The new Xiaomi 14 Ultra in blue has the Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Ceramics ceramic coating, which is 50% lighter than traditional ceramics. However, bloggers revealed that the material did not meet the stated specifications and was instead modified glass. he is writing Mobiltelefon portal with links to posts on Weibo.
Ceramic is a wear-resistant and hard material that does not scratch when in contact with objects with a hardness rating below 7.5 on the Mohs scale. This gives it an advantage over glass, which is already scratched at level 6 hardness. The ceramic panels on the Huawei Mate 50 RS and Mate 60 RS smartphones confirm this fact by being resistant to scratches.
The situation is different in Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Chinese blogger Victory Literary Crepe tested the “ceramic” back cover of a smartphone using special sticks of different hardness. He found that at level 6 the surface was easily damaged, but at level 7 the scratches became deeper. This shows that the material has glass properties, not ceramic.
The blogger also decided to disassemble the smartphone and check the inside of the panel. He suggested that if the panel was truly ceramic, its color should be the same and it should not transmit light. However, the experiment showed that the panel was transparent and the inner surface was painted in blue.
The blogger also compared the weight of the panel to the weight of other smartphone panels. He found out that the panel of Xiaomi 14 Ultra weighs around 26 grams, which is comparable to the glass panel of Honor Magic 6 Pro. At the same time, the weight of the ceramic panels of the Xiaomi 11 Ultra and Honor Magic 3 Pro+ is about 43 grams, which is another argument in favor of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra panel being made of glass.
The blogger did not rule out that Xiaomi could use transparent ceramics; This is unlikely due to the price of the material and complexity of production. The cheapest type of transparent ceramic is aluminum oxide, also known as sapphire. It is very expensive and rarely used on mobile devices. It is also scratch-resistant at hardness level 8, which is not the same as the Xiaomi 14 Ultra test results.
The blogger sent the Xiaomi 14 Ultra panel to the laboratory for analysis under an electron microscope and promised to publish the results in the near future. According to him, it cannot be said that the Xiaomi 14 Ultra panel is an ordinary glass yet, but it is not ceramic either.
Previously in Russia pre-order opened For a new Xiaomi 14 smartphone for 100 thousand rubles.
What are you thinking?
Source: Gazeta
Jackson Ruhl is a tech and sci-fi expert, who writes for “Social Bites”. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of technology and science fiction.