Xiaomi's president gives us the first look at Mi Mix 3 enabled with 5G network

Xiaomi’s president Lin Bin has **recently posted an image** which showed-off the upcoming Mi Mix 3’s unique design. Now a new image of the phone with 5G status in the network bar has been shared. This photo which surfaced on Weibo has led us to speculate that the Mi Mix 3 will most likely be coming with 5G enabled network. [caption id=“attachment_5110251” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 with 5G network. Image: Weibo[/caption] According to GSM Arena, it looks like the phone might be held in front of the 5G testing station. Lin Bin also posted an image with a caption on Weibo which suggests that the phone might launch in October. [caption id=“attachment_5110241” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Image: Weibo[/caption] The same photo was tweeted out by Xiaomi’s product management director Donovan Sung on Twitter, who stated that the official roll-out of 5G will take place next year.

We've successfully tested 5G data connections on Xiaomi phones, and we can't wait for the official rollout of 5G next year! 🎉🎉

5G download speeds are more than 10X faster than 4G speeds. What's everyone looking forward to the most? ⚡⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/vLAH3wosni

— Donovan Sung (@donovansung) September 3, 2018

**Earlier leaks** have given us a fair idea of how the phone might look. The phone is said to arrive notch-free with extremely thin bezels and most importantly a pop-up selfie camera which seems to have become a trend now and was also seen on the Oppo Find X and the Vivo NEX.