Passport-sized folds are the inclination these days, and the freshly announced Xiaomi 18 Fold wants to capitalize connected the momentum. We already brought you an “eyes-on” preview from the Xiaomi showbooth astatine IFA 2026, and we tin present stock our archetypal impressions aft spending immoderate prime clip with the device.
Right disconnected the bat, the 18 Fold feels decently airy considering the 7.58-inch folding display. Xiaomi’s numbers assertion 219 grams, placing the 18 Fold successful the aforesaid value people arsenic the Xiaomi 17 Ultra but a chill 18 grams heavier than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8. And yes, we managed to drawback immoderate side-by-side shots with Samsung’s foldable for your reference.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 and Xiaomi 18 Fold broadside by side
Xiaomi 18 Fold is reasonably slim astatine a hairsbreadth implicit 5mm erstwhile unfolded, and you get a reassuring premium consciousness erstwhile holding the instrumentality successful hand. The sides person that chill aluminum interaction portion the backmost features a matte solid finish, which is really a lighter shadiness of reddish than the metallic bits. This gives a bully spot of contrast, which is simply a invited sight.
Xiaomi 18 Fold design
Moving connected to the large question: however disposable is the crease connected the folding display? We tin accidental that we did not announcement it successful 99% of lighting conditions. We besides ran our digit done the middle, and portion we could surely consciousness it, we can’t accidental it was a downside.
Xiaomi 18 Fold main display
And the folding surface is genuinely impressive. It features a 7.58-inch diagonal with a 2:1 facet ratio. This means you automatically get scenery mode without having to crook the instrumentality astir arsenic you bash with Samsung’s Z Fold8.
And it’s a due scenery mode, which is cleanable for watching videos. In practice, this means little letterboxing. The main sheet gets impressively bright. Xiaomi claims up to 4,000 nits, and it features a 120Hz refresh rate.
The screen surface brings a 5.38-inch size with the aforesaid 2:1 facet ratio, 120Hz refresh complaint and 4,000 nits highest brightness. Due to the 18 Fold’s design, the close broadside features a much pronounced curvature, which eats up a tiny chunk of the screen screen’s existent estate. It’s inactive rather usable with 1 manus and casual capable to benignant acknowledgment to its wide stature.
Xiaomi 18 Fold screen screen
As for the remainder of the specs, the Xring O3 chip, which is paired with 12GB RAM, felt conscionable arsenic zippy and creaseless arsenic the Qualcomm and MediaTek flagships astatine launching apps and multitasking.
The triple camera setup is simply a invited summation with the beingness of a 200MP main shooter, a 50MP ultrawide and a 3.5x telephoto (50MP), giving the 18 Fold an instant limb up implicit Samsung’s Z Fold8. And somehow, Xiaomi manages to acceptable a 6,000 mAh SiC artillery with enactment for 67W wired and 50W wireless charging.
Xiaomi 18 Fold brings a due triple camera setup
Despite the awesome hardware, there’s a large caveat with the Xiaomi 18 Fold. It volition beryllium exclusive to China. So that makes this yet different Xiaomi flagship that volition sadly not get to spot daylight successful astir of the world. Here's to hoping its successor volition get a wider rollout.
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