After several weeks of teasing us on social media, Xiaomi’s new flagship for the year 2021 has been launched today (Dec. 28th, 2020) to great fanfare. For this device, Xiaomi has continued with the regular naming scheme and this device is known as the MI 11.

Earlier, some news outlets and blogs had reported that Xiaomi may not include a wall charger with this device. This comes hot on the heels of Apple refusing to include a charger on the iPhone 12 line up of phones. Today, however, Xiaomi have included a 55W charger with the MI 11. It comes in two editions however: the standard edition ships without a charger, while the packaged edition ships with a charger. Both of them sell for the same price.

The MI line is the flagship line of the company and it has always aimed to provide premium experience at affordable prices. Xiaomi has some of the less pricey flagships out there and the MI 11 is no different.

With that out of the way, what specs does the MI 11 come with and would it be worth it’s asking
price?


Performance

The MI 11 ships with the latest flagship offering from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 888. This is the first device to use the flagship SoC from Qualcomm. The 5nm Snapdragon 888 chipset which scores 745,942 points on AnTuTu is paired with 8GB or 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 high-speed storage. The SD888 is a top of the line mobile processor and it definitely guarantees a premium experience.


Design & Display

The MI 11 is curved on all four edges with an aluminum frame. It also has Corning Gorilla Victus protection on both the front and back to protect against falls and scratches. The Mi 11 has a 6.81 inch curved display with a punch-hole selfie camera at the top left corner of the screen.

The display is an AMOLED panel with 2K (3200 x 1440p) resolution. It also has a 120Hz refresh rate and a 480Hz touch sampling rate. The brightness on this display goes as high as 1500 nits. It also supports Widevine and HDR10. This is the most expensive display on any phone right now and DisplayMate has awarded it an A+ rating.


Camera

The MI 11 has a rear triple camera set-up. There is a 108MP main camera, 13MP ultrawide for wide angle shots and a 5MP macro telephoto camera for close ups. The selfie camera is a 20MP camera. The sensor on the main camera is larger than that of the iPhone 12 Pro Max and Xiaomi have proudly showed it off.

The camera has a Super Night Scene video mode that allows you to record videos in lowlight using Night Mode. It also supports 8K video capture along with a pro mode, Video LOG mode, support for HEIF format, Cinematic Lens, and a lot of filter including the sky-filter. The camera also supports OIS and EIS (both gyro) to stabilize images and video.


Audio

The MI 11 ships with stereo speakers made by Harman/Kardon. The device also supports high resolution audio, both wired and wireless (courtesy of Qualcomm’s TrueWireless Stero+)


Battery

There has a been a slight reduction in the battery capacity this year to 4600mAh from the 4780mAh on the MI 10. The battery inside the Mi 11 supports 55W fast wired charging, 50W fast wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging. It also supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge4+, Quick Charge 3+, and Power Delivery 3.0.


Connectivity

MI 11 is a 5G capable device like most high end phones. It has support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. There is also dual nano-SIM support and both can be set to 5G, NFC and an IR blaster. The device also supports a USB type C reversible connection.


Other features
The Mi 11 has an in-display fingerprint scanner. It can unlock your phone, authorizing payments and Xiaomi says it can also measure your heart rate. There is GPS, a compass, a gyroscope and
an accelerometer.


Availability
The Mi 11 goes on pre-order today and will go on sale on the 1st of January 2021. There are three available colours to choose from: Blue, Black, and White.

Price
The flagship starts at ¥3999 (~$611 or N231,800) for the 8+128GB version; goes up to ¥4299(~$657 or N249, 200) for the 8+256GB version, and stops at ¥4699 (~$719 or N277,200) for the 12+256GB versión.

There is also special Lei Jun Signature Edition that has a different finish (scodix crystal), a special retail box, and is only available in 12+256GB for ¥4699 (~$719 or N277,200).


https://inquisitiveuniverse.com/2020/12/28/xiaomi-announces-the-mi-11/

I de refresh YouTube make i see reviews o

Good powerful phone

reaky:
I de refresh YouTube make i see reviews o

It'll take a while sha. But before the week runs out video go plenty.

mountmoriah:
Good powerful phone

Top of the line.

Nice moniker. LOTR fan too abi?

I would buy this rather than buying an iPhone 12 for over #400k. real value for money

see specs naaaa Xiaomi ma pa mi na

mad specs bruh

Most powerful phone in the world as of current.

What sort of stupid camera module is that?

theFilmtricsay

theFilmtric:
What sort of stupid camera module is that?

theFilmtricsay

It's a 108MP module

Phone is mad and relatively cheap
God punish brokeness

God info

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Timmzycul11:

Am including this phone as part of my next year plan a swear...

I should too, but first things first.

Lalasticlala, Honsule how far.

The only downside for me, so far is the storage.

256GB without options to expand doesn't sit right with me.


Give me a 512GB option at least then I can be game.

It's almost the same price with the mi 10Ts.

atheistandproud:
Lalasticlala, Honsule how far.

Or the price will change by the time it becomes available?

In fact Xiaomi gives one the biggest hope of owning a premium device.

Omoooo

Valleys:
It's almost the same price with the mi 10Ts. Or the price will change by the time it becomes available?

In fact Xiaomi gives one the biggest hope of owning a premium device.

Those prices are for China.

Global prices could rise by about 20 or 30k+ due to taxes, import duties, customs etc.

But trust Xiaomi to keep things affordable.

Mad specs!! And it's cheap!! But watch the price double as it enters Nigeria.

Youngsage:
The only downside for me, so far is the storage.

256GB without options to expand doesn't sit right with me.


Give me a 512GB option at least then I can be game.

That will come with the MI 11 Pro.

They're trying to keep the phone cheap. That AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh (writing a post on this) and the 2k resolution no be beans. It is expensive.

Then SD888 is also very expensive too.

I'm impressed they managed to keep the price down this far.

Buzx:
Mad specs!! And it's cheap!! But watch the price double as it enters Nigeria.

Very

If na Samsung, they will kill us and collect our heart, kidney and liver.

mountmoriah:
Good powerful phone

You just remind me of Moriah mines

atheistandproud:


Top of the line.

Nice moniker. LOTR fan too abi?

I prefer Minas Morgul

atheistandproud:


Very

If na Samsung, they will kill us and collect our heart, kidney and liver.

Lol, Very true. And if na iPhone get those specs, you'll have to sell an entire family to buy it.

theoneJabulani:
I prefer Minas Morgul

Evil place.

Home of the Nazgûl.

Buzx:


Lol, Very true. And if na iPhone get those specs, you'll have to sell an entire family to buy it.

Mad oh

Most powerful phone in the world as of current.

atheistandproud:


Those prices are for China.

Global prices could rise by about 20 or 30k+ due to taxes, import duties, customs etc.

But trust Xiaomi to keep things affordable.

Okay.

Wait o. Why is this phone ridiculously cheap? Did they trade off something?

Lalasticlala