that if you need it of course there's no built-in mode to make the fingerprints to reach we found its placement to be a tad unfortunate but are happy with the Reavers accuracy although the me max 2 is fairly slim at seven point six millimeters it's certainly on the heavier side at 211 grams that's because it's packing a massive 5300 milliamp hour battery as you may have guessed this allows the me max to to offer some incredible battery life even with heavy use charging times are pretty good too the now included quick charge 3.0 charger enables charging from 0 to 100% in about two hours you may also use the new max 2 as a power bank if you'd like to charge another device you shouldn't need to carry around two phones though is the me max 2 supports dual SIM cards don't plan on using it in the United States though it is not compatible with LTE at all actually and it's only partially compatible with 3G if you don't need two SIM cards you can expand the with a microSD card if the 64 gigabytes of internal storage isn't enough media lovers will also enjoy the phone stereo speaker setup audio is loud and importantly it sounds full with little distortion and yes there's still a headphone jack there's an IR blaster too for controlling TVs and other appliances there's unfortunately no NFC onboard so what the mean X 2 has Google's blessing to run Android pay you can't use it in stores the overall global software experience is pretty good it ships with me why eight point five over Android 7.1.1 nougat which is nice we appreciate me wise design as well as its features and customizability the dual apps feature for example lets you run two instances of the same app it's a cool concept but we had trouble getting it to work with snapchat which is really the only app that we wanted it for by the way if you aren't already following us on snapchat now's your chance okay let's move on the UI also seems pretty well optimized as day to day performance was alright despite the mid-range Snapdragon 625 we're sure the four gigabytes of RAM helps to keep the performance smooth as well you should be happy with the setup just don't expect it to compete with flagships the same goes for the camera it's 12 megapixels with an F 2.2 aperture and it's quite frankly just ok color reproduction is good but images came out soft especially around the corners the biggest issue that we noticed was poor dynamic range as you can see you can either get the highlights or the shadows but not both HDR helps but it's not the ideal solution unfortunately when taking the phone into low-light conditions it turns into a potato not literally of course but images do come out really soft and really noisy I don't think I need to say much more so how much will the mean max to set you back well it depends on where you live but you can expect anywhere from 250 to 275 dollars that's impressively competitive for a segment with a little competition perhaps the best use case for this phone is as a power bank with smart phone features built in the me max 2 is great for binge watching Netflix and its large battery could certainly come in handy but its large size and general mediocrity make it difficult to use day to day that's not to say that this phone doesn't have an audience but rather that you should consider carefully whether this phone is right for you and that will be all for this video please be sure to give it a thumbs up if you liked it be sure to subscribe and hit that Bell button to get notified when we release new videos also be sure to check out the android authority website is we are your source for all things Android