Xiaomi Mi 11

Is the design of the Mi 11 good? Xiaomi Mi 11 has a design language similar to what we see on the OnePlus 8 Pro. OnePlus 8 Pro runs on the Android 10.0 operating system and has a Snapdragon 865 chipset. The feel in hand is striking, you would, though not so easily, mistake one for the other unless prompted. The build here is glass with a Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass) or eco leatherback, and an aluminum frame. Xiaomi Mi 11 colors are Black, White, Blue, Purple, and  Khaki. It measures 164.3 x 74.6 x 8.1 mm and weighs 196 g (Glass) / 194 g (Leather). On the front is a hole-punch where the selfie camera is. 

Display

Is the display of the Mi 11 good or bad? As for the display, the Xiaomi Mi 11 has a brilliant 6.81 inches, a screen with 1440 x 3200 pixels resolution. It is an impressive and curved display given its 1440 x 3200 pixels resolution. Some of the key features of this display include 515 PPI, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, AMOLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10+, and 1500 nits (peak).

Performance

Which operating system does Mi 11 have? It is an Android 10 smartphone Xiaomi Mi 11, with One MIUI 12.5user interface. MIUI 12.5 is a heavily modified software skin for Android developed by Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi. This is a fork of the Android OS. MIUI includes various features such as theme support. Xiaomi has released some smartphones with Android One while others have MIUI, based on the current version of Android.

The phone has a Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) chipset, an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680 CPU, and an Adreno 660 GPU. Mi 11also comes with 128GB with 8GB RAM, or 256GB with 8GB RAM, or 256GB with 12GB RAM (all UFS 3.1). There is no card slot for storage expansion.

Cameras

How many cameras does the Mi 11 have and are they good? There are four cameras on the Xiaomi Mi 11 – three on the back and one front-facing camera lens. These are 108 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/1.33″, 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, a 13 MP, f/2.4, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.06″, 1.12µm and a 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro), 1/5.0″, 1.12µm. Video recording is up to [email protected]/30fps, [email protected]/60fps with the main camera. The selfie shooter of this phone is a 20 MP, 27mm (wide), 1/3.4″, 0.8µm shooter with [email protected] video recording.

Other features

Inside the Xiaomi Mi 11 is a non-removable Li-Po 4,600 mAh, with fast charging 55W, 100% in 45 min, fast wireless charging 50W, and reverse wireless charging 10W. This very phone boasts Power Delivery 3.0 and Quick Charge 4+ As for sensors, the phone has no fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass. It has a USB Type-C 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, NFC, Infrared port and Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive.

Testimonials

Xiaomi’s latest 2021 flagship, the Mi 11 offers tremendous value for your money. It is one of the most affordable flagships of 2021 yet offers premium performance and display with the brand new Snapdragon 888 processor and an excellent 2K 120Hz AMOLED display. Despite being a standard edition (non-Pro), the Mi 11 has enough premium features to be called a full-fledged flagship model in 2021.

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