Xiaomi Creates Mix Flip Phones Made Of Nylon Weaving Fabrics

JAKARTA - What is your favorite ingredient when holding a cellphone? Long-lasting and strong plastic? Cold and sturdy metal (anti-explosive)? Every now and then, we install cell phone casings with more exotic materials such as cloth or wood, but rarely do we get a phone that is actually made of that material.

However, "strengthen" doesn't mean "never," and this week Xiaomi introduced its new foldable Mix Flip with the nylon weaving layer option. Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun discussed the choice on X, while showing off its final design.

Exploring the possibilities of CMF is always an exciting journey. For Xiaomi MIX Flip, we chose Xiaomi nylon fiber. This unique fabric retains the soft, smooth feel of natural nylon, while demonstrating incredible durability. pic.twitter.com/grgMqk0xX9

— Lei Jun (@leijun) July 23, 2024

Exploring the possibles of CMF is always an exciting journey. For Xiaomi MIX Flip, we choose Xiaomi nylon fiber. This unique conflict contains the soft, smooth feeling of natural nylon, while demonstration impossible duality. pic.twitter.com/grgMqk0xX9

Mix Flip is Xiaomi's first attempt to fold this clampshell, and it seems they are not half-hearted in this endeavor. At the top of the phone, it means equipping it with a wide outer screen from edge to edge that could compete with Samsung and Motorola.

But now we will look at the bottom, and while reviews focus on more traditional metal variants, this hardware is also present in the nylon fiber edition.

Seeing the image that Lei shared, this option looks very smart. The texture, although monochromatic, still has a pleasant basic pattern, and can't help but think about how comfortable this device is when it is held.

Lei identified this as Xiaomi's nylon in-house which "preserves a gentle and delicate taste from natural nylon, while showing extraordinary resilience."

Nylon is indeed a plastic that lasts quite a long time even though it is generally when we think about it in a solid form. Weaving into a smooth thread like this, of course, you can't help but worry a little that this smooth and soft layer will eventually start peeling over time.

That's a problem when we talk about cloth phone casings, but the problem was very different when it was this 1,200-dollar smartphone. How will Mix Flip last the next few months? The public is definitely looking forward to finding out.