Xiaomi has silently announced the Xiaomi 11 Youth (Vitality Edition) smartphone in China today. Earlier this year, the company unveiled the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G with Snapdragon 780G chip and Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G with Snapdragon 732G chip. The former was exclusively available in China. Later this year, Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi 11 Lite NE 5G featuring the Snapdragon 778G SoC in markets like India and Europe. Now, the same device has been introduced in the home market with the Xiaomi 11 Vitality Edition moniker
Xiaomi 11 Youth (Vitality Edition) specifications and features
The Xiaomi 11 Youth (Vitality Edition) measures 160.53 x 75.2 x 6.81mm and weighs 157 grams. The device houses a 6.55-inch AMOLED punch-hole screen that offers a Full HD+ resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate, a 240Hz touch sampling rate, DCI-P3 color gamut, 800 nits of brightness, and 402ppi pixel density. It also offers other features like Dolby Vision, HDR10+, 10-bit colors, and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. It is fitted with a side-facing fingerprint scanner.
The Xiaomi 11 Youth (Vitality Edition) is driven by the Snapdragon 778G chipset and 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The device ships with up to 256 GB of storage and it comes preinstalled with Android 11 OS, which is skinned with MIUI 12.5.
Placed on its front is a 20-megapixel selfie camera. Its back panel has a 64-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens with a 119-degree FOV, and a 5-megapixel macro lens with a 3cm focal length. It is capable at shooting 30fps 4K videos and 120fps 1080p slow-motion videos.
The smartphone is backed by a 4,250mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging. It offers other features such as dual SIM, 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, NFC, an IR blaster, a side-facing fingerprint scanner, and a USB-C port. It lacks a 3.5mm audio jack.
Xiaomi 11 Youth (Vitality Edition) pricing and availability
The Xiaomi 11 Youth (Vitality Edition) comes in 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage versions. They are priced at 1,999 Yuan (~$315) and 2,299 Yuan (~$362). It comes in hues like white, blue, peach, and black. The first sale of the phone is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Dec. 10) in China.
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