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hey it's Joshua Vergara what's going on everybody and we're taking a look at the SHA Mimi mix - now this is the update to one of last year's more anticipated and pretty well regarded devices that brought a bit of a different philosophy to the display and design of a large smartphone now one thing that was an issue last year with the me mix was that it was just a little bit too big but that has changed this year while still retaining a lot of what made the design of last year's me mix pretty well received the update to the overall design brings rounded sides and the frame is actually made of aluminum alloy while the backing is still made of that lovely ceramic that Johnny loves to use in their devices it makes for a phone that is still really nice to look at and it feels a lot better in the hand due to its smaller overall size than compared to last year that screen comes in at five point nine nine inches with an 18 by 9 Full HD plus display that still looks pretty great and has the most minimal bezels that they can possibly put on this device now the forehead is actually as minimal as possible just like last year's me mix so the front-facing camera has been moved to the bottom right corner yes this is still a thing when it comes to the me mix and it might be a little bit odd at first but they really tried to make this a black slab all around and as you can see closely they actually coated it with a black material so that it will pretty much blend in with the rest of the turned off screen speaking of that front facing camera it is a 5 megapixel shooter and when you open up the camera for the first time and try to use the front facing camera it actually tells you to flip the phone around in order for you to take a more conventional selfie now one of the issues from last year's me mix was the fact that the replacement for the phone speaker just wasn't really the most effective alternative now they have gone back to actually having a speaker at the top or you have a tube unit that points upward and provides just that tiny little slit at the top however the ultrasonic proximity sensor is still found in this top area right underneath the screen so the phone still knows when it is next to your face or inside of your pocket taking a look at the specifications underneath we have the snapdragon 835 with six ego bytes of RAM and 64 128 or 256 gigabytes of on-board storage there is a me mix 2 special edition that uses a unibody ceramic design without that aluminum alloy which is pretty interesting and that one comes with a gigabytes of RAM in 128 gigabytes of on-board storage the battery is a non-removable 3400 milliamp hour battery and it can be charged with qc3 now you're gonna be looking around the device and realized there's no headphone jack and the little adapter was actually kind of hiding it took me a while to find it behind this flap inside of the box now one of the more interesting parts about the me macstew is that it will have global bands it will actually have more bands than the me note 2 had when it was released which means that you'll be able to use this device even in the u.s. even if it's not really officially going on sale in the US but it will be available in Jamie's main markets including India and also in higher quantities than the original me mix was made available so now we can talk about the camera and unfortunately it is not the dual camera setup that we enjoyed on the me6 instead you get an IM x3 86 image sensor with four axis optical image stabilization it comes with an f 2.0 aperture and overall it uses the same software that you might be used to another xiaomi devices HDR is still a toggle there's no HDR auto mode and as far as video modes go you'll be able to record up to 4k resolution will give you more about the camera including camera samples as I use this phone as my daily driver over the next week or two overall what we like about the me mix 2 is that it takes a lot of the same cues from the original me mix and just makes it more accessible with a 6 inch screen it is actually a lot easier to handle which was a big issue from last year and with that four sided curved ceramic body it still looks incredible but at the same time is pretty economically accessible because of the curves on the back of the front the me UI is pretty easy on the eyes even though it doesn't have an app drawer but I can always be changed a little bit later and it was nice that Google services were already installed on this phone ready to go and so there you have it your first look and hands on what the Joey me makes - Jean me continues to use ceramic material to great effect and they've brought out yet another phone that looks awesome and this time feels awesome while providing what is supposed to be pretty much all screen all the time this 18 by 9 minimal bezel screen is something that we're getting really used to in today's smartphone landscape and it's good to see that Johnny is sticking to the guns when it comes to the original me mix design and updating it for everybody to enjoy now stay tuned to Andrew authority for more about the Xiaomi me mix to and beyond and remember to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and drop us some likes on this video if you liked it don't forget to hit that bell near the subscribe button to keep up with everything that we do here at android authority because we are your source for all things Android