Mi 6X Comprehensive Review: Picture Perfect in Every Shot!by mitch002
The release of Mi Phones has been quite fast for the past weeks as we kicked off with Mi MIX 2S, then followed by Black Shark after 2 weeks, then comes Mi 6X this time after another 2 weeks. Xiaomi has been on its toes in releasing new phones to make its presence felt across the world. Now, if I mention to you all Sony IMX Sensors for rear and a 20MP front camera, who would you recall? The Redmi Note 5 Pro India right? Ineed you are correct, and Xiaomi followed it up by releasing a Samsung Sensor in the Redmi Note 5 in China after a successful trip to MWC 2018. Probably with all those people ranting why Xiaomi didn't release a Sony IMX Sensor in the Redmi Note 5 China, this is probably their answer to the Mi Fans in China, Mi 6X, the successor to the popular Mi 5X/Mi A1.
Mi 6X Specs Sheet
5.99-inch Full HD+ display @ 2160 x 1080 pixels, 403ppi, 77.4% screen to body ratio, 18:9 Ratio
2.2GHz Snapdragon 660 Octa-core CPU Qualcomm SDM660 Kryo 260 (4x2.2Ghz + 4x1.8Ghz)
Adreno 512 GPU 650Mhz
4GB / 6GB RAM
64GB/128GB Internal storage (No Expansion Slot)
12MP 1.25μm Rear Camera, f/1.75 Aperture, PDAF, single tone flash, face recognition, HDR, AI, Sony IMX 486 Sensor
20MP secondary lens, 2.0μm, f/1.75 Aperture, Sony IMX 376 Sensor
20MP front-facing camera, 2.0μm, f/1.8 Aperture with soft flash, 1080p, Smart Beauty 4.0, Sony IMX 376 Sensor
Dual-SIM (Nano + Nano)
4G LTE, 4G+, Dual LTE Mode
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 2.4G 5G Wifi
Bluetooth 5.0, Bluetooth HID
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Fingerprint scanner
USB C Port
3010 mAh battery, Supports QC 3.0
Android 8.1 on MIUI 9.5
158.7mm x 75.4mm x 7.3mm
168 grams
Available in Black, Gold, Lake Blue, Rose Gold, Red
Google Play Installation Guide:
[Device Team] Google Play Installation Guide for Mi 6X!
Connectivity
The Mi 6X supports 12 different LTE bands (this is based on China settings as this will probably stay inside the home country only), it's easy to switch to LTE network inside the settings, this unit also supports dual 4G. You can freely choose which sim you want to use your LTE data, since this is a Dual LTE, Dual standby smartphone. We have experienced no problem surfing using LTE or 3G in our home country in the Philippines as well as dual standby mode is working seamlessly. Wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac is also smooth and it also supports Wi-Fi Direct. Wireless screen mirroring is also available via the Miracast protocol, tethering data is also working perfectly. Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, and GLONASS are all present and working pretty good. We also have a smooth navigation using Google Maps while cruisin in the city using the Mi 6X.
Display and Audio
MP4
M4V
MKV
XVID
WAV
AAC
MP3
AMR
FLAC
Supports H.265/HEVC (Main profile), H.264 (Baseline/Main/High profile), MPEG4 (Simple profile/ASP), and VC-1 (Simple/Main/Advanced profile) video formats, and supports PCM and AAC /AAC+/eAAC+, MP3, AMR - NB and WB, FLAC, WAV and other audio formats
We did watch some good movies on this unit and some anime and we were impressed with the display ratio that it has to offer. The screen resolution was pretty good as we tried to render some 4K movies on this unit. Sounds was also good on loudspeaker but one thing we noticed that the sounds really is not very loud as compared to the Mi Note 3, but we used a Mi Pistons Dual Driver headset to watch the movie attaching to the Audio Cable Converter. Listening to music via streaming app was also seamless, no lag was experienced. We just didn't like the way that they took away the Audio Jack.
Snapdragon 660
The only 2nd unit from Xiaomi to deploy the SD 660 other than the Mi Note 3, the Mi 6X did pack some punch in this SoC. As we took the unit to the full extent, running games and multitask, in my opinion this unit did a very good job in multitasking, as well as playing some decent games, we even did play NBA2k18 and PUBG the graphics rendered was quite good on an all screen display phone. But as we play longer than 2 hours, there is a little sluggish feeling on NBA2k18 as I can clearly see the slight jump in graphics when Steph Curry is taking a 3pt jump shot. PUBG was quite good and I didn't see any lags during game play.
Surfing, Chatting, Calls and Navigating were all done at the same time and it was quite stable not seeing the unit clamp down due to too many task being done at the same time. The Snapdragon 660 did lived up to its expectations to deliver more performance than the SD 625. 
AnTuTu gave it a score of around 134242 points which was a good decent score for a mid range phone.Back Issues of Mi Product Review:
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