Xiaomi recently confirmed the design of the upcoming Xiaomi 18 Fold in the ‘Westfield Red’ colour option. Well, the brand has now revealed more details concerning the device’s battery, charging, hinge, durability, performance, memory, and software.
Read more about the newly confirmed specifications below.
Xiaomi 18 Fold – More Specifications Revealed
Coming to its battery details, the Xiaomi 18 Fold will pack a large 6,000mAh Xiaomi Jinshajiang battery featuring 20% ultra-high silicon content. It is claimed to offer an energy density of up to 920Wh/L. The foldable smartphone will further support 67W wired fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging.
For its folding mechanism, the device will feature the new-generation Xiaomi Keel Hinge with a three-level linkage structure and full-contact protection. Xiaomi has also equipped the smartphone with dual-layer UTG ultra-thin glass to improve the durability of its foldable display.
Xiaomi 18 Fold – Chipset
The first 50μm UTG layer is claimed to offer 178% higher strength, whereas the second 30μm UTG layer is said to provide 29% higher impact resistance. However, the brand has not revealed the baseline used for these comparisons.
As for its exterior protection, the Xiaomi 18 Fold will feature Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass 3.0 on both the front and rear, while Its middle frame will be made from aerospace-grade 7-series aluminium alloy.
As per what the brand has officially shared, the device can withstand drops from a height of up to 1.2 metres and is also claimed to offer 258% higher resistance to impacts from sharp objects, along with a 214% increase in the steel-ball drop-test height.
On the performance side, the Xiaomi 18 Fold will be powered by the brand’s in-house XRING O3 flagship chipset, whose performance was recently revealed via the Geekbench database. Additionally, the brand claims it has achieved an AnTuTu benchmark score of up to 5 million points
The device will further come equipped with next-generation LPDDR6 RAM, offering a memory bandwidth of up to 113.8GB/s. Xiaomi is also claimed to be the first smartphone brand to use LPDDR6 RAM manufactured by CXMT. However, the company has clarified that LPDDR6 RAM will only be available on select memory configurations.
On the software side, the Xiaomi 18 Fold will debut the latest Xiaomi HyperOS 4. It will also introduce the new Super XiaoAI 2.0 assistant, which is claimed to handle complex tasks through a single command.
Coming to its gaming performance, Xiaomi claims that the device maintained an average frame rate of 60fps during one hour of continuous open-world gaming. Its temperature was recorded at 41.8°C during the test.
The Xiaomi 18 Fold has also been developed in collaboration with Leica, though the complete camera specs have not yet been revealed yet.
Stay tuned for more updates!
