Today, Xiaomi globally unveiled a new generation of its best-selling mid-range Redmi Note series, as well as the global version of MIUI 13, in a virtual event entitled: "Rise to The Challenge".
Just like the previous generation of this series, the global Redmi Note 11 series contains 4 smartphones and runs the latest version of Xiaomi’s Android skin, MIUI 13. The Global version of the Redmi 11 series consists of Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11S, Redmi 11 Pro, and Redmi 11 Pro 5G.
Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi 11 Pro 5G:
The Two Redmi Note 11 Pro models come with similar technical specifications, with some slight differences in their internal components.
The Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G have a slim design with flat frames. The device is only 8.1 mm thick, which is acceptable in mid-range Android phones.
Both devices offer a 6.67-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display, which features a 120Hz refresh rate, 360Hz touch sampling rate, 395 pixels per inch (PPI), 1200 nits peak of brightness, DCI-P3 wide color gamut, and HDR 10. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
The Redmi Note 11 Pro and the Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G have the same 108MP wide-angle main rear camera, with an f/1.9 lens aperture, and supports autofocus (AF).
The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G has two additional rear cameras, the first of which is an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with an f/2.2 lens aperture, and a field of view of 118 degrees, and another 2-megapixel macro camera with an f/2.4 lens slot. This means that this phone is equipped with a triple rear camera system (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP).
On the other hand, the Redmi Note 11 Pro smartphone has a quad rear camera system, which, in addition to the three rear cameras found in the 5G version, consists of a fourth 2-megapixel depth camera with f/2.4 aperture (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP).
Both phones have a 16-megapixel wide-angle selfie camera with an f/2.4 aperture, in the form of a hole in the middle-upper of the front screen.
Both phones have a huge battery with a capacity of 5000 mAh that supports fast wired charging with a capacity of 67 watts. Xiaomi offers a charger that supports this charging speed in the phone box, which can charge the battery to 50 percent in only 15 minutes (according to Xiaomi).
The two phones contain 6 to 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, and 64 to 128 GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage space, expandable with an external memory card up to 1 TB, and they are powered by the MIUI 13 interface based on Android 11.
The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 octa-core processor with a speed clock of up to 2.2 GHz, and an Adreno 619 graphics processor, while the regular Redmi Note 11 Pro has a MediaTek Helio G96 octa-core processor with a speed clock of up to 2.02 GHz and a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU.
The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and Redmi Note 11 Pro smartphones have a stereo speaker, a 3.5 mm headphone jack port, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, Infrared blaster, USB Type-C 2.0 port, and a side fingerprint to unlock and lock the phone.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G is available in three colors Graphite Gray, Polar White, and Atlantic Blue, at the following prices:
- 6 GB+64 GB: USD 329
- 6 GB+128 GB: USD 349
- 8 GB+128 GB: USD 379
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G is available in three colors: Graphite Gray, Polar White, and Star Blue, at the following prices:
- 6 GB+64 GB: USD 299
- 6 GB+128 GB: USD 329
- 8 GB+128 GB: USD 349
Redmi Note 11 and Redmi Note 11S:
Xiaomi also announced two other phones with lower specifications than the Pro versions, suitable for people who want to get more features at a lower price: Redmi Note 11 and Redmi Note 11S.
Both devices have a 6.43-inch Super AMOLED display, with FHD+ resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, a 1,000-nits brightness pick, 409 PPI density, and are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
Redmi Note 11 is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G octa-core processor with a clock speed of 2.4 GHz, and Adreno 610
GPU.
This smartphone has a quad rear camera system that consists of a 50 MP main camera (f/1.8 lens aperture, wide-angle lens, supports AF), an 8 MP ultrawide camera (f/2.2 lens aperture, 118˚ field of view), a 2 MP macro camera (f/2.4), and a 2 MP depth camera (f/2.4).
The Redmi Note 11S, on the other hand, is equipped with the MediaTek Helio G96 octa-core processor with a clock speed of 2.405 GHz, and Mali-G57 MC2 GPU.
This smartphone has a quad rear camera system that consists of the same 108 MP main camera from the Pro models (f/1.9 lens aperture, wide-angle lens, supports AF), an 8 MP ultrawide camera (f/2.2 lens aperture, 118˚ field of view), a 2 MP macro camera (f/2.4), and a 2 MP depth camera (f/2.4).
The two phones contain 6 to 8 GB of LPDDR4X RAM, and 64 to 128 GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage space, expandable with an external memory card up to 1 TB, and they are powered by the MIUI 13 interface based on Android 11.
Both phones come with 4 GB or 8 GB of RAM, and up to 128 GB of internal storage (UFS 2.2) extendable by an SD card and feature a 5,000 mAh battery with 33W fast charging support, 3.5 mm jack port, Stereo speakers, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, IR port, USB Type-C 2.0 port, side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
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Redmi Note 11 will be available in Graphite Gray, Twilight Blue, and Star Blue colors at the following prices:
- 4 GB+64 GB: USD 179
- 4 GB+128 GB: USD 199
- 6 GB+128 GB: USD 229
Redmi Note 11 will be available in Graphite Gray, Twilight Blue, and Pearl White colors at the following prices:
- 6 GB+64 GB: USD 249
- 6 GB+128 GB: USD 279
- 8 GB+128 GB: USD 299
MIUI 13 Global:
Last month, the company announced a custom interface version of Android MIUI 13 in China with a set of new features such as an updated control center, a new font, a widget store, as well as drastic overhauls to how the Xiaomi Android interface deals with hardware to give the user a better experience on his phone.
In the global version of MIUI 13, users will not get any of the features that users inside China will get, but all that this update will carry for global users is a sidebar that enables them to access some application shortcuts by dragging from the side of the screen, and in addition to What Xiaomi says are significant improvements in performance and in how MIUI handles phone resources and battery.
This sidebar may conflict with the gestures found in recent versions of Android, and you can also get a sidebar by installing an app from the Google Play Store, so I'm not sure if this feature needs to be integrated into MIUI 13.
And in the end, I would like to remind you that Xiaomi has announced two other versions in less than a year (MIUI 12.5 and MIUI 12.5 Enhanced Edition) with the same promises to improve performance, but none of them have been achieved on the ground, as users still suffer from interface bugs despite installing the latest available version of MIUI, And I don't know if MIUI 13 will give users any improvement in their experience, or if they will have to wait for the MIUI 13.5 update to get new promises from Xiaomi.
Availability:
The following models will roll out MIUI 13 first wave in Q1 2022, with the release schedule for other devices to be gradually published on the MIUI website. Rollout schedule may vary by region.
- Mi 11 Ultra
- Mi 11
- Mi 11i
- Mi 11 Lite 5G
- Mi 11 Lite
- Xiaomi 11T Pro
- Xiaomi 11T
- Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
- Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
- Redmi Note 11 Pro
- Redmi Note 11S
- Redmi Note 11
- Redmi Note 10 Pro
- Redmi Note 10
- Redmi Note 10 JE
- Redmi Note 8 (2021)
- Redmi 10
- Xiaomi Pad 5