Early reviews of the Xiaomi 18 Fold, the company's first wide-screen foldable in its main numbered flagship line, are largely positive on design, battery and cameras, with the main complaints centering on a visible crease, extra thickness compared with Samsung's rival and availability that so far is limited to China. The phone starts at 10,999 yuan, or about $1,639, according to Android Central.

The 18 Fold has a "passport" format: both screens share a squat aspect ratio of roughly 1.4 to 1, making the phone shorter and wider than most book-style foldables, according to Mobidevices and Forbes. The inner display measures 7.58 inches at 2,364 x 1,672 pixels and the cover screen 5.38 inches at 1,712 x 1,168, with adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz, Digital Trends reported. Engadget said both panels are the first from Xiaomi to use its HyperRGB technology with a full RGB subpixel structure, peak at 4,000 nits of brightness and use LTPO panels that run from 1Hz to 120Hz. The screens are protected by Xiaomi's Shield Glass 3.0 and sit in an aluminum alloy frame with a new three-link hinge, Engadget added.

Reviewers were most consistent about the hardware feel. Digital Trends, after a week with the phone, wrote that it "does not feel like I am carrying a small tablet around." The phone measures 117.8 by 83.6 by 10.68 millimeters and weighs 219 grams when closed, according to Mobidevices, and about 5 millimeters thick when open, Digital Trends said. In a separate month-long review,........

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