Today we’re taking a squint at the Xiaomi Mi11i, the upkeep flagship device from the Chinese device maker. Coming in at just $499 when it first launched, the Mi 11i offers a laundry list of premium specs with some smart omissions to alimony financing low.
You may not have heard of the Mi 11i unless you’re an Android enthusiast, and there’s good reason for that; it’s nonflexible to come by here in the United States. You can’t officially purchase the device in the States so you must go through an importer, which can add fees and delays to any purchase. Those are factors that you have to take into consideration when looking for a device at this highly competitive price tag.
The Mi 11i goes up versus other unconfined devices like the Samsung Galaxy A72, Realmet GT 5G, and the ZTE Axon 30 Pro. Everything in that list could be a flagship phone replacement so where does the Xiaomi Mi 11i stand out? Let’s take a look.
Design and Feel
One thing that’s immediately well-spoken when you unbox the Xiaomi Mi 11i is that Xiaomi’s engineers veritably know what they’re doing. It should be no secret by now that massive companies like Xiaomi can pay out unremittingly for R&D and then use the findings and breakthroughs on many variegated devices. That is to say, it’s a lot easier for a visitor like Xiaomi to diamond a premium smartphone for $500 than a smaller visitor like Apple.
Alright, all jokes aside, Xiaomi has produced a stunner with the Mi 11 lineup and the Mi 11i is a fantastic example of it. The rear glass panel is simply gorgeous, plane though it does pick up fingerprints regularly. It’s not among the worst I’ve overly dealt with, but I do hope someone figures out OnePlus’ sorcery and does yonder with fingerprints entirely. As much as I love the rear glass, I have had some issues with it, as well. Xiaomi saw fit to make this one of the increasingly slippery devices on the market and I’ve increasingly than once watched it slide off of a unappetizing surface. You really have to watch this phone when you put it down.
The rear camera module follows the 2021 trend of huge, protruding lenses, flashes, and sensors. It’s washed-up tastefully so it doesn’t squint terrible but it does raise off the when of the device quite a bit. And as it isn’t centered, using your phone while laying on a table is very difficult.
The front of the device finds us looking at a gorgeous 6.67-inch exhibit with a selfie camera dotted in the top part-way of the display, rather than the top corner. The bezels are a tad worthier than some will be used to on flagship devices from Samsung or OnePlus, but I really enjoyed the unappetizing exhibit and bezels as it unquestionably unliable me to grip the phone without touching the screen.
The rest of the device is rather standard with a single speaker and SIM vellum tray on either side of the USB C port, a volume rocker just whilom the power sawed-off which houses the fingerprint scanner, and a speaker grill up top.
There’s nothing here to wrack-up you yonder but the Mi 11i looks and feels far increasingly expensive than it is. A real win for Xiaomi and its customers.
