Having promised to be the first smartphone brand to launch a Snapdragon 888-powered flagship before the end of 2020, Xiaomi formally announced its Mi 11 handset in China with a couple of days to spare. Besides sporting the newest Qualcomm processor, the Mi 11 also boasts a big WQHD OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 108MP main sensor. In other words, there’s more going on here than just being powered by the SD888 chipset.
The Mi 11 sports a brighter, cleaner design with the rather unique-looking rear camera housing having a square aesthetic with rounded corners which is a nice change from the bland vertical strips that are so common.
The bezels are uniformly slim on edge of the ‘quad-curved’ OLED panel that measures 6.81-inches, features a 3200 x 1400 (WQHD) resolution, and houses the built-in fingerprint sensor. Gamers will be happy to note the presence of both a 120Hz refresh rate as well as a 480Hz touch sampling rate which should make for an ultra-slick gaming experience. There’s a punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner of the display that houses the 20MP selfie camera.
Accompanying the Snapdragon 888 processor is the choice of either 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. A 4,600mAh battery keeps the lights on with 55W wired fast-charging and 50W wireless charging available to top the phone up. You can also make use of the 10W reverse wireless charging facility to charge your accessories. One thing you won’t find is the presence of a charger because Xiaomi has jumped on Apple’s bandwagon, ostensibly for environmental and cost-saving reasons.
The trio of rear cameras consists of a 108MP main sensor with 4-in-1 Super Pixel technology and OIS, a 13MP ultra-wide sensor with a 123-degree FOV, and a 5MP telephoto lens.
You can check out the full specifications of the Mi 11 below:
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Display | 6.81” AMOLED quad-curved Dot Display with TrueColor 20:9 Aspect ratio, WQHD+ 120 Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, Color contrast ratio: 5,000,000:1, 900nits, 1500nits max brightness, 10-bit color depth, HDR 10+, SGS Eye Care Display Certification |
Color | Anti-glare Frosted glass: Midnight Gray/ Horizon Blue/ Frost White Vegan leather: Lilac Purple/ Honey Beige |
Body | Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus™ |
Dimensions | 164.3mm x 74.6mm x 8.06mm 196g(glass) 164.3mm x 74.6mm x 8.56mm 194g(leather) |
Processor | 5nm Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888 Octa-core, Adreno 660 GPU, 6th generation Qualcomm® AI engine, X60 modem |
Memory | 8GB/12GB LPDDR5 3200MHz |
Storage | 128GB/256GB UFS 3.1 |
Rear camera | 108MP wide-angle camera 1/1.33” sensor size, f/1.85, 7P lens – OIS, AF 0.8μm pixel size, 1.6μm 4-in-1 Super Pixel 13MP ultra-wide angle camera 123° FOV, f/2.4 aperture 5MP telemacro camera f/2.4, AF (3cm-10cm) |
Front camera | 20MP in-display selfie camera 0.8μm pixel size, 1.6μm 4-in-1 Super Pixel f/2.4 aperture |
Connectivity | Dual SIM, dual 5G standby, Wi-Fi 6, Multi-functional NFC, IR blaster, USB Type-C |
Unlock | In-screen fingerprint sensor with heart rate monitoring, Face unlock |
Charging | 4,600mAh battery, 55W wired, 50W wireless fast-charging, 10W reverse wireless charging |
Audio | Dual speakers, SOUND BY Harman Kardon, |
Motor | X-axis linear vibration motor |
Software | MIUI 12.5 based on Android 10 |
Variants | 8GB+128GB 8GB+256GB 12GB+256GB |
As mentioned, this is the Mi 11 that has been announced in China, the global version may see slight differences in spec. Pre-orders for the Xiaomi Mi 11 are already live with the 8GB/128GB base model going for ¥3,999 (~$610). We’ll be back with details on when Xiaomi plans to launch the global version of the Mi 11 as and when further information is discovered.
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