Recently, several smartphone manufacturers have introduced extra-large smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy A9, LeEco Le Max 2, and Huawei P8 Max. While flagship smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S7 and HTC 10 have trended around 5.2' for display size, Xiaomi has ignored this trend entirely for their first humongous smartphone: the Xiaomi Mi Max. With a 6.44' display, the Mi Max is much larger than what many would consider normal, and it definitely suggests that Xiaomi took the expression 'go big or go home' quite literally.
Design:Typical: if I had to chose one word to describe the Mi Max's design, it would definitely be typical. While there is nothing particularly exciting about the design here, I appreciate the Mi Max's aluminum construction as it provides a premium look and feel. There's also a few design aspects which make the Mi Max less difficult to hold such as its side tapers on the rear and the perfectly positioned power button and fingerprint reader.The curved '2.5D' glass on the front of the Xiaomi Mi Max houses three illuminated capacitive keys, positioned in Xiaomi's standard layout. The display's side bezels are quite small, although many will detest the black border used around the display.
Display: The extra-large 6.44' 1080P display on the Xiaomi Mi Max places this phone well into phablet territory. When I fist started using the Mi Max, I had mostly mixed feelings. On the one hand, I immediately enjoyed the extra screen real estate for videos, but on the other, I worried how feasible it would be to use the Mi Max day-to-day. While it is possible to sometimes use the Mi Max with a single hand, it can get very uncomfortable very quickly. Once you are subconsciously accustomed to the Mi Max's size, however, it seems much more normal in the hand. Still, its size does tend to make it slide out of many non-jean pockets, which is definitely annoying.
Performance :The Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor strikes yet again in the Xiaomi Mi Max, and helps make the Mi Max performance comparable to phones with higher-end chips like the Snapdragon 808. MIUI, Xiaomi's custom software, runs very smoothly on the Mi Max, and the base model's 3 GB of RAM is generally enough for moderate-to-heavy multitasking. It is important to understand that there are different models available as well, although we do not imagine real-world performance differences between models to be significant.
Hardware: dual-SIM device, and one of the SIM slots doubles as a microSD card expansion slot, allowing you to expand the phone's storage up to 256 GB.The fingerprint reader on the back of the Mi Max is accurate and, in my experience, just a hair faster than the one found on the Nexus 6P. That's pretty good for the price, and many users will appreciate the added convenience when securing their phones.
Battery Life: Battery life with the Mi Max was excellent in my testing, thanks to its very large 4850mAh non-removable battery. Screen on time did vary considerably depending on my usage. Primarily, I noticed that it did significantly better on Wi-Fi than it did cellular data, but even my heaviest usage was not enough to kill the Mi Max in a single day.
Camera: The Xiaomi Mi Max is equipped with a very capable 16 MP f/2.0 rear camera with a dual-LED flash. After taking a closer look at the sample images, it seems that the Mi Max's camera is one of the best we've seen at this price point. Images came out sharp and detailed with visually pleasing color reproduction and great dynamic range. The Mi Max's camera is far from perfect, however. Autofocus is remarkably slow and finicky and, even when holding the device and subject still, the Mi Max would slightly miss focus more than what we normally expect. It also tended to oversharpen images, to the point of recognition in some images.
Software: Xiaomi has shipped the Mi Max with its own custom version of Android, MIUI 7. Although it is running on top of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, MIUI is a sharp departure from stock Android. And while I do generally enjoy using MIUI 7, I'm looking forward to the production release of MIUI 8, which will bring a great number of UI changes and improvements. At the time of writing, Xiaomi had just begun automatically rolling out MIUI 8 for those on the beta release channel. Normal users can expect the update in the coming weeks.
Conclusion: If you are looking for a great extra-large smartphone on the cheap and can get past its quirks, the Xiaomi Mi Max is likely the best fit for you. With that said, similarly sized options like LeEco's Le Max 2 are promising and, while they may be priced higher, they may also offer a much more refined experience overall.
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