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Review: Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Specs and price

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Xiaomi Mi Note 10

Look, ma – cameras! Cameras everywhere! Mi Note 10 intriguingly houses not one, not two, not three – bear with us here – not four, but five shooters. And that includes the world’s first commercially available 108MP smartphone camera, a number that’s bound to become a staple on more high-end phones this year.

With that in mind you may be thinking that the Mi Note 10 is Xiaomi’s latest flagship smartphone, but… it’s more complicated than that. This is one of the toughest handsets we’ve had to wrap our heads around here at GSMArena towers, because while most of the package screams ‘top of the line’, there are some parts that are not.

Xiaomi Mi Note 10 long-term review

So it’s a mixed bag from the get-go, just by looking at its spec sheet. Adding more confusion is the fact that the Mi Note 10 is also more expensive than the company’s previous ‘flagship killer’ phones making it even harder to decide what it’s after. Why did the company feel the need to revive its Mi Note line in 2019 with this particular model?

These are questions we wanted answers to so badly that we decided the only way to try and make actual sense of the Mi Note 10 and make all of our confusion go away would be to use the phone for a prolonged period of time as our one and only daily driver, and see what’s what.

Hence, this long-term review was born, and we welcome you over the next few pages where we’ll dive deep into what it’s like to live with the Mi Note 10 day in and day out. Hopefully by the end you’ll get an idea of whether this is the smartphone for you, and also what Xiaomi was trying to accomplish by launching it. So buckle up, and let’s get going!

For Global market

NETWORK
TechnologyGSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH
Announced2019, November
StatusAvailable. Released 2019, November
BODY
Dimensions157.8 x 74.2 x 9.7 mm (6.21 x 2.92 x 0.38 in)
Weight208 g (7.34 oz)
BuildGlass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIMDual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY
TypeAMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size6.47 inches, 102.8 cm2 (~87.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~398 ppi density)
ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass 5
600 nits max brightness
DCI-P3
HDR10
Always-on display
PLATFORM
OSAndroid 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 11
ChipsetQualcomm SDM730 Snapdragon 730G (8 nm)
CPUOcta-core (2×2.2 GHz Kryo 470 Gold & 6×1.8 GHz Kryo 470 Silver)
GPUAdreno 618
MEMORY
Card slotNo
Internal128GB 6GB RAM
UFS 2.0
MAIN CAMERA
Five108 MP (7P lens), f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/1.33″, 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.0, 50mm (telephoto), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, 2x optical zoom
5 MP (upscaled to 8MP), f/2.0, (telephoto), 1.0µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS, 5x optical zoom
20 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/2.8″, 1.0µm, Laser AF
2 MP, f/2.4, (macro), 1/5.0″, 1.75µm
FeaturesQuad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 720p@960fps
SELFIE CAMERA
Single32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm
FeaturesHDR
Video1080p@30fps
SOUND
LoudspeakerYes
3.5mm jackYes
24-bit/192kHz audio
COMMS
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
GPSYes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFCYes
Infrared portYes
RadioFM radio
USB2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
FEATURES
SensorsFingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po 5260 mAh battery
ChargingFast battery charging 30W (58% in 30 min., 100% in 65 min.)
USB Power Delivery
MISC
ColorsAurora Green, Glacier White, Midnight Black
ModelsM1910F4G
SAR1.19 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)
SAR EU1.11 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)
Price$ 419.00 / € 426.00 / £ 344.99
TESTS
PerformanceAnTuTu: 213566 (v7), 256717 (v8)
GeekBench: 6737 (v4.4)
GFXBench: 15fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
DisplayContrast ratio: Infinite (nominal)
CameraPhoto / Video
LoudspeakerVoice 69dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 66dB
Audio qualityNoise -92.3dB / Crosstalk -89.7dB
Battery lifeEndurance rating 95h

 

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