The best Xiaomi smartphones

If you are looking for the best Xiaomi smartphone, you probably hope to purchase a device at a low price, but with good characteristics. It was this company that acquired a reputation as a manufacturer of folk accessible flagships.

Xiaomi is part of the fourth of the most popular brands together with Samsung, Huawei and Apple. In 2019, she became the leader of online sales of smartphones in Russia with a share of 25%. In the current year, it is most likely to sell as many smartphones as in 2019, but it has all the chances of increasing its market share in the market: the unstable situation in the world does not prevent the release of new devices and attract new users at the expense of discounts, bonuses and active presence in social networks.

Xiaomi sells its phones under the three trademarks - Mi, Redmi and Pocophone. Mi is the main ruler in which the devices belong to the premium and middle class. Redmi and Pocophone - budget. It is worth noting that POCOPhone is a sub-worn Xiaomi, a practically independent company with its own strategy and pricing policy.

In this selection there will be the best smartphones of the MI line, since it is this line Xiaomi that is more actively promoting outside the Chinese market.

Mi 11: "Full minced"

• Release date: February 2021
• Weight: 196 grams
• Dimensions: 74.6 x 164.3 x 8.06 mm
• OS: Android 11
• Display Diagonal: 6.81 inch
• Resolution: 3200 x 1440
• chipset: Qualcomm SNAPDRAGON 888
• RAM : 8 GB
• Permanent memory: 128/256 GB
• Battery: 4600 Mah
• Basic Camera: 108 + 13 + 5 Mp
• Front Camera: 20 Mp

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Opens the rating of the best Xiaomi smartphones The world's first device on the basis of the Snapdragon 888 Snapdragon 888. Xiaomi Mi 11 first received a top chipset, which even today is equipped with a rather small number of devices. In addition, it has a capacious battery, a huge memory reserve, AMOLED matrix, support for new generation networks 5G, NFC and much more.

Cameras are not the strongest side of the model, oddly enough. According to the already established tradition, new technologies in this regard, we will see only in advanced versions of MI 11 - Ultra and Pro, which must be represented on March 29. Here we have already acquaintances on last year's MI 10 sensors with a slightly finalized image processing algorithms (apparently, to attach at least something new). In general, there are no complaints about the main chamber, it received 3 modules: wide-angle, superwater and lens for macro shot. As a day, day and night, the pictures are quite high-quality, except that in night mode sometimes relocate with the saturation of flowers and brightness, making photos slightly unnatural. Otherwise, both the main one and the front camera do not have any obvious and serious shortcomings. They shoot well, but among competitors there are better options.

And now to the main feature of the device. The Mi 11 is powered by the latest Snapdragon 888 octa-core chipset, which often outperforms Apple's flagship SoC in many synthetic benchmarks. The processor has 3 clusters: 1 high-performance Cortex-X1 core with a frequency of up to 2.84 GHz, 3 "medium" cores with a lower frequency Cortex-A78 up to 2.42 GHz and 4 energy-efficient Cortex-A55 with a maximum frequency of 1.84 GHz. Given the presence of a powerful graphics accelerator Adreno 660 and fast RAM, the question of performance does not exist here. This "monster" is powered by a 4600 mAh battery that supports fast, wireless and reverse charging technologies, as well as Qualcomm QC 4+.

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Mi 10: good flagship of 2020

• Release date: February 2020
• Weight: 208 grams
• Dimensions: 74.8 x 162.6 x 8.96 mm
• OS: Android 10
• Display Diagonal: 6.67 inch
• Resolution: 2340 x 1080
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• RAM: 8 GB
• ROM: 128/256 GB
• Battery: 4780 mAh
• Rear camera: 108+2+2+13 MP
• ) Front camera: 20 MP

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The second line of the list is also a flagship, but already in 2020 - Mi 10. And if Xiaomi Mi 11 is the world's first device to feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset, the Mi 10 was the first Snapdragon 865 smartphone at the time of its announcement. Such a tendency for the company is to win the attention of buyers and critics with fresh processors. Mi 10 is a great option, since today it can boast a full flagship level of "iron" at a pleasant price.

Too much time cameras sharpen does not make sense, as there is a situation similar to Xiaomi Mi 11. Devices have almost identical sensors, except that this model also received a depth sensor for 2 megapices. Front camera on 20 megapixel. Thanks to the SDM 865 flagship chipset , a powerful processor of image processing, which makes the picture as much as possible and detailed, revealing the entire potential of the main 108 megapixel lens. Comparing the cameras with new products from Apple, Samsung, OnePlus and other brands, Mi 10 will not surrender without a fight. And yet there is a small difference that separates the device from real cameras. But if you abstract from various comparisons and simply squeeze all the juices from the sensors (which is promoted by an advanced camera application with a bunch of modes), then almost everyone will be satisfied the camera.

For performance here is still answered by the flagship processor SNAPDRAGON 865 from Qualcomm. Together with high-speed LPDDR5 RAM and internal UFS 3.0 storage, any work with applications or games will go smoothly and quickly. There are no problems with performance here, at least 2-3 years, given such a powerful ligament. It feeds all this Li-ion battery with a capacity of 4780 Mah with support for wireless and fast charging Quick Charge 4+.

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Mi 10T: "flagship killer"

• Release date: September 2020
• Weight: 216 grams
• Dimensions: 76.4 x 165.1 x 9.33 mm
• OS: Android 10
• Display Diagonal: 6.67 inches
• Resolution: 2400 x 1080
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• RAM: 6/8 GB
• Permanent memory: 128 GB
• Battery: 5000 Mah
• Basic Camera: 64 + 13 + 5 Mp
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• Front Camera: 20 MP

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Perhaps MI 10T deserved a higher place in this rating, but the first 2 seats we decided to give exactly "Classic m »flagships. This model came out almost half a year later than MI 10, and brought several improvements. The smartphone received a battery for 5000 mAh (against 4780 at standard MI 10), the ability to install 2 SIM cards and a more advanced screen with a refresh rate 144 Hz (versus 90). Yes, and the price is below almost 15 thousand rubles. Is everything so smooth or had to donate something?

And I had to donate cameras. Even on paper, things are more modest. The rear camera received 3 lens: the main, superwater and macromodule. The quality of the pictures on the decent flagship level even in conditions of insufficient illumination. Great merit In this image processor, the Spectra 480 ISP image processor, which also allows the smartphone to record video in the resolution 8K 30FPS and 4K 60FPS HDR. An explicit disadvantage has except focusing, which often flies with the object, but after a few seconds it is corrected and is correct. It is not entirely clear whether this firmware is firmware (and if so, it can be easily corrected) or a problem in another. The front camera issues a good selfie in resolution up to 20 megapixel.

A large gift from Xiaomi for its buyers is the presence in the model of the top single-gryl system Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. The chipset has a huge reserve in terms of performance, therefore, for the smoothness of the interface, the operation of applications or games is not experiencing. You can run any games for ultra settings. And considering the display with the update frequency of 144 Hz playing the device becomes even more pleasant thanks to a smoother picture. MI 10T received an Adaptive Sync technology that automatically adjusts the image update frequency by analyzing the load.

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Mi 10 Pro: Premium class

• Release date: February 2020
• Weight: 208 grams
• Dimensions: 74.8 x 162.6 x 8.96 mm
• OS: Android 10
• Display Diagonal: 6.67 inches
• Resolution: 2340 x 1080
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• RAM: 8/12 GB
• Permanent memory: 256/512 GB
• Battery: 4500 Mah
• Basic Camera: 108 + 20 + 12 + 8 Mp
• Front Camera: 20 MP

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From the early releases of 2020, the absolute leader is MI 10 Pro. Its strengths are an advanced Snapdragon 865, 108 megapixel camera, a screen with a frequency of update of the picture 90 Hz and Fast charge with a power of 50 W. It is also worth noting the design of a smartphone, which emphasizes his belonging to this premium class. It is worth noting that MI 10 Pro is produced in small batches and is just beginning to spread outside China. Therefore, if you have a desire to buy it, you will have to monitor its availability in stores.

Most buyers do not like in MI 10 Pro only its price. It is worth this smartphone twice as expensive than the same MI Note 10, and it differs from him not so much so that the increased price tag looks justified. There are problems with the interface: the shell contains advertising, in some places, program flaws come across. Fingerprint scanner works not as fast as I would like.

On the issue of performance here already familiar to us the picture. The company made a choice in favor of the Snapdragon 865 chipset. As at the beginning of 2020, and today it is still an excellent solution, since the processor is made according to high-tech technical process 7 Nm, has powerful kernels and a graphic accelerator. Together with a large marginal margin, the device provides stable and smooth operation of the system.

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Mi 10 Lite: "Fire" Subflagman

• Release date: March 2020
• Weight: 192 grams
• Dimensions: 74.77 x 163.71 x 7.88 mm
• OS: Android 10
• Display diagonal: 6.57 inch
• Resolution: 2400 x 1080
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 5G
• RAM: 6/8 GB
• Permanent memory: 64/128 / 256 GB
• Battery: 4160 Mah
• Basic Camera: 48 + 8 + 2 + 2 MP
• Front Camera: 16 MP

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On the fifth line of the selection is located really "Fire" model MI 10 Lit e. How can I understand from the name, this is a more affordable and simplified version of last year's flagship from Xiaomi - MI 10. The device really deserves such a title, as it offers a very worthy price tag for his set of characteristics, which is completely in the spirit of the Chinese brand.

Perhaps the camera is the only thing that can upset the user who at least once kept the cameraphone in his hands. The manufacturer equipped MI 10 Lite four sensors: the main, superwatch (angle of view 120 degrees), the depth sensor and macromodule. Under conditions of sufficient lighting, pictures are obtained clear and sharp with good details. Not particularly shawl and dynamic range, adequate brightness. The situation changes at the time of deterioration of lighting. Both the main sensor and is superwater, they are significantly losing in sharpness and brightness of the picture in the night mode. Frontal, in turn, on the contrary, when bright lighting is poorly selecting an excerpt. Briefly, cameras here are medium. High-quality snapshots are obtained only with good comfortable conditions.

The "Heart" of the device is the Fresh Snapdragon 765G processor from Qualcomm. This chipset is an intermediate link between the frank middle series of the 600s and the flagship 800s. The processor has 2 clusters, one of which consists of 2 high-performance nuclei (up to 2.4 GHz and 2.2 GHz), and the second is from 6 energy-efficient with a maximum frequency of 1.8 GHz. Even the hardest games (Pubg Mobile and other) The device "pulls" on the maximum graphics settings. The battery is here on 4160 MAH type Li-Polymer.

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MI Note 10 Lite: good middle class

• Release date: April 2020
• Weight: 204 grams
• Dimensions: 74.2 x 157.8 x 9.67 mm
• OS: Android 10
• Display Diagonal: 6.47 inch
• Resolution: 2340 x 1080
• Chipset: Qualcomm SNAPDRAGON 730G
• RAM: 6/8 GB
• Permanent memory: 64/128 GB
• Battery: 5260 Mah
• Basic Camera: 64 + 9 + 5 + 2 MP
• Front Camera: 16 MP

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Sixth Stitch - MI Note 10 Lite. Listing the entire range of Xiaomi devices, you can easily get confused among a large number of similar names, as the company annually produces many smartphones. Briefly speaking, Mi Note 10 Lite is also like MI 10 Lite, a light version of last year's flagship, but in another variation. There was a greater emphasis on battery life, slightly improved cameras, as well as a more affordable price.

On the back of the case there is a quadramemeter: the main module, a superwater, depth sensor, a lens for macro shot. This is the standard set for any worthy device of the middle class. In most scenarios, the main lens copes perfectly and gives good pictures. "Ultrashirk" allows you to take photos, capturing significantly more information in the frame, which is especially suitable for various panoramas, landscapes and pictures with a large number of objects. The superwatching lens especially pleased. For its price, it gives high-quality photos, practically without slowing the picture at the edges (with good lighting) than many cameras sree. Remove the video device can be maximum as 4K 30fps.

A smartphone is operating based on the 8-core single-chip system Qualcomm Snapdragon 730g, where the letter "G" means the word "gaming". This is a good gaming platform that will be easily launched by any complexity of the application or games at high graphics settings with stable and comfortable FPS. The essential stock of performance is not so much here, but it is a strong chipset level above average. On one charge, the device can work for about 2 days with active use thanks to a huge battery with a capacity of 5260 Mah.

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Xiaomi Black Shark 3: Gamers will appreciate

• Release date: Mart 2020
• Weight: 222 grams
• Dimensions: 77.33 x 168.72 x 10.42 mm
• OS: Android 10
• Display Diagonal: 6.67 inches
• Resolution: 2400 x 1080
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• RAM: 8/12 GB
• Permanent memory: 128/256 GB
• Battery: 4720 Mah
• Main Camera: 64 + 13 + 5 MP
• Front Camera: 20 meters

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Xiaomi Black Shark 3 - model, primarily oriented on gamers. Not so long ago, the Chinese manufacturer founded the Black Shark Gamer smartphones's own rulers, which are always equipped with flagship processors, capacious batteries, a special firmware version and even cooling system. This model received at once 2 levels of cooling system: 2 heat sink tubes, as well as an external fan. Black Shark 3 became the first telephone in the world with such enhanced cooling.

Cameras are for this device rather formality, given its focus on the game. Nevertheless, the developer tried to establish good sensors. The rear has 3 modules: the main, wide-angle and depth sensor, which is necessary for blurring the background. On paper is not the transcendant level, however, in practice everything is also likewise. Even with good lighting during the daytime, photos sometimes lacks sharpness, because of what problems appear with detail. Otherwise, the picture is good, with the correct color reproduction. With insufficient lighting, noises appear, some objects for incomprehensible reasons are evolving, there are problems with a dynamic range. In general, the device is not about the camera, although the day, both the main and the frontal show relatively good results.

The main chip of the gameimian smartphone should be performance. Here with it everything is in perfect order, as the device on the basis of the flagship chipset SNAPDRAGON 865 from Qualcomm works. This is a powerful processor, which for several more years will calmly cope with the loads and the most "heavy" games on the maximum graphics settings. For heating, you can also not worry thanks to an advanced cooling system, which we mentioned earlier. In addition, if you wish, you can buy an accessory in the form of an external fan with a beautiful RGB backlight (in colors can be controlled from a special application on the phone), which will also cool the housing. A pleasant sensation from the game will also give a juicy AMOLED display with a renewal frequency of 90 Hz and a battery with a capacity of 4720 mAh, which will not allow the device to be discharged into a busy play point.

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Xiaomi Mi 9: Solid middling

• Release date: March 2019
• Weight: 173 grams
• Dimensions: 157.5 x 74.7 x 7.6 mm
• OS: Android 9
• Display Diagonal: 6.39 inch
• Resolution: 1080 x 2340
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
• RAM: 6/8 GB
• Permanent memory: 64/128 GB
• Battery: 3300 Mah
• Basic Camera: 48 + 12 + 16 MP
• Front Camera: 20 MP

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MI 9 is the best of low-cost Xiaomi smartphones with a large power reserve.

released at the beginning of 2019, he was among the first to receive an advanced Snapdragon 855 at that time. And Mi 9 is one of the first middle-class smartphones with a triple camera and 48 MP permit.

Two years have passed, and dozens of phones were issued with similar characteristics. However, from its competitors MI 9 is characterized by the fact that he has fewer weaknesses. Technical equipment still remains relevant, the print scanner works quickly, and the camera is a real find for the photographer, due to the high resolution and the availability of a wide-roller.

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Xiaomi Mi Note 10: all the best from Xiaomi

• Release date: December 2019
• Weight: 208 grams
• Dimensions: 157.8 x 74.2 x 9.7 mm
• OS: Android 9
• Display Diagonal: 6.47 inch
• Resolution: 1080 x 2340
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
• RAM: 6/8 GB
• ROM: 128/256 GB
• Battery: 5260 mAh
• Main camera: 108+12+5+20+2 MP
• Front camera: 32 MP

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of the best smartphones is Mi Not e 10.

Looking at the photos and the list of features, you can easily mistake it for a cool flagship device. The streamlined display, 108 MP camera and huge battery are the first things that catch the eye. Look at the price and you will be pleasantly surprised: this phone costs half the price of top-end mobile phones.

But there are several features that prevent us from giving Mi Note 10 a solid five. The resolution of the macro sensor is very low - only 2 MP. In principle, it should not have a high resolution, but what is there is not enough for high-quality visualization at a strong approximation. The minimum storage for this model is 128 GB. If you take a lot of photos, please note that this may not be enough, since the pictures weigh about 20 MB, and there is no slot for memory cards. As for the processor, it is enough for heavy games, but for the maximum graphics settings it is no longer there.

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Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro: the perfect version of Mi 9

• Release date: August 2019
• Weight: 191 grams
• Dimensions: 156.7 x 74.3 x 8.8 mm
• OS: Android 9
• Display diagonal: 6.39 inch
• Resolution: 1080 x 2340
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
• RAM: 6/8 GB
• ROM: 64/128/256 GB
• Battery: 4000 mAh
• Main camera: 48+8+13 MP
• Front camera: 20 MP

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The design of this model contains moving parts. The front camera is located on a small pop-up platform, due to which the Mi 9T Pro managed to realize the perfect frameless screen.

Customers choose Mi 9T Pro for technical power, excellent battery life and presentable appearance. As for the shortcomings, I would like to note the lack of stereo sound and the poor location of the speaker - it is easy to close it with your hand. However, most users will not even think of calling such features disadvantages. It is much more serious that ad blocks come across in system applications - such is MIUI, Xiaomi is not going to remove built-in ads yet. Refusal to support microSD in the device of the middle price segment is also a dubious decision.

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Xiaomi Mi 9 SE: Available MI 9

• Release date: March 2019
• Weight: 155 grams
• Dimensions: 147.5 x 70.5 x 7.5 mm
• OS: Android 9
• Display Diagonal: 5.97 inch
• Resolution: 1080 x 2340
• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
• RAM: 6 GB
• Permanent memory: 64/128 GB
• Battery: 3070 Mah
• Basic Camera: 48 + 8 + 13 MP
• Front Camera: 20 MP

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If you are looking for something close to MI 9, but cheaper, MI 9 SE is your candidate.

in size it is compact, according to some parameters weaker. For example, a lower resolution camera, a medium-budget SOC, a reduced battery. But as for the display and design, it cost without compromises.

Mi9 SE looks stylish. True, after the purchase it will want to quickly hide into the case - the rear cameras are strongly discovered, the risk of scratched them without protection. The supply of system memory is sufficient for 2020, but with constant not everything is so unambiguous. In the minimum version, this unit contains only 64 GB without the possibility of installing MicroSD. So it's better not to save and take a version of a little more expensive from 128 GB, which is just enough for applications, and in the photo.

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