To fuel consumer interest in its new foldable My Mix Fold, Xiaomi has carried out an intense durability test of the smartphone in recent days. More than 400 folds were performed uninterruptedly, over a period of 7 days. According to Xiaomi, these extreme stress tests seek to demonstrate the quality of the cell phone precisely in its most unique characteristic.
Test was announced via social network Weibo
Na Chinese social network Weibo, the official profile of Lei Jun, co-founder of Xiaomi, announced the milestone achieved in the test, posting a banner in celebration. The businessman also encouraged his followers, promoting the smart bracelet Mi Band 6, announced at the end of last month by the Chinese manufacturer.
According to a quick calculation, with the phone being folded 24 hours a day, over a seven-day period (or a little more, since Lei's post stated the test duration was 180 hours), it was one fold every 1,6 seconds. From this perspective, the test can be compared to using the Mi Mix Fold for about 10 years.
The calculations make sense since they are based on someone folding the phone around a hundred times a day. It's really curious to imagine how many times a user would fold their phone over the course of a day. So curious is that, according to the post made by the Xiaomi co-founder, there were more than 2 million views of the video that broadcast live in China the intense seven-day test.
To get an idea of how such a test is carried out, a video posted on YouTube by the channel Fold universe Earlier this week, a Mi Mix Fold was tested with mechanically-performed folds. Interestingly, the date coincides with the 400 fold test period, but the scenario does not appear to be official from Xiaomi.
Does it really fold that many times?
It is also important to consider that the hundreds of thousands of folds, even though they have this severe peculiarity, are still linked to a dissemination of Xiaomi news. Therefore, the Chinese manufacturer has a direct interest in the positive result in the durability test of the Mi Mix Fold in its distinctive feature. Samsung's Galaxy Fold, for example, appeared in 2019 claiming that it could be folded 200 times. However, in a test carried out by CNet, The device did not resist 120 thousand folds.
Finally, while we await a forecast for the arrival of Xiaomi's foldable in Brazil, we can see a post from the Gadget Sidekick channel on YouTube, with the Mi Mix Fold unboxing and their first impressions. In another video with the same presenter, but from the Xiaomi Review channel, there are considerations about the device and praise for the experience with games, movies and use in general. In addition to the question: will the Mi Mix Fold support 400 thousand folds?
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