In 2020, Xiaomi mobile phones officially began to impact the high-end market. So far, it has launched a number of high-end products such as Xiaomi 10 series and Xiaomi 11. The technologies after the release of each product have also been recognized by users and the industry. , becoming the benchmark for flagship products and quickly establishing a foothold in the high-end market. In order to further consolidate its position in the high-end market, Xiaomi launched the world's first Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 flagship Xiaomi Mi 11 at the end of last year. Sales exceeded 1 million units in just 21 days, setting a record for the fastest sales of Xiaomi's high-end mobile phones exceeding one million units. It is precisely because of Xiaomi's pursuit of top-notch product experience and continuous innovation in key technologies that it has been able to gain recognition in the high-end market in such a short period of time.

Based on the top-level experience, Xiaomi’s digital flagship products continue to focus on the innovation of key technologies such as audio and video, photography and fast charging. In the past year, Xiaomi was the first to launch imaging technologies such as 120x zoom and dual native ISO Fusion. In terms of wireless charging, Xiaomi is leading the entire industry, evolving from the earliest 30W to 50W, and has been leading the progress of wireless fast charging. . This time, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro and Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra debuted the industry's largest image sensor GN2, the fastest 67W wireless flash charging, a new generation of fast-charging batteries, etc., further establishing Xiaomi's technological leadership in key experiences and helping Xiaomi rapidly expand into the high-end market. develop. Next, we will first provide you with the relevant evaluation of Xiaomi 11 Pro, the “King of Android Phones”.

Appearance design

As usual, we start with the appearance. The Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro body uses a metal middle frame and glass material. It is also the standard design combination of current flagship mobile phones, which can provide excellent texture and durability for the whole machine. This time, Mi 11 Pro is launched in three colors: Pine Breeze Green, Fantasy Purple and Dream Black. Among them, Fantasy Purple is the first time Xiaomi uses the complex process of AG+OCO+glass NCVM+diaphragm. The integration of multiple processes also makes Xiaomi 11 Pro both In addition to the warmer feel brought by AG matte and the more delicate gradient effect brought by coating, it also makes the appearance of the whole machine look more textured.

Xiaomi 11 Pro also uses a lot of exquisite craftsmanship. Among them, the camera module glass cover is made of one-piece glass CNC processing, and the double-layer stepped lens glass is processed in one piece. It has stronger integration and effectively avoids the problem of dust entering the camera. It also allows the oversized lens module on the back to be It won't look so abrupt. The speaker openings follow the iconic "sound wave design" on Xiaomi Mi 11, which is like the beating sound curve in the audio software, giving people a sense of concrete sound.

The edges of the keys have also been sandblasted, which improves the fineness of the touch and makes the edges of the keys more uniform. The surface of the power button also adopts a CD texture design. When pressed, the feeling will be different from that of the volume button, making it easy to distinguish.

Since the Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro uses a 5000mAh ultra-large capacity battery and a large-size camera sensor, the design thickness of the body is also increased compared to the previously released Xiaomi Mi 11 , to 8.53mm, and the weight has increased to 208g (the thickness of Xiaomi 11 is 8.06mm, and the weight is 196g). Although the weight and thickness have increased slightly, due to some optimized designs of the body structure, Xiaomi 11 Pro still maintains its excellent performance. feel.

IP68 professional dustproof and waterproof

With a textured and detailed design, Xiaomi 11 Pro and 11 Ultra also support this time It has an IP68 dustproof and waterproof design and has passed the certification test, meeting the test standard of being immersed in 1.5m water for thirty minutes. This is also the first time Xiaomi has added an IP68 waterproof design to its flagship phone. In order to achieve high standards of waterproofing, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro adopts a domestic high-permeability pressure relief valve for the first time and establishes a rigorous air flux standard definition scheme. All components have also undergone rigorous waterproof testing before assembly, and a large number of problems that may arise during the assembly process have been resolved.

Top high-brush 2K screen

This time Xiaomi 11 Pro continues to use the same 2K high-brush AMOLED screen as Xiaomi 11, using a 6.81-inch four-curved full screen, providing 3200x1440 2K resolution, pixel density up to 515PPI, 20:9 screen ratio, and support for DCI-P3 color gamut display.

This screen uses the latest E4 luminescent material, which can well control the screen display power consumption. Of course, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro screen still supports the ultra-high color quasi-primary color screen and 10-bit color depth display that are widely praised by users. The color display of up to 1.07 billion colors can make the color transition in the display screen more natural. Thanks to the 2K-level resolution, many fine details in the entire mobile phone screen are also well presented.

The most popular high refresh rate is also applied on Xiaomi 11 Pro. The 120Hz refresh rate flow rate screen can display more images per unit time. The touch sampling rate of up to 480Hz reaches the forefront of the industry, which can respond to touch actions immediately, greatly reducing the response delay during the touch process of the mobile phone. High brush rate and high sampling rate are very suitable for improving the game experience, allowing users to directly enjoy smooth graphics and no delay in operation feedback.

Xiaomi Mi 11 has a built-in new AI master image quality engine, which also provides a variety of image and video processing functions. For example, you can perform AI enhancement on pictures with resolutions of 720p and below, and save the pictures with a resolution of up to 1440p. This function can also perform super-resolution enhancement on videos. When watching 720p online videos, you can also experience a clear picture effect close to 1440p. Intelligent HDR image quality enhancement for ordinary video images, intelligent MEMC compensation, and dynamic frame insertion for low frame rate videos can also be implemented.

Based on the previous excellent experience, the screen of Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro has also obtained Dolby Vision certification, which is also the first domestic mobile phone model to support Dolby Vision. As a top HDR format, Dolby Vision can provide a wider color gamut and restore high-brightness scenes and dark details in movies. Through the support of HDR dynamic metadata, each frame in the movie can present a different HDR effect. .

Xiaomi 11 Pro’s ultra-thin fingerprint recognition also supports a new heart rate detection function. Open Xiaomi Health, select heart rate measurement and gently press your finger on the fingerprint module. It only takes 15 seconds to accurately identify the current heart rate.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Xiaomi 11 Pro is also equipped with Qualcomm’s latest generation flagship mobile processing platform - Snapdragon 888. This year's Qualcomm flagship mobile platform uses the most advanced 5nm process, and has greatly improved CPU, GPU and AI performance. First of all, looking at the CPU, the Snapdragon 888 mobile platform still uses the 1+3+4 core architecture. They are 1 Kryo 680 super large core based on Cortex-X1 customized with a main frequency of up to 2.84GHz; 3 Kryo 680 large cores based on Cortex-A78 deeply customized with a main frequency of 2.42GHz; and 4 Kryo based on Cortex-A55 680 small cores.

The super large core uses the new Arm X1 core, which is also the first truly super large core design for an Android phone. The X1 has more powerful computing power than the A78. Arm official data shows that its peak performance is 30% higher than the A77 core; the three A78 large cores are clocked at 24GHz, and the power consumption of the A77 core has also been optimized to a certain extent. In terms of GPU, compared to the Adreno 650 used in the 865, the Adreno 660 graphics processor used in the Snapdragon 888 mobile platform has achieved Qualcomm’s largest upgrade in recent years. Official data shows that its GPU performance has increased by 35%. It can also be seen from the above data that this CPU upgrade has greatly improved performance.

We can also see from the AnTuTu benchmark results that the score of over 810,000 points far exceeds all flagship products currently on the market, and is definitely the strongest in the Android camp. existence.

In terms of AI, Snapdragon 888 uses the new sixth-generation Qualcomm AI engine-Hexagon 780, which integrates AI accelerators and has an overall AI computing power of up to 26TOPS, which is significantly higher than the 15TOPS of Snapdragon 865. Improvement, this value also makes Snapdragon 888 the most powerful mobile processing platform currently. At the same time, the introduction of the second-generation Qualcomm sensor hub also reduces the load of the Hexagon 780, allowing it to handle multiple data streams such as 5G, Wi-F, Bluetooth and location at the same time.

3200MHz full-blooded version of LPDDR5 memory

In terms of configuration, in addition to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile platform, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro also uses a new full-blooded version of LPDDR5 memory, with an upgraded main frequency To 3200MHz, the data transmission rate has increased from the previously limited speed of 5500Mbps to 6400Mbps, which is currently the highest speed mobile phone memory specification. It is precisely thanks to the combination of higher frequency LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 high-speed flash memory that Xiaomi 11 allows the excellent performance of Snapdragon 888 to be more fully released, greatly improving the user's speed and experience when using it.

Regarding the heating problem of Xiaomi 11 that was previously criticized by users, Xiaomi 11 Pro has also been greatly improved, and the heat dissipation system has been upgraded to a new solid-liquid gas phase change heat dissipation. , based on the traditional solution of covering the main legal areas such as SoC and power management chips on a large area of ??VC vapor chamber + graphite + copper foil, the thermal conductive gel in the SoC area has also been upgraded to a new phase-change thermal pad wrapped SoC. Can dissipate heat more efficiently.

Actual performance test

With Android flagship-level hardware configuration and more effective heat dissipation design, many friends must want to see how the actual use experience of this Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro is. . Recently, there is a popular saying in the circle called "If you don't accept it, run to Genshin Impact". Since the game "Genshin Impact" particularly tests the configuration performance of the entire machine, it is regarded as a test "software" to measure the performance of mobile phones. Even the most popular games currently. A powerful gaming phone can only run to 58 frames when the frame rate is fully turned on, and there will be some lags. We tested Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro using the highest quality settings and turning on 60-frame mode. It can be seen that the overall frame rate fluctuation still exists, especially when the number of enemies in the scene increases, the perspective continues to change and flames are entrained, and there will be a certain degree of lag when the freezing special effects are used. After the 30-minute test is completed, you can see that the average frame rate remains around 52. The maximum CPU temperature is only 51 degrees, and coupled with the excellent heat dissipation configuration, there is no obvious heat sensation when the phone is held.

"Genshin Impact" game settings and related frame numbers, CPU data

The world's most Fast 5G network + Wi-Fi 6 enhanced version

In terms of network, the Snapdragon 888 mobile platform has also been upgraded to adopt the integrated X60 5G baseband, which is more integrated than the external baseband, allowing AP and Modem to directly Through the system bus connection, the data exchange rate between each other will also become faster and more efficient. Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 also performs well in terms of performance. Official data shows that the Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 modem can provide up to 7.5Gbps speed support for the downlink and 3Gbps for the uplink speed. In order to improve the user experience, Snapdragon X60 has fully supported 5G carrier aggregation, and can double the peak rate of 5G SA in actual use. Thanks to its excellent connectivity and network support, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro can not only support NSA+SA dual-mode 5G network connection this time, but also achieve 5G+5G dual-card network connection.

Xiaomi 11 Pro also supports the current most advanced Wi-Fi 802.11ax standard, and on this basis, it is also the first to support the more advanced Wi-Fi 6 enhanced version. Xiaomi Mi 10 upgrades the bandwidth from 80MHz to 160MHz, turning a single lane into a dual lane and doubling the speed. The encoding has also been upgraded from 1024QAM to 4096QAM, and the unit information density has increased by 20%. When used with an enhanced Wi-Fi 6 router, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro can achieve an extremely fast throughput rate of 3.5Gbps. It is currently the fastest Wi-Fi mobile phone. In actual use, it only takes about 5 seconds to download a 1GB file. 's video.

Customized main camera + periscope telephoto

Compared with Xiaomi 11, the biggest upgrade point on Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro is the rear lens module. The main camera is upgraded to 50 million pixels. Customized GN2 with an oversized outsole, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens and a periscope telephoto lens that supports 50x zoom. This three-camera combination covers most of the focal lengths (16-120mm) commonly used in daily life, satisfying daily use.

Xiaomi and Samsung deployed 18 months in advance, jointly developed and customized the industry's largest sensor GN2, which made the sensor area of ??a mobile phone lens close to 1 inch for the first time. The Samsung GN2 sensor used by Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro has a photosensitive element size of up to 1/1.12 inches and a single-size pixel of 1.4um. The outsole sensor has extremely excellent photosensitivity. The lens uses the same 8P lens as the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra Commemorative Edition, with an f/1.95 aperture and supports OIS optical image stabilization. Both the photosensitivity and lens specifications are at the top of the industry.

The main GN2 sensor also supports four-in-one pixel technology. After synthesis, a single pixel is as high as 2.8um. ??It can take rich night scene photos even in unsatisfactory lighting conditions. Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro is also equipped with the self-developed Night Owl algorithm. Through AI deep learning, the image quality of extreme dark light scenes in default mode can be significantly improved. It can achieve the effect of handheld simulation of 30s long exposure.

We know that in traditional PDAF phase focusing, the focusing performance of the mobile phone will decrease when the ambient light decreases. The 2PD full-pixel dual-core focusing used by mainstream mobile phones is not easy to focus in extreme scenes with horizontal textures. For the first time, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra adopts a full-pixel omnidirectional 8-core focusing function, which vertically divides each photosensitive pixel into two diodes, and each pixel performs binocular focusing. By further dividing the green pixel into oblique directions, it achieves full Pixel omnidirectional eight-core focusing increases the ability to focus on multi-directional textures, greatly improving focusing performance. In addition, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra adopts a multi-point ToF focusing system for the first time, achieving a wider range of 61-degree precise focusing through up to 64 points of ranging.

The multi-sampling technology common in the camera field has also been moved to mobile phones this time. Through the analysis of pixel information Up to 6 readings are superimposed, which eliminates the random noise caused by word reading, making the yellow surface purer and less noisy. Moreover, this hardware-level function will not affect the shooting time and is only enabled when shooting in low light. Compared with Xiaomi 11, Xiaomi 11 Pro has also been upgraded with a periscope lens that supports 50x zoom, adding better zoom capabilities to the whole machine. It is very practical for some scenes that require long-distance shooting.

Normal main camera shooting

5x zoom shooting

10x zoom shooting

The dual native ISO Fusion and Stagger HDR technologies that were highly praised on the Xiaomi Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition also appear on the Xiaomi Mi 11 On Pro, it can achieve 18 levels of dynamic range performance.

Thanks to the powerful AI computing power of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro also adds a variety of fun and practical creative imaging methods for taking pictures this time, which greatly increases the ease of use and ease of mobile phone shooting. Fun. The widely acclaimed Magic Sky Changing function has been upgraded again on Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro. It not only adds more weather effects, but also randomly generates cloud elements in the sky, making everyone’s sky changing effect unique. At the same time, the detail processing of changing the sky is more meticulous and precise. Even if you look up at the sky, the edge details of the dense branches will not be blurred.

New fast charging and battery technology

Charging technology has always been the focus of Xiaomi's technological innovation, and has launched the fastest wired and wireless charging technology on the market several times in history. Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro breaks through again this time, equipped with the industry’s fastest 67W wireless charging technology and the same fast 67W wired charging. Official data shows that it can charge the 5000mAh large-capacity battery to 100% in 36 minutes. Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro is equipped with Xiaomi's new self-developed 6x boosted second charging technology, a new customized 30V wireless charging chip, and 67W wireless charging technology to truly achieve the same fast wired and wireless experience.

Xiaomi 11 Pro also innovatively uses a "second-generation nano-silica anode" new material battery, which theoretically has ten times the lithium ion storage capacity of traditional graphite anode materials, which can effectively increase energy density and Solve the long loop problem. After Xiaomi first tested new batteries on MIX Alpha, Xiaomi 11 Pro and Ultra have upgraded again in the field of silicon anodes, which will also become a new direction for future batteries in the mobile phone industry.

In response to the call for technology and environmental protection, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro packaging still no longer comes with a standard charger, but users can add money to choose a more powerful 120W wired + 80W wireless version. Powerful charging head set, experience the most advanced wired and wireless charging speed.

Summary:

Xiaomi’s success in the high-end market relies on continuous breakthroughs in core technology, using technology to promote product experience upgrades. Sparing no effort in R&D investment, Xiaomi continues to lead the industry in core technology areas such as mobile phone cameras and fast charging. This time, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro once again focuses on imaging. It has cooperated deeply with Samsung to launch a GN2 customized lens sensor, and inserted a periscope lens that supports 50x zoom into the thinner body, expanding the focal length range to cover more users' daily life. photography usage scenarios. Paired with the most top-notch flexible AMOLED screen in the history of Xiaomi mobile phones and currently the best in the mobile phone industry, it completely changes the previous laggy 2K screen experience. As Xiaomi's high-end flagship series in the new decade, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro has achieved breakthroughs in performance, screen and photography, once again confirming that Xiaomi will adhere to the line of technology research and development in the future. While winning user support through the hard power of the product itself, it also The high-end market has also firmly established itself.

The Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro ***, the king of Android devices, has three capacity versions, 8GB+128GB priced at 4999 yuan, 8GB+256GB priced at 5299 yuan, and 12GB+256GB priced at 5699 yuan Yuan. Pre-sales will start with a 100 yuan deposit on March 29, and full offline pre-sales will be officially launched at 10:00 on April 2.