Xiaomi’s second-generation Ultra flagship is here and just like in 2020, the new model doesn’t disappoint. The phone brings in new technology in a refined form factor and is placed above the Mi 11 Pro, which is already a powerful 2021 flagship.

So how does the Mi 11 Ultra distinguish itself from the Pro?

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Design & Display

The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra comes in just two color options – White Ceramic and Black. Both the colors look very elegant and premium. The camera housing is in black and covers almost the entire upper half of the device.

There are three cameras at the back along with a secondary display that shows you the notifications, battery level, weather, health alerts, and other essential information. There’s also a special Ultra-Low Power saving mode that utilizes this tiny screen to give you up to 55 hours of additional standby time.

However, Xiaomi says that the most important function of the secondary display at the back is to allow high-resolution selfies from its rear cameras.

The display is exactly the same as the Mi 11 Pro, so you get a four curved 6.8-inch E4 AMOLED screen on the front with QHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate. You also have Gorilla Glass Victus protection as the Pro model as well as Dolby Vision support.

The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is IP68 certified as well. You also get Harmon Kardon stereo speakers.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Hardware

The rest of the hardware is the same as the Mi 11 Pro. So the Mi 11 Ultra comes with Snapdragon 888 with LPDDR5 RAM 6400Mbps and UFS 3.1. You get Wi-Fi 6 Enhanced support as well.

Coming to the battery, the Mi 11 Ultra features a 5000mAh capacity battery with 67W wired and wireless charging.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Cameras

One of the biggest differentiators between the Mi 11 Pro and the Mi 11 Ultra is in their camera departments. The phone features a powerful triple camera setup featuring the same Samsung GN2 50MP primary shooter but with two additional 48MP Sony IMX586 Ultra Wide and TeleMacro cameras.

The 50MP Samsung GN2 comes with 61 degrees FoV with a very sharp focus thanks to dToF technology that features 64 point laser array focus system.

The 48MP Ultra Wide Camera comes with a very wide 128-degree FoV and the third 48MP TeleMacro camera comes with 5x optical zoom and up to 120x digital zoom.

Xiaomi said at the event that the brand has worked hard on the Ultra Night Photo algorithms which combined with the 1/1.5″ large 50MP sensor ensures that you get clear and colorful photos even when the lighting goes down. In fact, the company directly compared the Mi 11 Ultra’s camera to a Sony RX100 M7 compact camera and showed how the former’s camera setup is capable of capturing better low light images.

The Mi 11 Ultra can capture 8K videos from all the 3 camera sensors including the telemacro shooter.

Thanks to this powerful setup, the Mi 11 Ultra has managed to score 143 on DxOMark, making it the best smartphone camera setup on the platform right now.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Pricing & Availability

The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra starts at 5999 yuan ($914) for its 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM version. The 12GB + 256GB version retails for 6499 yuan ($990) while the top end 12GB + 512GB version will retail for 6999 yuan ($1065).

Xiaomi Mi 11 Marbled Ceramic Special Edition will go on sale for 6999 yuan ($1065).

All versions will go on sale from April 2 in China. No word on global availability yet.

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UPDATE:

Xiaomi has decided to split this mega launch into two days. At today’s launch, we got the Mi 11 Pro, Mi 11 Ultra, Mi 11 Lite, Mi Band 6, and the Mi AX9000 Router. The rest of the products mentioned below will be unveiled tomorrow at the same time.

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Xiaomi has scheduled its biggest tech launch event since its inception later today at 7.30 PM CST time in China. The company will be unveiling more than 10 different products from various categories ranging from smartphones, wearables, tablets, to even foldables.

The event is expected to go on for nearly four hours (all thanks to the number of products expected) and Xiaomi has added that some of the product will be announced directly through social media in order to cut short the event time.

That said, here are all the expected Xiaomi products at the 2021 Xiaomi Mega Launch Event. We expect at least 15 new product announcements today.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra

The Mi 11 ultra is one of the most anticipated smartphones at this event today. Last year’s Mi 10 Ultra came with the latest technology including 120W charging support and this year’s Mi 11 Ultra is expected to be the most powerful smartphone from the brand in the first half of 2021.

Expected features include:

• 6.81-inch SAMOLED curved edge QHD+ display with 120Hz refresh rate
• LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage
• Snapdragon 888
• Harmon Kardon stereo speakers
• 5000mAh battery silicon-oxygen anode batteries with 67W fast wired and wireless charging with 10W reverse charging
• 20MP Selfie camera
• Samsung GN2 50-megapixel main camera, a 48-megapixel ultrawide lens, and a 48-megapixel telephoto sensor
• A possible secondary screen at the back for rear camera selfies
• 20MP Selfie shooter
• IP68 certification

Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro

Not much is known about the Pro version but the company confirmed last week that both the Mi 11 Ultra and the Mi 11 Pro will feature new silicon-oxygen anode batteries which will make it thinner and enable faster charging.

Expect the Mi 11 Pro to be a slightly toned-down version of the Mi 11 Ultra.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite

The Mi 11 Lite is expected to come in 4G and 5G variants.

Mi 11 Lite 4G expected features include:

• Snapdragon 732G
• 8GB of RAM + 128GB of storage
• 6.55-inch AMOLED FHD+ screen with 90Hz refresh rate
• 4520mAh battery with 33W fast charging
• 64MP triple cameras
• 20MP front camera

On the other hand, the Mi 11 Lite 5G (Mi 11 Youth in China) is expected to feature:

• Snapdragon 780G chip (world’s first)
• Thinnest & Lightest Xiaomi phone ever
• The rest of the specs are expected to be the same as the 4G version

Xiaomi Mi 11i 

There are reports about the Mi 11i being a rebranded Redmi K40 Pro+. Thie phone is likely going to be a toned-down version of the Xiaomi Mi 11 series, but unfortunately, we don’t have any information on its specs.

Xiaomi’s Daniel confirmed the existence of the phone earlier today, calling it the star performer.

Super pleased to be 1st to announce a new star product.

Tonight is about a lot of things, one of the most important to me is that we're going to be rounding off our flagship #Mi11 series.

Mi 11i, The Star Performer.
Premieres tonight! Tune into our #XiaomiMegaLaunch pic.twitter.com/QXyZFmibUn

— Daniel D (@Daniel_in_HD) March 29, 2021

Xiaomi Mi Mix – Fold

One of the most exciting products to be unveiled today is the new Xiaomi Mi Mix model. Its been over 2.5 years since the last Mix series was announced in the market. But the company’s premium lineup will make a comeback today, likely in an exciting form factor. While Xiaomi has confirmed the new Mi Mix model will feature liquid lens technology for its camera, there are reports that state that the phone will actually be an inward folding foldable.

So if reports are to be believed, the new Xiaomi Mi Mix model will be the company’s first mass-produced foldable smartphone in the market. It should be the first of the three expected foldables from the brand this year.

Rumored Mi Mix 4 Features include:

• Inward Foldable Design
• Snapdragon 888
• QHD+ SAMOLED foldable display with 120Hz refresh rate
• Sony IMX766 50MP Primary camera, 48MP UW camera, 48MP 5X Optical Zoom camera
• Support for 120x hybrid zoom, 15x video zoom, 1920fps slo-mo, 8K video

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro

Xiaomi confirmed a new Mi Notebook Pro premium notebook launch at the event today.

Expected features include:

• 3K OLED display with high contrast
• New Design style – All Metal one-piece molding
• Intel Core i7-11375H processor up to 5GHz.
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics card

Xiaomi Mi Band 6

The Mi Band 6 fitness band is expected to pack new features and upgrades but the design doesn’t seem to have changed.

1,2,3,4,5, … #MiSmartBand6 is coming! #Xiaomi pic.twitter.com/81bDnGxHza

— Abi Go (@abigoabi) March 26, 2021

The new Mi Band 6 is expected to feature a bigger display, up to 30 sports modes, and should be available in standard and NFC variants. There should also be support for blood oxygen monitoring.

Xiaomi Mi Washing Machine (Front Load)

The teaser reveals a minimalistic design with a single dominating color scheme. The image also shows off a front-facing door, along with a few buttons above it. Note that this will be a brand new model and won’t be similar to the one launched last week.

New Xiaomi Mi Router

Not much is know about the new Xiaomi Mi Router model but the company has confirmed that it will be a premium high-speed router for maximum performance. Expect more details at the event today.

New Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner

A new version of the Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner will be announced at the company’s Mega Launch event today.

New Xiaomi Mi Surge Chip

Another big announcement today should be the new Xiaomi Surge chipset. After the failure of its first-generation Surge S1 chip launched more than four years ago, the company’s chip division will likely make a comeback this year with a new processor.

However, there are reports that say that it won’t be a smartphone chip like its predecessor. Some reports say that the new Surge branded chip could be an ISP for smartphones. There are other reports which say that it could be a chip for smart cars.

Whatever it is, we know for sure we’ll hear about the company’s new chip later today.

Xiaomi Mi Smart Car Plans

Reuters exclusively reported that Xiaomi was partnering with Great Wall Motors to build Electric Smart Cars under its own brand. Unsurprisingly, the report states that the new EV in development will be focused on the mass market.

This is an exciting new development for Xiaomi and we are definitely looking forward to hearing more about their plans at the event today.

Xiaomi Mi Pad 5

According to a popular leaker from China, the long-forgotten Mi Pad lineup will get an update this year with a new model. The Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 (official name is unknown at the moment) should feature a similar-sized display as the iPad Air 4th Gen (10.9-inch) and iPad Pro 11-inch. The upcoming Xiaomi tablet is also expected to come with Xiaomi Device Control, a feature similar to the HUAWEI Multi-screen Collaboration.

There are a bunch of other products expected at the event today like the Xiaomi Fresh Air fan, a new generation of Mi Air Conditioner, and a new Xiaomi Mi Humidifier.

Note that many of these products might not be announced at the event but they would be revealed via the official social media channels.

As always, we’ll be covering the entire Xiaomi Mega Launch event today. So stay tuned to Gizmochina to keep a track of all the products announced at the big event.

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Xiaomi is launching the Mi 11 Ultra on Monday, i.e, March 29. With just two days left for the event, the company has been revealing key features that coming with the device. Today, it has confirmed that the device will boast a full phase change cooling technology.

In a Weibo post, the company says that the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra will be the first device in the world to feature this cooling tech. If the company’s words are true, then an organic hydrocarbon material inside will change states between solid, liquid, gas.

Now, whenever the core of the chipset heats up, this element, which is originally a solid thermal pad, will change from solid to liquid for absorbing the heat inside. Now, this heat will make the liquid evaporate and in this second phase change, it transfer the heat to the complementary VC soaking plate.

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Last year, the company brought a cooling system with three main elements to the Mi 10 Ultra- graphene-copper sandwich, an additional graphene sheet, and a highly conductive film. However, it is claiming that the approach to keep the device cool will be a bit different in 2021.

Let’s wait for the launch on Monday to know more about it. Well, that’s not the only area where Mi 11 Ultra would focus. The device is taking a great leap in camera tech with a probable 50MP GN2 sensor, 48MP Periscope Telephoto, and 48MP ultrawide lenses.

The device is said to feature a 6.81-inch OLED QHD+ curved screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, Snapdragon 888 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM, 5,000mAh silicon-oxygen anode battery with 67W charging.

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Xiaomi is holding a launch event on March 29 where the company is said to unveil multiple products including the Mi 11 Ultra. Today, the same device has visited Geekbench with 12GB of RAM.

A Xiaomi smartphone with model number M2102K1C appears on Geekbench 5 benchmarking platform. The device scores 1,132 and 3,488 on single and multi-core scores respectively. The device in testing seems to run Snapdragon 888 chipset with Adreno 660 GPU.

The model number is said to belong to the Mi 11 Ultra and it has already been spotted on several certifications including China’s TENAA recently. Anyway, the Geekbench reveals that the device would have 12GB RAM(10.98GB relative), and run Android 11 OS.

Considering Xiaomi already unveiled the MIUI 12.5 at the Mi 11 launch event, we can expect the Mi 11 Ultra to come with it out of the box.

Xiaomi is already hinting at a 50MP GN2 sensor on the Mi 11 Ultra. The device is said to take a great leap in camera tech compared to the non-Pro, Mi 11. The huge rectangular layout on the back will also probably have 48MP Periscope Telephoto and 48MP ultrawide lenses.

Upfront, it is likely to get a 20MP front selfie camera. Speaking of which, the device is said to have a 6.81-inch OLED QHD+ curved screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. Other expected features include a 5,000mAh silicon-oxygen anode battery with 67W charging, IP68 rating, Gorilla Glass Victus protection(Display).

There are chances that Xiaomi might unveil a new 67W GaN charger at the event and a similar one has already been certified by the 3C authority.

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Xiaomi is expected to launch more flagships in the Mi 11 series. Reports say that the company is preparing a ‘Pro'(M2102K11AC) and an ‘Ultra'(M2102K1C) variant of the Mi 11 with significant upgrades in camera, charging. Last week, the Mi 11 Ultra had received the TENAA certification. Today, a new Xiaomi 67W charger has appeared on 3C and it could be for either of these devices.

A Xiaomi charger with model number MDY-12-EF appears on China’s 3C certification authority. It has a maximum output rating of 20V @ 3.25A which works out to about 67W(Max). Apart from this, there’s no mention of any device’s model number associated with the listing.

Last year, Xiaomi brought the Mi 10 Ultra with 120x camera zoom and support for a whopping 50W wireless charging. Likewise, it is expected to bring a Periscope camera with 120x Zoom and 67W wireless charging. In a leaked video last month, the Filipino YouTuber mentioned the same in addition to saying 67W Wired and 10W Reverse wireless charging.

Ascertaining this, the leaker who shared the 3C, Digital Chat Station, also says that the device will come with a dual 67W charging, i.e., 67W Wired and 67W wireless.

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Whether or not both the Mi 11 Pro and Ultra get the charging tech, it is welcoming to see Xiaomi leaping to higher charging in both and wireless segments. The company also unveiled an Air Charging recently but it is likely that the tech will take a while to reach commercial devices.

Anyway, the Mi 11 Ultra is expected to feature a 6.8-inch QHD+ curved OLED 120Hz screen, a secondary screen beside the camera layout, Snapdragon 888 chipset, 50MP +48MP ultrawide + 48MP Periscope Telephoto rear cameras, 20MP front camera, 5,000mAh battery.

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