Here's your first look at a real Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha (Video!)

We’ve already seen some frankly astonishing renders of Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha concept phone unveiled earlier today in China, but just wait until you’ve seen what the real-life version looks like.

In the video, originally uploaded to Weibo by user Hardware School, we can see a behind-glass Mi Mix Alpha in all its wraparound glory.

As well as showcasing a display that starts on the front and just keeps on going, it also shows the context-sensitive, software-based keys along the side of the phone, as well as pulsing lights and icons that also appear along the display curve for notifications.

The video also gives us a brief glimpse of the vertical camera bar that sports a whopping 108MP main sensor, a 20MP ultra-wide camera, and a 12MP telephoto lens. The demo running on the phone also mentions Charge Turbo which may well be the same 40W wired/27W wireless charging tech confirmed for the Mi 9 Pro.

Quite a handful

If the video wasn’t enough, there’s also some Mi Mix Alpha hands-on shots courtesy of everyone’s favorite feline leaker, Ice Universe.

The images give us a better grasp on the size of the phone and, well, that’s a long, chonky boi, I’m sure you’d agree.

Priced at an eye-watering 20,000 yuan (~$2,800), the Mi Mix Alpha is very much a wild proof of concept rather than a traditional flagship. It may be ridiculously impractical (and hilariously fragile) in reality, but just watching the video makes me want to get my hands it and try out that “180.6% screen-to-body ratio display” for myself.

What do you think of the Mi Mix Alpha? Let us know in the comments!