Xiaomi has shown its cards for 2021 very soon. The company usually presents its first flagship of the season in February, but the new Xiaomi Mi 11 has come a couple of months ahead and becomes the first terminal with Snapdragon 888 to be shown to the Big audience.
Now it is time to face it against the main mobile phones of the competition, which although they do not yet have their bets for the new year, they do have models presented and launched very recently , as is the case of Huawei, Apple or Samsung. These are the mobiles that we have selected.
Xiaomi Mi 11
Huawei Mate 40 Pro
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S20 +
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro
OPPO Find X2 Pro
OnePlus 8 Pro
Huawei P40 Pro
Sony Xperia 5 II
Xiaomi Mi 11 versus its rivals, comparison table
XIAOMI MI 11
IPHONE 12 PRO MAX
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 20 ULTRA
SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 +
XIAOMI MI 10T PRO
HUAWEI P40 PRO
OPPO FIND X2 PRO
HUAWEI MATE 40 PRO
SONY XPERIA 5 II
SCREEN
AMOLED 6.81 “”
QHD +
120 Hz
OLED XDR Retina 6.7 “
Dynamic AMOLED 6.9 “
QuadHD +
120 Hz
Dynamic AMOLED 6.7 “
QuadHD +
120 Hz
IPS 6.67 “
FullHD +
144 Hz
OLED 6.58 “
QuadHD +
90 Hz
OLED 6.7 “
QuadHD +
120 Hz
OLED 6.76 “
1.344p
90 Hz
OLED 6.1 “
FullHD +
120 Hz
PROCESSOR
Snapdragon 888
Apple A14 Bionic
Exynos 990
Exynos 990
Snapdragon 865
Kirin 990
Snapdragon 865
Kirin 9000 5G
Snapdragon 865
RAM
8/12 GB
6 GB
12 GB
8/12 GB
8 GB
8 GB
8/12 GB
8/12 GB
8 GB
STORAGE
128/256 GB
128/256/512 GB
512 GB
128/512 GB
128/256 GB
128/256 GB
512 GB
256/512 GB
128/256 GB
REAR CAMERA
108 MP f / 1.85
Wide angle: 13 MP f / 2.4 and 123º
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 3.4, OIS, 125 mm, 5x optical zoom
Macro: 5 MP
12 MP, f / 1.6, 7P, OIS
Wide angle: 12 MP, f / 2.4, 120º
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 2.2, OIS, 2.5x zoom
LiDAR sensor
108 MP, f / 1.8, OIS
Wide: 12 MP, f / 2.2
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 3.0, OIS
Depth sensor: Laser AF
12 MP, f / 1.8, OIS
Wide angle: 12 MP, 1.4µm, f / 2.2
Telephoto: 64 MP, f / 2.0, OIS, 3x hybrid optical zoom
ToF sensor
108 MP f / 1.69
Wide angle: 13 MP f / 2.4
Macro: 5 MP f / 2.4
50MP RYYB
Wide: 40MP
Telephoto: 8MP, 3x zoom, OIS
ToF 3D lens
48 MP, f / 1.7, OIS + EIS
Wide angle: 48 Mpx, f / 2.2
Telephoto: 13 MP, 5x optical zoom
Rear camera
50 MP, f / 1.9, 23mm, OIS
Wide: 20 MP, f / 1.8, 18mm
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 3.4, OIS, 125mm, 5x optical zoom
3D ToF sensor
FRONTAL CAMERA
20 MP
12MP, f / 2.2
10 MP, f / 2.2
10 MP, f / 2.2
20 MP, f / 2.2
Dual: 32MP, f / 2.2, IR, ToF 3D
32 MP, f / 2.4
Dual: 13MP, f / 2.4, ToF 3D
20 MP, f / 2.0
DRUMS
4,600 mAh
Fast
charging 55W Wireless charging 50W
3,687 mAh
Fast charge 20W
4,500 mAh
Fast charging 25 W
Wireless charging 15W
4,500 mAh
Fast charging 25 W
Wireless charging 15W
5,000 mAh
Fast charge 33W
4,200 mAh
Fast
charging 40W Wireless charging 27W
4,260 mAh
Fast charge 65W
4,400 mAh
Fast charge 66W
Wireless charge 50W
4,000 mAh
Fast charge 21W
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
164.3 x 74.6 x 8.06 mm
212 g
160.8 x 78.1 x 7.4 mm
228 g
164.8 x 77.2 x 8.1 mm
208 g
161.9 x 73.7 x 7.8 mm
186 g
161.5 x 76.4 x 9.33 mm
218 g
158.2 x 72.6 x 8.95 mm
203 g
165.2 x 74.4 x 8.8 mm
207 g
162.9 x 75.5 x 9.1 mm
212 g
158 x 68 x 8 mm
163 g
OTHERS
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6+
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
IP68
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
IP68
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
IP68
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
IP68
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6+
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC
IP68
5G (NSA and SA)
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
IP68
PRICE
From 500 euros to change
1,259 euros
1,089 euros
799 euros
599 euros
899 euros
1,049 euros
1,199 euros
899 euros
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Design: a more polished bet than ever
Xiaomi Rear
The design of the front of the Mi 11 is again tremendously similar to that of its predecessors, as it has been for a while, although it is polished with a front more occupied by screen, exceeding 91%. Thus, to recognize it, beyond its curved screen, which is basically something almost general in this range, we will have to look at the back , where with mobiles like the Xiaomi Mi 10T , Xiaomi is differentiating itself from the competition.
In that sense, the Mi 11 leaves us a camera module angled to the upper right side of the back . In it, the main camera plays a leading role, which has a silver ring that stands out more than the rest of the cameras.
The curved screen seems to reign again in the front of the high-end of 2021, as in the Xiaomi Mi 11. The great absence? IP68 certification
On the front, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro has a single camera angled to the left in a panel with hardly any frames , as is normal, and that, yes, it again opts for the curves on the sides of the screen.
For the rest, the Xiaomi Mi 11 is a large terminal of 6.81 “and 8.06 mm thick, which weighs 196 grams that, without being light, will feel less heavy than many other rivals such as the iPhone 12 Pro Max, the Huawei Mate 40 or the Samsung Galaxy Note 20. In its body, we miss IP68 resistance certification , as it happened with previous models.
AMOLED screen at 120 HZ: now, Xiaomi is rubbing shoulders with the best
Design Mi 11
Until this year, Xiaomi had never mounted a panel that for technology, pixel density and refresh rate, could compete with, for example, Samsung in its higher-end models .
However, that has now changed because, finally, Xiaomi leaves Full HD + behind and moves to what they have called 2K, which leaves us with an OLED panel of 515 pixels per inch . They are very little behind the Samsung Galaxy S20 +, but they successfully outperform the proposals of Huawei, Sony, Apple, and practically tie with Oppo and OnePlus. Like Samsung, it also uses Gorilla Glass Victus , which offers the best protection against drops and is much improved against scratches.
Xiaomi
Where the Mi 11 stands out by far is in maximum brightness, where with 1,771 nits it far exceeds others such as the iPhone 12 Pro Max , which reaches 1,200 nits of maximum brightness in HDR. In addition, it has a touch frequency rate of 480 Hz and a panel refresh rate of 120 Hz , rivaling or even exceeding the best of the rest.
In addition to extremely high brightness and sharpness, Xiaomi’s promises with this screen include a record touch response and great calibration
The refresh rate is adaptive , with modes of 30, 60, 90 and 120Hz, which will vary according to the content that we view on the screen. The goal is to save as much battery life as possible.
From Xiaomi, in addition, they have boasted of panel calibration alluding to figures measured by DisplayMate , with which they say that they are ahead of the iPhone 12 Pro Max in terms of color fidelity in the available color ranges.
SMARTPHONE
TYPE OF SCREEN
DIAGONAL
RESOLUTION
DENSITY
ASPECT RATIO
FRONT / SCREEN RATIO
XIAOMI MI 11
AMOLED
120 Hz
6.81 “
3,200 x 1,440 px
515 dpi
20: 9
91.4%
APPLE IPHONE 12 PRO MAX
OLED Super Retina XDR
6.7 “
2,778 x 1,284 px
458 dpi
19.5: 9
87.4%
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 20 ULTRA
Dynamic AMOLED
120 Hz
6.9 “
WQuadHD +
496 dpi
19.3: 9
91.7%
SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 +
Dynamic AMOLED
120 Hz
6.7 “
QuadHD +
525 dpi
20: 9
90.5%
XIAOMI MI 10T PRO
IPS / LCD
144 HZ
6.67 “
FullHD +
386 dpi
20: 9
86.6%
ONEPLUS 8 PRO
FLuid AMOLED
120 Hz
6.78 “
QuadHD +
513 dpi
19.8: 9
91.8%
HUAWEI P40 PRO
OLED
90 Hz
6.58 “
QuadHD +
441 dpi
19.8: 9
91.6%
HUAWEI MATE 40 PRO
Super AMOLED
90 Hz
6.76 “
2,772 x 1,344 px
456 dpi
18.5: 9
94.1%
OPPO FIND X2 PRO
OLED
120 Hz
6.7 “
QuadHD +
513 dpi
19.8: 9
90.9%
SONY XPERIA 5 II
OLED
120 Hz
6.1 “
FullHD +
449 dpi
21: 9
80.9%
Power and performance: as always, at the top of what is available in the Android world
Snapdragon 888
Another year, as usual, Xiaomi has launched a terminal of the Mi series with the most recent processor presented by Qualcomm . That is, beyond the optimizations of each brand and terminal, Xiaomi once again has the best within what is available beyond proprietary proposals such as Exynos, Kirin or Apple’s A.
This year, the company bets on the Snapdragon 888 , which aims to be the most used of the year, and from which we expect a lot of power in every way, with the adoption of a high-performance X1 cores from ARM, and a GPU that it also grows 35% in rendering power, with an efficiency improved by 20% over the previous generation. In total, we are talking about 8 Kryo 680 cores , of which three are A78 at 2.84 GHz and another four are A55 at 1.8 GHz.
The Snapdragon 888 is a guarantee on which Xiaomi can build the best possible user experience
According to Qualcomm’s own tests, we know that in the benchmark unit, this Snapdragon 888 will not outperform the A14 in Geekbench 5 , both in single-core and multi-core performance. Regarding the Kirin 9000 , in CPU it seems that there will be practically a tie.
On the GPU, according to Qualcomm tests, it would also not exceed the peak performance of the A14 in the GFXBench Aztec Ruins (with the screen off), although the key may be in the sustained performance, where Qualcomm can win and Xiaomi can take advantage of it . We will see it when we analyze the terminals.
For the RAM and storage, as a base, Xiaomi has chosen to launch a base model with 8 GB + 128 GB , with the latest, that is, LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1.
Camera: perhaps Xiaomi lacks a telephoto lens to rival the rest
Camera Mi 11
The Xiaomi Mi 11 has a main camera whose 1 / 1.33 ” sensor reaches a resolution of 108 megapixels , seven-element lens and optical image stabilizer. It is, like the sensor of the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro to which it happens, one of the largest on the market.
On camera, a telephoto lens is missing, like last year
The wide angle is 13 megapixels, allowing you to take pictures with a wider field of view. Finally, we find a 5 megapixel macro sensor, the one that perhaps most clashes in a mobile of this caliber , no matter how common this 2020 has been.
Against rivals of the price that is expected in Spain according to that of its predecessor, 799 euros, a telephoto lens of at least two increases is missed , although for example the iPhone 12 does not include it in that range either.
SMARTPHONE
REAR CAMERAS
FRONT CAMERAS
XIAOMI MI 11
108 MP, f / 1.85, 23mm, OIS
Wide: 13 MP, f / 2.4, 123º
Macro: 5 MP f2.4
20 MP, f / 2.2
APPLE IPHONE 12 PRO MAX
12 MP, f / 1.6, 7P, OIS
Wide angle: 12 MP, f / 2.4, 120º
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 2.2, OIS, 2.5x zoom
LiDAR sensor
12MP, f / 2.2
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 20 ULTRA
108 MP, f / 1.8, OIS
Wide: 12 MP, f / 2.2
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 3.0, OIS
Depth sensor: Laser AF
10 MP, f / 2.2
SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 +
Ultra
Wide : 12 MP, 1.4µm, f / 2.2 Wide: 12 MP, f / 1.8, OIS
Telephoto: 64 MP, f / 2.0, OIS, 3x Hybrid Optical Zoom
ToF Sensor
10 MP, f / 2.2
XIAOMI MI 10T PRO
Main: 108 MP, f / 1.69, OIS
Wide: 13 MP, f / 2.4, 123º
Macro: 5 MP, f / 2.4
20 MP f / 2.2
ONEPLUS 8 PRO
Main: 48 MP, IMX689, f / 1.78
Ultra-wide: 48MP, f / 2.2, 119.7º
Telephoto: 8MP, OIS, f / 2.4
Color filter: 5MP, f / 2.4
16 MP, IMX471, EIS, f / 2.45
HUAWEI P40 PRO
Wide: 50MP RYYB, f / 1.9
Ultra Wide: 40MP
Telephoto: 8MP, 5x optical zoom, OIS
3D ToF Lens
Dual: 32MP, f / 2.2, IR, ToF 3D
HUAWEI MATE 40 PRO
50 MP, f / 1.9, 23mm, OIS
Wide: 20 MP, f / 1.8, 18mm
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 3.4, OIS, 125mm, 5x optical zoom
3D ToF sensor
Dual: 13MP, f / 2.4, ToF 3D
OPPO FIND X2 PRO
Wide angle: 48 Mpx, f / 1.7, OIS + EIS
Wide angle: 48 Mpx, f / 2.2, 120º
Telephoto: 13 MP, 5x optical zoom
32 MP, f / 2.4
SONY XPERIA 5 II
Angular: 12 Mpx, f / 1.7, OIS
Telephoto: 12 MP, f / 2.4, optical zoom x3
Wide angle: 12 MP, f / 2.2, 124º
20 MP, f / 2.0
