Xiaomi has started 2022 with a bang. They have launched their first phone of 2022 which comes with a 120W charger and this is the first phone that supports and comes with a 120W fast charger.
Desing
The back is glass, even though the sides are flat it will feel comfortable, looks a bit hefty, I won't say it weighs too much. Weight distribution is great, weight is 206G, but it feels 190-195G. The phone weighs 206G, the charger weighs is202G.
Ports and Buttons
At the bottom, you get a sim card tray, USB type C, microphone, & speaker grill. There's an on/off button, a fingerprint sensor, and a volume rocker on the right side A 3.5MM jack is available, there's nothing on the left-hand side. It comes with a gorilla glass 5. It has a hybrid sim card slot & you can expand the storage up to 1TB.
Display
It has a 1200 nits brightness, a 6.7-inch display, and 120HZ refresh rate & a 360HZ touch sampling rate with gorilla glass protection. The top and side bezels are flat, the center punch hole is small the screen to body ratio would be 90%, the chin is average.
Specifications
It is the first phone with 120W charging, but it also has Dimensity 920 5G with a 6NM power processor. The base variant is 6GB+128GB, & the other one is 8GB+128GB, the base variant costs around Rs 26999 And for the other one you have to pay Rs 2K extra. It has LPDDR4X RAM with UFS 2.2, it would've been better if it had UFS 3.1. The Antutu score is 433525 if you compare it with Qualcomm snapdragon 778.
Performance
The screen is big with stereo speakers so there should be no problem while gaming, we played BGMI without many problems While gaming I noticed the haptic feedback was really good, it also has a virtual RAM feature of 2GB and 3GB in 8GB variant.
UI
The UI is okayish which is MIUI 12.5, a MIUI 13 out of the box would've been good. But you'll get an early update soon in 6 months or so If I compare this with 12.5 variants, it surely is clean, there are 7-8 pre-installed apps that you can uninstall. But while setting up the phone it asks whether you want personalized ads.
Battery
It has a 4500mAh battery, this is a hypercharge variant, in Mi 11i you get a 5160mAh battery with a 67W charging Remember out of the box it comes with a 67W but there's an option where you can boost it to 120W. It completely charges in 15 mins, and the speed is constant throughout the charging period Normally after 85%, there's a trickle charge. You might be wondering what effect does it have on the battery life whether it'll drain faster. Xiaomi officials said even after 800 cycles the performance it gives is up to 80%, normal phones give only up to 60%. Although this is what they claim we have not physically tested it. There's also a temperature check for safety, it does not overheat while charging with 120W.
Camera
The primary camera is 108MP, 8MP ultra-wide, 2MP macro sensor, you can click videos and photos in macro mode. The Centre punch-hole selfie is 16MP. The selfie photos are okayish, the rear camera does not support 60 fps only 30fps.
Sensors
Along with the normal sensors, an IR blaster is also added, with a 360° ambient light sensor. There's a side-mounted fingerprint with face unlock.
Connectivity
The connectivity is the flagship, 5G chipset[8 bands], Wifi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, dual VoLTE wifi calling is also supported widevineL1 & camera2API supported, notification light is not present, but IP53 certification is present.
Multimedia
Multimedia is a big highlight. The display is great, video viewing looks fun, even the stereo speakers are great, they claim that it is symmetrical. The quality is great, the speaker at the bottom is more dominant.
I liked the Xiaomi mi 11i, the display is great, speakers are too so for Rs 25k it is a great phone UFS 3.1 should've been added, earlier I did not rate mi phones because of the UI but now they have cleaned it We did not encounter any bugs, they were infamous for bugs earlier.
