Xiaomi has officially announced two new premium flagship smartphones in China via an online-only event: the Xiaomi Mi 10 and the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro. This year, the company aims to finally break into the premium category segment with high-end specs and a beautiful design. Both phones are powered by Snapdragon 865 and come with a curved custom AMOLED display panel, similar to the OnePlus 7T Pro.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro design
The Xiaomi Mi 10 and the Mi 10 Pro have near-identical designs. This includes a curved display on the front and a quad-camera setup place on the top left corner of the back. The company has reduced the chin on the display to just 3.32mm, offering a better screen to body ratio on the new models.
They measure 9mm in thickness with 4500mAh+ batteries on board. The only major difference in design between the two models is the additional Laser focus sensor at the back of the Pro model.
Both the phones also feature a punch-hole camera on the top left corner of the screen.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro Display
The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro come with a 6.67-inch curved AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate. The peak brightness on both the panels reach 1200 nits with a contrast of 5,000,000:1.
In order to improve the automatic brightness adjustment on both the devices, the company has equipped them with dual front and rear light sensors. This will ensure that the phone’s brightness is controlled well offering a pleasant viewing experience, indoors as well as outdoors.
The Mi 10 Pro comes with a 6.67-inch curved AMOLED panel with a JNCD (Just Noticeable Color Difference) of less than 0.55. The company claims that the Pro’s display is superior to both the iPhone 11 Pro Max and the Mate 30 Pro 5G. Also, Xiaomi adds that the panel’s △ E (delta E color difference) is 1.1 which once again makes it better than the iPhone and Huawei flagship models.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro Specs
The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Pro models come with the 7nm octa-core Snapdragon 865 under the hood with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and UFS 3.0 storage. Both the phones support Wi-Fi 6 which comes with a throughput rate of 9.6Gbps. Thanks to these specs, the Mi 10 is able to score more than 585,000 points on the AnTuTu benchmark.
Of course, with SD865 on board, the phones support both SA and NSA 5G standards out of the box.
The Xiaomi Mi 10 comes with dual linear 1.0cc stereo speakers. However the Mi 10 Pro is the real king of audio in the flagship series as it comes with a larger chamber 1.2cc dual stereo speakers. Unsurprisingly, the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro is the top-scoring smartphone on DxOMark’s audio test, beating the previous leader, the Mate 20 X 5G by one point.
In terms of cooling, both the models come with Vapour Chamber liquid-cooling system with multiple layers of graphite and AI machine learning to keep the temperature under control. The company is also offering a special cooling fan as a separate accessory for the new models.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro Cameras
We all knew that the Mi 10 series was going to feature a 108MP camera setup. The company revealed today that the standard Mi 10 will come with a quad-camera setup at the back featuring a custom 108MP sensor along with a macro, depth, and wide-angle lens.
The detailed camera specs of the Mi 10 are as follows.
The cameras also feature a special document and ID scanner mode which removes shadows and makes the resulting images look like a scanned copy. This is a very handy tool for people who upload documents online regularly.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro Battery
The Xiaomi Mi 10 comes with a larger 4780mAh battery with 30W wired and 30W wireless charging support. The phone also supports 10W reverse wireless charging.
The Mi 10 Pro on the other has a slightly smaller 4500mAh battery onboard, however, the charging speed is increased to 50W. Wireless charging and reverse wireless speeds remain the same as the non-Pro model.
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro Pricing & Availability
The Xiaomi Mi 10 will come in three storage variants. They are as follows:
- 8GB + 128GB – 3999 yuan ($573)
- 8GB + 256GB – 4299 yuan ($615)
- 12GB + 256GB – 4699 yuan ($673)
The Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro will come in the following variants:
- 8+256GB – 4999 yuan ($716)
- 12+256GB – 5499 yuan ($788)
- 12+512GB – 5999 yuan ($859)
The company is also offering a special flip cover for both the models for 69 yuan ($10).
The Xiaomi Mi 10 is already available for pre-order and will go on sale on February 14 in China at 10 AM.
The Mi 10 Pro pre-orders are also underway and shipping starts from February 18 in China.
