Xiaomi 14 Civi Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Xiaomi 14 Civi - a serious upgrade of the line

The Civi series of smartphones from the Chinese company Xiaomi cannot be considered truly popular. The emphasis solely on attractive appearance made the phones not the most optimal in terms of price and quality. However, the world-famous manufacturer decided to correct the situation and presented the hero of today’s review, which eliminates literally all the shortcomings of its predecessors.

The design of the new product is almost flawless. The glass panels have a variety of stylish colors and boast a metal edging, the camera block is modern and beautiful, although it protrudes slightly from the body, the display frames are very thin. It is surprising that such an elegant and ergonomic monoblock has received full moisture protection according to IP68 standards. The 6.55-inch AMOLED panel used is also impressive. The resolution of 2750x1236 pixels helps to achieve excellent detail in the content, the brightness reserve exceeds 3000 nits, which allows you to use the mobile assistant in any lighting conditions. Of course, a high-tech screen could not do without a 120-Hz image refresh rate, an accurate built-in fingerprint sensor, an amazingly responsive touch panel, and an effective oleophobic layer.

The latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, 8GB/12GB of RAM and the Adreno 735 graphics adapter are responsible for performance. Such technical characteristics definitely will not disappoint, because the combination scores more than one and a half million points in the AnTuTu test, and the extremely resource-intensive Genshin Impact behaves well even with maximum graphics settings. But another competitive advantage of the processor is energy efficiency. Even a 4700mAh battery provides up to 9-10 hours of active screen time. Unfortunately, there is no wireless charging, but its wired counterpart has a decent power of 67W. The internal memory capacity was 256GB/512GB, ROM format was UFS 4.0.

The main 50-megapixel (main module from OmniVision with optical stabilization and a telephoto lens with 2x zoom) and 12-megapixel (wide-angle lens) photo modules are ready to provide an abundance of detail in photographs even in the evening. Smudges, noises - you can simply forget about them. Thus, we are actually dealing with a camera phone. The stereo sound is rich, loud, pleasant; additional advantages include NFC contactless payments and support for 5G networks. As a result, we have before us the embodiment of beauty and manufacturability at the frontier of the middle and high price segments of the market, which we just want to buy for ourselves.