Xiaomi had first introduced the Mi 11 in again in the previous few days of 2020, with availability of the home Chinese model of the telephone happening within the early weeks of January. Later in February, the corporate adopted up with the worldwide launch of the system, divulging the pricing technique in markets similar to Europe.
The Mi 11 is a really attention-grabbing system – it was truly the very first Snapdragon 888 system worldwide, and to this date in lots of international locations nonetheless is the one such out there smartphone – not less than till different distributors meet up with their mannequin releases. In the previous yr or so, we’ve seen Xiaomi having gained lots of market share in international international locations, principally selecting up prospects from Huawei – significantly in European markets the place Xiaomi has been seeing plenty of new success with carriers.
What characterises the Mi 11 from different gadgets – aside from the brand new Snapdragon 888 SoC, is Xiaomi’s new design cantered round a brand new 6.81” AMOLED 3200 x 1440 display with as much as 120Hz refresh charge. It’s not Xiaomi’s first QHD system as we’ve seen another implementations previously, however these had been all on LCD panels. The transfer to QHD and 120Hz this technology is a serious leap for the Mi 11 collection, significantly as a result of Xiaomi continues to be pricing the system beginning at solely 749€ – a lot lower than different present technology gadgets that includes the identical specs such because the S21 Ultra.
| Xiaomi Mi Series | |||
| Mi 10 |
Mi 11 (Reviewed) |
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| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 1x Cortex-A77 @ 2.84GHz 3x Cortex-A77 @ 2.42GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.80GHz Adreno 650 @ 587MHz |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 1x Cortex-X1 @ 2.84GHz 3x Cortex-A78 @ 2.42GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.80GHz Adreno 660 @ 840MHz |
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| DRAM | 8GB LPDDR5-5500 | 8/12GB LPDDR5-6400 | |
| Display | 6.67″ AMOLED 2340 x 1080 (19.5:9) 90Hz Refresh
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6.81″ AMOLED 3200 x 1440 120Hz Refresh 480Hz Touch |
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| Size | Height | 162.58mm | 164.3mm |
| Width | 74.80mm | 74.6mm | |
| Depth | 8.96mm | 8.06mm | |
| Weight | 208g | 196g | |
| Battery Capacity | 4780mAh (Typical)
30W Charging |
4600mAh (Typical)
55W Charging |
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| Wireless Charging | 30W | 50W | |
| Rear Cameras | |||
| Main | 108MP 1/1.3″ 0.8µm 4:1 Binning to 27MP / 1.6µm f/1.69 w/ OIS |
108MP Module
f/1.85 w/OIS |
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| Telephoto | – | 5MP (Macro solely)
50mm eq. |
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| Extra Telephoto |
– | – | |
| Ultra-Wide | 13MP 1.12µm
f/2.4 |
13MP
f/2.4 |
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| Extra | 2MP Depth Camera
2MP Macro Camera |
– | |
| Front Camera | 20MP 0.8µm f/2.3 |
f/2.2 | |
| Storage | 128 / 256GB UFS 3.0 |
128 / 256GB UFS 3.1 |
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| I/O | USB-C | ||
| Wireless (native) | 802.11ax (Wifi 6), Bluetooth 5.1 |
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| Cellular | 4G + 5G NR NSA+SA Sub-6GHz | ||
| Special Features | Under-screen fingerprint sensor Full-range stereo audio system |
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| Splash, Water, Dust Resistance | No score | ||
| Dual-SIM | 2x nano-SIM | ||
| Launch OS | Android 10 w/ MIUI | Android 11 w/ MIUI | |
| Launch Price | 8+128GB: 799€ 8+256GB: 899€ |
8+128GB: 749€ 8+256GB: 799€ |
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As talked about, the brand new telephone is powered by Qualcomm’s latest technology Snapdragon 888 SoC. We’ve coated the brand new chip extensively in our chipset-centric article of the Galaxy S21 Ultra the place we pitted the brand new Snapdragon in opposition to the most recent Exynos. In common, though the brand new chip does deliver efficiency benefits this technology, it has to compromise in energy effectivity as the brand new course of node had seen some regressions in comparison with final yr.
Xiaomi presents the Mi 11 in 8GB LPDDR5-6400 configurations within the international markets – the 12GB variant solely exists in China. Storage comes within the type of both 128GB or 256 of UFS 3.1. Xiaomi is among the distributors who don’t supply expandable storage, however not less than the 256GB model of the telephone solely prices an additional 50€ this yr, half the price of final yr’s configuration…
