Xiaomi 11T review

 

Xiaomi 11T  review

This is Xiaomi's new phone called the

Xiaomi 11t which might trip up some

people who expect me branding we got

in the past and together with a new name

comes some pretty high-level specs for a

mid-ranger you can pay more for a pro

the version which brings a higher tiered

chipset and even faster charging but

could this one be the better

deal and will for gsm marina and let's

find out in our Xiaomi 11t review

the Xiaomi 11 t brings the same

looks like the pro model and they're

pretty hard to tell apart but on the

inside there are a handful of

differences feature-wise

the design is pretty slick featuring a

two-step camera bump and a curved glass

the reflective back panel

if you look closely there's a subtle

the texture that looks like metal the

the aluminum frame is also curved and is

covered by a matte finish

and something you get here that many

other mid-rangers don't provide is

protection against water and dust both

the Xiaomi 11t and 11t pro have an ip53

rating

you do get most of the features of the

the pro version here on the vanilla one

let's start with the display it's a

6.67-inch AMOLED with a fast 120hz

refresh rate and gorilla glass victims

protection

thanks to the high refresh rate swiping

and scrolling is quite smooth and the

the screen is extra responsive thanks to a

high 480-hertz touch sampling rate

the screen's refresh rate doesn't dial

down to save energy when you stop

touching it but it will adapt to certain

apps like youtube

this display is quite premium especially

for a mid-ranger, you get deep AMOLED

blacks and support for 10-bit color

colors are very accurate too and there

are plenty of options to tweak them in

settings as far as brightness goes we

were able to achieve 500 nits with the

slider and it boosts up to 800 nits in

the auto mode in bright sun

and there's hdr10 plus support though

you don't get Dolby vision here like you

do on the pro model

another difference is that you don't get

Harman Kardon branded audio but the

actual stereo speaker setup looks the

same here we measured good loudness and

the output is nice and balanced with

noticeable lows

one thing you are missing on these

phones though is a traditional headphone

jack

for biometrics, the Xiaomi 11 t has a

the side-mounted fingerprint reader that

doubles as the power button as expected

is fast and reliable

and for storage options, you get 128 or

256 gigabytes and it isn't expandable

the interface of the Xiaomi 11t is the

latest mini 12.5 based on Android 11. at

its core is the same interface we've

seen from Xiaomi for the past while with

a familiar layout and features but we

should see an upgrade to mini 13 soon

and Xiaomi promises three major android

updates and four major security patches

the biggest difference between the

Xiaomi 11t and the pro version is the

chipset here on the vanilla model you

get a high-end MediaTek density 1200

built on a 6-nanometer process it

provides the upper mid-range level

performance as well as 5g connectivity

it stands strong against phones running

Qualcomm Snapdragon 700 series chips but

isn't quite up to the level of the 800

series you get in flagship-grade phones

and that's what you would get on the 11t

pro a top of the line snapdragon 888

still even though the Xiaomi 11 t

doesn't top the benchmark charts there's

more than enough power here for smooth

and dependable daily performance as well

as for gaming

the Xiaomi 11t and 11t pro have the same

set of cameras but a different chipset

could result in different processing and

the performance here there are three cameras

on the back a 108 megapixel nine in

main camera an eight-megapixel ultra

wide and a five-megapixel tele macro cam

12-megapixel shots from the main camera

are great they're rich in detail and

that detail seems to be more organic

then what we saw in the Xiaomi 11t pro

which tended to add excessive sharpening

there's plenty of contrast colors that look

saturated but not over the top and

dynamic range is good too

portraits taken with the main cam are

good with decent subject separation

although that can get tripped up by

messy hair

also the lack of hdr means that more

challenging scenes may become blown out

the ultra-wide cam's performance is

great for this sort of camera

its 8 megapixel photos are sharp and

detailed noise is kept under control and

dynamic range is very good the colors

are a bit cooler than those from the

main cam though

Xiaomi 11T  review

5-megapixel close-ups from the macro

The camera is pretty nice you get the help

of autofocus when shooting and the

photos have good detail and pleasant

colors

if you're shooting in low light

conditions with the main cam the phone

will automatically apply some amount of

night mode processing these photos come

out very good with a balanced exposure

good color saturation well preserved

highlights and develop shadows there is

some noticeable softness in darker areas

though

you can toggle on a dedicated night mode

for even heavier processing this

brightens up shadows and reveals detail

in the darker areas, highlights don't

look any different and there is some

extra sharpening added

there is also the option to disable

night mode entirely in this case you get

more clipped highlights though the

development of shadows isn't too

different in certain scenarios there is

a small advantage in sharpness by

shooting this way

the ultra-wide doesn't get in the auto night

mode and by default its low light photos

come out with dark shadows blown out

highlights and dull-looking colors

turning on the dedicated night mode

brings a dramatic improvement in both

highlights and shadows as well as better

color saturation

selfies from the 16 megapixel

The front-facing cam isn't too great the

shadows look dark and exposures could be

brighter and detail leaves more to be

desired for this resolution

on to video recording which can be done

with the main cam and up to 4k

resolution at 30fps this footage is

excellent there is a lot of detail with

natural rendition colors are lively and

dynamic range is flagship-grade

the ultra-wide camera shoots in 1080p

the dto is alright for this resolution

and dynamic range is good the colors and

contrast is a little washed out looking

though

there is electronic stabilization

available even in 4k on the main cam it

does an excellent job at ironing out

handheld shake and pans and walking is

decently smooth

alright moving on to another thing we

wanted to test was the difference in

battery life which can also be affected

by the chipset both the Xiaomi 11t and

11t pro have a 5 000 milliamp-hour

battery capacity but battery life is

slightly better on this model with an

endurance score of 98 hours in our

proprietary tests still it's not night

and day the charging speed though is a

different story altogether the Xiaomi

11t supports 67-watt fast charging and

the adapter comes in the box it's super

fast able to charge the phone from zero

to 86 percent in half an hour but that's

still much slower than the 120 watt

charging you get with the pro model

so that's the Xiaomi 11 t it's a

flagship killer through and through with

a powerful chipset a 120-hertz AMOLED

stereo speakers competitive cameras and

fast charging you even get water

resistance.

the 11t might be doing its job

too well threatening its sibling the

Xiaomi 11t pro.

the pro is considerably more expensive

and although its charging is faster the

higher tier chipset doesn't seem to

bring with it other improvements feature

wise

at the end of the day, the Xiaomi 11t is

a great value-packed mid-ranger that can

compete with much more expensive devices

and it's worth recommending.