Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi officially launched the first phone in the world with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G. Dubbed as the Xiaomi Mi 11, it succeeds the Xiaomi Mi 10 and brings a lot of new features to the table. For starters, the phone has the 5nm Snapdragon 888 5G chipset with up to 12GB of RAM. Xiaomi has added a Quad HD+ display with 120Hz refresh rate to the Mi 11. The phone also supports 55W wired charging, 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging. It is 5G compatible and the company even confirmed the global launch of the Mi 11 would happen very soon. The Xiaomi Mi 11 will reach the Indian market as well sometime in Q1 2021. The price of the smartphone starts at RMB 3,999. Continue reading to know more about the Xiaomi Mi 11 in detail.
Xiaomi Mi 11: Specifications and Features
Starting with the display, the Mi 11 seems to have the best display on any smartphone, at least on paper. The phone has a 6.81-inch quad curved OLED screen with 2K resolution (3200×1440 pixels). The display has 120Hz refresh rate, 1500 nits of peak brightness, 480Hz touch sampling rate and 515 PPI. The display of the Mi 11 is made by Samsung. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus technology and has HDR10+. It measures 8.06mm thick and weighs 196 grams.
At the heart of the phone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G chipset that works with 8GB/12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage. Connectivity options on the smartphone include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, GPS and USB Type-C port. The phone lacks a microSD card slot but comes in multiple storage configurations going up to 256GB.