Most rumors counsel Samsung will launch its new Galaxy S-series lineup sooner than regular this 12 months. But even with a supposed January 14th reveal date, the S21 gained’t be the primary telephone to return out with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 processor. That distinction will go to Xiaomi’s new Mi 11 telephone, which the Chinese producer introduced immediately and mentioned it plans to launch in China on January 1st.
The Snapdragon 888, should you want a refresher, is Qualcomm’s newest flagship cellular processor. The firm claims the chipset options 25 % and 35 % higher CPU and GPU efficiency than the Snapdragon 865. It additionally comes with Qualcomm’s new X60 5G modem, which is immediately built-in into the chip this time round. Qualcomm is positioning the 888 as a breakthrough chip, and the Mi 11 will likely be our first alternative to see if it lives as much as the corporate’s claims.
Snapdragon 888 apart, the Mi 11 consists of about all of the options you’ll count on from a high-end telephone in 2020, with just a few nifty options right here and there to make it stand out from different gadgets. Xiaomi has additionally simplified the Mi 11 lineup. Instead of providing commonplace and Pro variants as in years previous, it now plans to promote a single flagship — although its clients will nonetheless get the prospect to determine how a lot RAM and storage they need. The base mannequin comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, whereas the top-end model options 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
The greatest improve from the Mi 10 is available in type of the Mi 11’s show. Xiaomi has gone with a brand new 6.81-inch AMOLED panel that encompasses a 3,200 x 1,440 decision, 120Hz refresh fee and a peak brightness of 1,500 nits. For context, the outgoing Mi 10T Pro 5G comes with a Full HD panel that maxes out at 90Hz.
For taking images, the brand new Mi 11 comes with a 108-megapixel principal digicam that’s hooked up to an f/1.85 aperture lens, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide digicam with 123-degree area of view and a 5-megapixel digicam for macro and telephoto photographs. Nothing too thrilling on the {hardware} entrance there, however the Mi 11 helps 8K video seize and has a brand new nighttime video mode for capturing brighter low-light footage.
