One of the interesting features of the Mi 11 Ultra is its secondary display which is on the back right next to the cameras. This 1.1-inch AOD screen performs a variety of functions – from displaying the time and date to displaying call alerts and other notifications to doubling as a small viewfinder for the cameras, there sure is a lot this small screen can do.
It turns out that this rear display isn’t specially made for the Mi 11 Ultra but the same display used in another Xiaomi product that has been adopted for the flagship smartphone.
According to ITHome, Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun, revealed in a live broadcast today in China that the secondary display of the Mi 11 Ultra is the same one used for the Mi Band 5 that was released last year! Yes, this is the same 1.1-inch AMOLED screen of the Mi Band 5 (Mi Smart Band 5).
We are not sure if Xiaomi repurposed the screen of unsold units of the Mi Band 5 or it ordered more units of the display from the supplier. Nevertheless, the fact that the display is not custom-made means it will have helped with reducing the production cost of the Mi 11 Ultra.
The Mi 11 Ultra has a main 6.81-inch curved 3200 x 1440 display with a hole punch for a 20MP front-facing camera. There is a Snapdragon 888 processor powering the phone and it is paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. There are also multiple storage variants with the maximum being 512GB.
For its cameras, the Mi 11 Ultra has a 50MP Samsung GN2 primary camera, a 48MP Sony IMX586 ultrawide angle camera, and another 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor with a periscope lens that doubles as a telephoto camera and a macro camera.
There is a 5000mAh battery inside the phone with support for 67W fast wired and 67W fast wireless charging. The phone has a starting price of CNY 5999 ($914) for the 8GB RAM + 256GB variant in China while Europe gets a 12GB RAM + 256GB version that is priced at €1,200.
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