Leaked invitation hints at possible announcement of the 5G capable Xiaomi Mi Mix 3

It seems that Xiaomi’s latest flagship, the slider Mi Mix 3 just came out, but its reign as the top dog of Xiaomi’s lineup won’t be very long. With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855, the latest and greatest SoC, now in the hands of phone manufacturers, they’re eager to release devices with the chip as soon as possible to get that sweet, sweet, competitive advantage.

That appears to be the case over at Xiaomi, if a now-deleted tweet by Ben Geskin is to be believed. The tweet was picked up by SlashGear thanks to diligent users on Reddit, so despite its disappearance, we still know what it said, more specifically:



Xiaomi’s event is scheduled one day before the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, so the company will benefit from all the journalists gathered for the event without having to share the spotlight with other announcements during the Congress. At least for a day.

The tweet mentions that the 5G variant of the Mi Mix 3 is one possible announcement, and for now 5G also means Snapdragon 855 since that’s the SoC that can be paired with Qualcomm’s 5G modem. However, as we mentioned before, the Mi Mix 3 is still fresh out of the oven, so replacing it so soon isn’t very logical, despite the significant upgrades it can get.