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Xiaomi 18 Fold: أول فولد بمعالج شاومي نفسها — وأرخص من Duo وFold 8 بشوي مو قليل

Xiaomi 18 Fold: the first foldable on Xiaomi's own chip — and quite a bit cheaper than the Duo and Fold 8

by Slorks 2026-09-19 3 0 replies
Machine-translated — the Arabic text is the original
Xiaomi 18 Fold: أول فولد بمعالج شاومي نفسها — وأرخص من Duo وFold 8 بشوي مو قليلالصورة: Xiaomi عبر GSMArena

A week before Apple's foldable, Xiaomi announced its own: the Xiaomi 18 Fold, first shown at IFA in Berlin and officially launched in China on 7 September. The news is not the fold itself — the news is that this is the first flagship running a chip designed by Xiaomi: the XRING O3.

Xiaomi 18 Fold
Xiaomi 18 Fold — the wide "passport" design — Photo: Xiaomi via GSMArena
Xiaomi 18 Fold
Official image 2 — Photo: Xiaomi via GSMArena
Xiaomi 18 Fold
Official image 3 — Photo: Xiaomi via GSMArena

The official numbers

DisplaysOuter 5.38" · inner 7.58" · both close to 2:1 (the Duo idea: the app does not break when you open it)
ChipsetXRING O3 by Xiaomi · first chip past 5 million AnTuTu points · 200 TOPS NPU
RAMLPDDR6 — first phone on this generation · 12 or 16GB
Cameras200MP main + 50MP 3.5× periscope + 50MP ultrawide · Leica
Battery6,000 mAh · 67W wired · 50W wireless
Body5.02 mm open · 10.68 mm folded · 219 g
ColoursNishino red · gold-white · black · a limited ceramic edition (1,500 units)
Price (China)From ¥10,999 (≈ $1,640 / KWD 505) to ¥14,999 for 16GB+1TB
AvailabilityChina from 10 September · global: no official date yet

Why this phone matters more than its specs

Three points. First, Xiaomi became the third phone maker in the world to put its own chip in a foldable flagship after Apple and Samsung (and Google in the Pixel). That changes the price equation long-term. Second, a 6,000 battery in a 5 mm body — the gap to the Duo (two batteries, ~24 hours) and Fold 8 Ultra (5,000) is not a detail. Third, the price: ≈ $450 cheaper than the Fold 8 Ultra and ≈ $360 cheaper than the Duo, with a real telephoto Apple does not have.

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Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra
The rival: Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra at $2,099 — Photo: Samsung Newsroom
HONOR Magic V6
The other Chinese rival: HONOR Magic V6 with a 6,660 battery — Photo: HONOR

The Gulf question

Xiaomi sells officially in the Gulf, but its previous foldables (MIX Fold) never reached us officially. If the 18 Fold goes global, it will be the first Xiaomi foldable to enter the Gulf market officially — and the global price is usually 15–25% above China's. So expect ≈ KWD 600–650 if it arrives. Until then, anyone who wants one imports it from China with no warranty and no full Google services.

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Bottom line

On paper, the best foldable for the money this year. In practice, three questions only a review can answer: the new chip's heat, HyperOS stability on the big screen, and whether it reaches the Gulf at all. The moment a unit lands in my hands, the review is here.

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