The Mi Play features a beautiful glass design and mid-range specs for the equivalent of $160. Will it be another winner for Xiaomi?
While much of the Western world has shut down for holidays, Chinese OEMs are happily launching new devices. The latest is the Xiaomi Mi Play, the first phone in a brand-new youth-focused series from the Chinese giant.
Introduced today in China, the Xiaomi Mi Play frankly looks pretty generic. It features a waterdrop-shaped notch, a first for Xiaomi, but hardly a novelty in the market. Huawei, OnePlus, and Vivo have all launched devices with waterdrop notches in the past months, while the focus seems to have already moved to punch-hole cameras.
Notch aside, the Mi Play features a 5.84-inch Full HD+ (1080 x 2280 pixels) display with rather thick bezels that remind us of the Pocophone F1.
The back of the Xiaomi Mi Play is covered in highly reflective glass, complete with gradient colors, another widely adopted design trend of 2018.
