DXOMARK, a well-known publication for reviewing cameras, has picked China’s best smartphone, and speaker in different categories. Accordingly, companies like Huawei, Xiaomi, and Samsung bag the top spots.

Precisely, DXOMARK China, on Weibo, has picked(via) the best Smartphone in Display, Camera Zoom, and Overall camera category. Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G, Huawei Mate 40 Pro top each of the categories. You can take a look at the list of best smartphone categories below:

• Smartphone Camera: Huawei Mate 40 Pro.
• Camera Zoom- Smartphone: Xiaomi Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition.
• Smartphone screen: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G.

First, Huawei’s Mate 40 bags the top spot in the overall camera category. If we recall, the device scored 136 points in the DXOMARK camera test. With this, it is currently the smartphone with the highest points in camera. It performs well in dynamic range, has faster AF(AutoFocus), white balance, and more.

Next, DXOMARK China’s pick for the best Camera Zoom in a smartphone is Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Extreme Commemorative Edition. The device bagged the top-ranking in Camera until Huawei’s Mate 40 Pro stole it away. Although its current score is 3 points short of Huawei overall, it scores a whopping 101 points on the Zoom category thanks to dual Telephoto lenses.

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Finally, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G bags the smartphone with the best display. In fact, the company recently revealed a new Display testing category, and Note 20 Ultra is currently on top with 89 overall points. Except over saturation, the device’s display has good brightness, vibrant colors, smooth scrolling(120Hz refresh rate), and more.

Smart Speaker

Apart from Smartphones, DXOMARK China also revealed the best Smart Speaker. However, the category is for the Speaker priced under 1000 yuan($152.83). Anyway, Xiaomi‘s 2019 XiaoAI Speaker HD bags the award. Besides, the company, which has a new benchmark for Speakers, recently released a report where the XiaoAI speaker scores 109 overall points.

That is, it reportedly performs well in crowded scenarios, outdoors, and indoors. Launched in early 2019, the speaker has a 104mm large-caliber woofer, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi, support A2DP music playback, and more.

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Along with the Xiaomi Bluetooth Headset Air, the China-based company has also announced its new smart speaker — Xiaomi XiaoAi Speaker HD. As the name suggests, the speaker comes with the company’s own XiaoAi voice-controlled smart assistant.

The Xiaomi XiaoAi Speaker HD also comes with HiFi sound quality and 360-degree surround sound support. It is priced at 599 Yuan, which roughly converts to $87 and is currently up for pre-orders but will start shipping from 11th January.

In terms of design, the smart speaker from Xiaomi features a tower-like minimal design and measures 150mm x 150mm x 230mm. At a first glance, the speaker looks very similar to the Google Home series. The company has even opted to use the dark gray and light gray fabric that wraps around the speaker’s body.

It is made in such a way that it protects the internal components from dust but does not affect the sound transmission. The speaker is designed as a three-dimensional stereo structure that delivers an immersive 360-degree surround sound, says Xiaomi. On the top, there are four buttons — power button, volume up, volume down, and play/pause button.

The company also says that the Xiaomi XiaoAi Speaker HD comes equipped with high-power full-range speaker array that offers strong performance and rich musical expression. Xiaomi has also optimized sound field and the 104mm large-caliber woofer has a more accurate transient response.

The Digital Signal Processor (DSP) that comes equipped with the speaker delivers powerful loudness control and can automatically compensate and adjust the audio according to the volume, dynamically adjust the tri-band loudness for a balanced sound field, and offer clearer sound performance that’s natural, soft and resistant. For connectivity, it uses dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 technology to support A2DP music playback.

To ensure that it captures the user commands in one go, the Xiaomi XiaoAi Speaker HD comes in a ring of microphone array that consists of six high-sensitivity microphones. This ensures accuracy in voice recognition as well as quick response to those commands.

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As said, the XiaoAi Smart Assistant from Xiaomi is powering the smart speaker, which enables users to control it through voice commands. It also enables controlling smart home devices switching the lights on/off or adjusting the brightness, etc.

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