Xiaomi Mi 11i Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Xiaomi Mi 11i - repetition for foreign countries

The Chinese company quite often practices the release of the same smartphone under different names. There are several reasons for this. These include the expansion of the range of products offered, and the adaptation of the product to the peculiarities of a particular region (change in the list of supported LTE frequencies, small cosmetic design metamorphoses, etc.). The hero of today's review is almost an exact copy of the previously released Redmi K40 Pro +, but this fact does not make the new product worse.

The appearance of the phone has everything you need to please almost every user. Thoughtful colors of the glass body (the black version of the back panel is especially beautiful), an ergonomic side fingerprint sensor, a completely bezel- less 6.67-inch AMOLED panel with a tiny (2.8mm) cutout for a 20-megapixel selfie camera will leave purely positive emotions. The weak point of the Android smartphone's appearance is the plastic edging. The quality of the applied AMOLED screen is surprising. In terms of brightness and contrast, the display is not inferior to expensive flagship counterparts, the clarity of the picture is good at a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels, and an excellent oleophobic coating of tempered glass and an image refresh rate of 120 hertz become the cherry on the cake. An excellent combination for a relatively inexpensive phablet.

Technical characteristics are not lagging behind. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor is the most productive solution for Android smartphones today, capable, together with 8GB of RAM and the Adreno 660 graphics adapter, to please the eyes with maximum graphics presets in any resource-intensive games for another couple of years. However, the increased power of the chipset had a negative effect on its heating. The installed cooling system only partially cope with the CPU heat pack. There is a slight throttling, which is difficult to notice in real game projects. The interface of the MIUI proprietary shell functions with lightning speed, and there are no problems with launching less resource-demanding applications. The amount of ROM is 128 / 256GB of UFS 3.1 format, there will be no shortage of memory

Although there are three main photomodules without a telephoto lens, as well as optical stabilization, the main 108-megapixel sensor from Samsung allows you not to worry about detail and color reproduction of images even in the evening and at night. Only an uncritical amount of noise and rare smears will remind us that we have a full-fledged camera phone in front of us. The battery capacity reached 4520mAh , which is quite enough for a day and a half of active use of the gadget, but the charging speed could be faster than 33W, it will take an hour to wait for the cherished 100% in the battery icon. But the device also has contactless NFC payments, and the infrared port adored by millions for controlling household appliances, and high-quality stereo sound . Thus, we have before us an affordable flagship, the economy of which is manifested exclusively in small exterior details and cameras. But simplifications are not easy to find.