Fathers all over the country suffering from lack of pocket money. Sorry I made you wait! This time, we will send you a review of the super cospa smartphone "Xiaomi 11T Pro".

This smartphone has already been featured on many sites, but I will summarize what I felt when I actually used it as the main terminal for about a month after its release, and the camera functions that I was interested in.

Since it is a late review that I have used quite a bit, I will mainly write my impressions, with the accessories and basic specifications broken. This is a review based on "MIUI 12.5" after the update.

Properly, firmly, flagship machine

In conclusion, "Xiaomi 11T Pro" is a smartphone that "most of the functions are more than the price. Some functions are firmly flagship".

At the beginning of the purchase, I had the view that "it seems that there are many stingy places because it emphasizes cost performance", but in a good way it was betrayed.

The camera's video recording performance, sound quality, screen display quality, touch sensitivity, texture of the main unit, fingerprint authentication, heat countermeasures, etc. are all surprised by "It's more than I expected!" Model. That is "Xiaomi 11T Pro".

Although there are some dissatisfactions such as the usability peculiar to MIUI, the white balance of the camera, and the automatic brightness adjustment of the screen, there are many cases where more than half of them can be alleviated by setting.

In that sense, it can be said that it is an "Android-like Android", and if you have the diligence to do something about it, you probably don't think it was a "buy and fail" model.

What about performance issues?

When you hear "Xiaomi 11T Pro", the first thing that people who are familiar with it will be concerned about performance.

As is often said, this machine is certainly a model that "the benchmark score does not increase for the Snapdragon 888".

As a matter of fact, this unit tends to have a higher benchmark score in the "balance" mode, which is the initial battery setting, than in the "performance" mode, at least in an environment where the room temperature is high (28 ° C).

Also, if you play a continuously heavyweight 3D game, the "Performance" mode will generate a lot of heat, and as a result, the frame rate will tend to be lower than in the "Balance" mode.

The heat dissipation design of "Xiaomi 11T Pro" is recognized as not bad for a general smartphone that is not a gaming smartphone, but considering the hardware limitations such as heat generation amount and heat dissipation efficiency, we dared to emphasize usability. There are many scenes where I feel that the temperature control and the upper limit of the SoC utilization rate are set quite strict.

For that reason, it seems better to be prepared for extreme performance degradation in an environment with insufficient heat exhaust such as the dashboard of a car in the summer.

On the other hand, if you are in an environment where heat can be exhausted, even if you actually play the heavyweight 3D game "Nino Kuni CrossWorld" for a long time (even with PC + RTX3080, you can drop frames to half the frame rate in "large-scale battle". Impression that you can play continuously comfortably at the highest setting × 30 fps (if you do not have it). There will be some dropped frames, but if you lower the settings a little, there will be almost no situation where you are concerned about performance.

At the very least, it feels like his 3D games work better than his Dimensity-equipped aircraft with similar benchmark scores.

I think that it is more than enough for many people to get this much performance, and if the heat generated by the Snapdragon 888 slows down the performance, it seems to be one of the downsides.

Exterior and comfort

The first thing that surprised me when I opened the box was the better texture than I had expected.

The back has an elegant finish with soft light reflections. It has a matte texture and a decent sense of luxury.

I don't think the overall assembly and atmosphere except the back is good, but it's clearly different from the Chinese terminal a few years ago. There seems to be individual differences, but at least it seems to satisfy the desire to own for the price.

Compared to the best-selling models of famous manufacturers, the choice of cases is limited, so it is disadvantageous in that respect, but when looking at the main unit alone, I felt that "this texture is the best at this price".

In addition, the hold feeling in the "raw" state without the case is more than I expected. Since it is a large capacity battery of 5,000mAh, it is a large weight and size, but I think that it is a shape that is quite comfortable to hold.

The above-mentioned "limited choice of cases" leads to the part that "it is difficult to find a case that does not spoil this comfort", so it seems that the evaluation in actual use is not so much. Anyway, the result of the main body alone is more than the price.

You can shoot "4K 60fps HDR10 +" videos with image stabilization!

The next thing that surprised me was the "high quality setting of the video".

The video recording function of this smartphone's camera is really amazing considering the price. I'm doing videos as a hobby, so this section will be long, but please keep in touch.

8K compatible Android smartphones are not uncommon these days, but at this price he is not 8K 24fps but he is 8K 30fps, and it supports shooting with HDR10. It's also worth noting that his 4K60fps HDR10 + is the "highest image quality with image stabilization" that shouldn't be overlooked.

The following article summarizes the list of image quality that can be shot with camera shake correction with "Xiaomi 11T Pro".

On many Android devices, the highest image quality is extremely poor when shooting videos with image stabilization, but the fact that "Xiaomi 11T Pro" can shoot 4K60fps with image stabilization on both non-HDR and HDR10 + is If you look only at the specs, you may get more attention.

This model of camera uses Samsung's "ISOCELL HM2" sensor (image sensor) that is often used in middle-range smartphones.

Please note that the performance of the camera is not determined solely by the sensor. Image processing processors have become extremely important in recent cameras, and the Xiaomi 11T Pro has a rare combination of HM2 + Snapdragon 888 and a fairly aggressive shooting setting that is unusual for an Android device, limiting the image quality setting of the video. It is decreasing.

(Although there are exceptions, sensors with a small area per pixel are generally inferior in sensitivity and S / N ratio, but read out quickly, so there may be such a background.)

However, in actual shooting, it may not be as ideal, and in some cases, the resolution of 4K60fps video with image stabilization of "Xiaomi 11T Pro" is rather close to 2K.

I have a feeling that this area is probably influenced by the fact that it is an electronic image stabilizer rather than a sensor shift type. Also, when using image stabilization, the angle of view cannot be earned because it is cropped moderately.

By the way, when shooting a video, if "HDR10 +" is enabled in the camera settings, the video file will be recorded at Rec.2020 (PQ) 4: 2: 0 10bit.

Although the sensor size is small, it is miniaturized to 108 million pixels, so it is assumed that there is a sufficient amount of light, but the image shot with HDR10 + is surprisingly roomy for color grading. .. This may be of interest to anyone who edits videos.

On the other hand, the quality of image stabilization varies from scene to scene. The scene where the correction is effective is nice, but if you shoot while walking, light blur may appear even in the daytime in fine weather. Well, it doesn't mean that it's not good at night, and if there is enough city light, it often stops and there is no light blur if it's just bread.

I think that if you can grasp the strengths and weaknesses of the camera, it will contribute to the shooting height, but it is certainly not suitable for action cameras. The continuous shooting time is also short.

The night view is better than I expected in the photo. However, the video seems to have a lot of noise in the dark. In a night city with a decent amount of light, if you black out the dark place by editing, apply the temporal noise correction with the strongest, and apply the spatial noise correction with only the chroma strongly, if it is about his VLOG for smartphone viewing May be usable. The sensitivity of the video in the dark is that much.

Since it has this high pixel count, there is a fair amount of overexposure and crushing, and if you look at it on a large screen, there is a lot of noise, so it's better not to expect too much.

For those who want to shoot at 60FPS but want to avoid the iPhone for religious reasons, it may actually be a useful model. In fact, isn't it more interesting for a person who tinkers with colors in post production to shoot with his HDR10 + than to shoot? I also think.

Other than that, I can't say much about this due to lack of verification, but if the image stabilizer OFF x 4K30fps is acceptable, he can actually use HDR and HDR10 + together. I have a feeling that if you use it in combination with a gimbal for smartphones, you can use it as a shooting tool in an interesting way.

However, it's not as famous as the iPhone, and not as great as his ProRES on the iPhone, so people with higher video editing skills may be willing to choose the iPhone 13 Pro.

But, well, there is no doubt that it is a model that makes you feel that the future of video shooting on Android as well as iPhone is more interesting than you think.

This is a real macro. "Telemacro" is amazing

In the world of cameras, "macro photography" is usually taken with a lens over 70 to 105mm (a little less than 2 to 3x zoom), but the "macro" of a general smartphone is a wide-angle lens. It just comes into focus nearby. There are many cases that are unsatisfactory.

However, the "tele macro" mode of this model's camera is a real macro. With a close-up zoom lens, you can enjoy super-enlarged photos that you can't take with a normal smartphone.

There is an area between the telemacro and normal shooting where both the angle of view and the focus do not fit well, so that is a point to be confused, but well, it is important to crop it if necessary.

Personally, I use a telephoto lens more often than a telephoto lens, but when I want to take a large shot of a small shot, I use it unexpectedly, so I may have different tastes, but there is no doubt that it is a very interesting function.

Is the color temperature discrimination of the camera delicate?I want to use a filter

The color of the normal Rec.709 video that is not HDR10 + is a little flashy. In the photo, the red color may feel a little vulgar.

In particular, if the color temperature is low (eg, warm color lighting), red color tends to shift to magenta, and there are times when the color does not fit well. Perhaps it is not good at distinguishing the color temperature.

If the lighting in your house is warm, the food may not look good. (I think it improved a little with MIUI 12.5.)

It is possible to repair the color with abundant filters and AI functions, but there is a limit to the correction because I feel that the information in the image is lost. If you sell it as a flagship machine, this may be a bit disappointing. I wanted you to shoot in RAW.

However, if the color temperature is normal, you can take more pictures than you think, and because there are many pixels, you may not be good at night views, and (in the case of photographs) you can take better night views than you think. This is all right. There are really many scenes.

As a general comment, I conclude that the camera is a model that my evaluation is higher for videos than for photos.

The quality of the photos is better than the price. Assuming that he shoots with HDR10 +, the video is evaluated as good image quality that can be priced 1.3 times as much as the quality of dynamic range and image stabilization.

If you colorize the HDR10 + material, you can go to the last minute, cinematic VLOG. I think this camera is enough for TikTok.

The color gamut of the screen is also quite good

When I was shooting HDR10 + video, I noticed the display quality and wide color gamut of the 6.67 inch OLED screen.

Since the explanation around the camera has become long, I will introduce it in a hurry from here, but since the HDR video was abnormally beautiful, I checked it and found that this model, the display evaluation site "Display Mate" The evaluation of is "A +".

This was a nice miscalculation because I just thought I bought a cheap smartphone. The screen is really beautiful.

The speaker also sounds quite well.Loud volume without dissatisfaction even with car navigation

The speaker is also quite good because he is supervised by Harman Kardon. Since speakers are placed at the top and bottom of the screen, you can enjoy the spread of sound by using the horizontal screen.

The other day, when I was listening to her LINE Music on each other's device with my wife who uses an iPhone, I got the impression that she was making a better sound than her iPhone 12 Pro. (My subjectivity. I think it depends on your taste)

Also, as an inexpensive Android smartphone, the volume is quite high. The bass boost works well, so even if you don't connect to the car stereo, you can hear the guidance of Google Maps Navi perfectly.

"Game turbo" function that can be used unexpectedly

A game optimization function that is usually attached to modern smartphones. In Xiaomi 11T Pro, it is installed under the function name "Game Turbo".

Depending on the game app you play, you may not use it much, but in my case, I will introduce it because it helped me.

After changing my home wireless LAN to Wi-Fi 6, it seems that some games have a bad packet retransmission process due to the habit of throwing their own UDP.

But with "Xiaomi 11T Pro", you can turn off / on the Wi-Fi low delay mode by setting the game turbo, so when you play the game, turn off "Wi-Fi optimization" It feels like the stability is increasing.

Also, there is a function that can improve the touch response and sensitivity, so I also turn this area on.

In addition, it is also a point that screen recording and voice changer can be used in games with the game turbo function turned on.

I rarely use smartphone voices, so its practicality is unknown, but I mentioned it because it was a function that has not been introduced much in other media.

Felica has no problem at all.Rather easy to use

It is not the first Xiaomi terminal compatible with "Osaifu-Keitai", so Felica can be used without any problems.

I use it every day, but he hasn't had any problems with QUICPay, Suica, etc. because he can't use it or it takes too long. Rather, the Felica antenna is on the corner so it's easy to hold.

Others (battery, fingerprint authentication, telephoto)

I'm not dissatisfied with the other basic functions, so I think it's not necessary to mention it as a later review, but at the end there are only 4 points.

The first is about battery life. This is an impression that it does not have as much as a 5,000mAh battery. However, I think it's not a problem.

In the evening, when I started planting Pikmin Bloom flowers and walked to the last train, the battery was quite exhausted.

Especially when there is some kind of load on it, I get the impression that the battery will be depleted a little more than I expected.

The second is fingerprint authentication. This is fantastic. "Xiaomi 11T Pro" has a built-in fingerprint reader in the power button on the side, but recognition is fast and the button arrangement is also good.

Since this is an acrobatic usage, it is a story that requires tips on how to register fingerprints, but if you register the thumb of your left hand and the index finger of your right hand for lifting from a smartphone stand or flat position, Fingerprint authentication can be performed naturally in the action of lifting the smartphone, so it is easy to use.

However, if you use this method, the finger will be authenticated sideways, and sometimes the authentication will fail, so I would be very happy if the next model could improve the recognition accuracy by this method.

The third is the problem of performance degradation in high temperature environments. It's a model released from autumn to winter, so it's not a problem so far, but on a hot day in November, I remember that the movement became quite jerky when I put it on the dashboard of the car.

I'm not saying that it will definitely happen because there are various reasons such as Pikmin Bloom's performance problem, before MIUI was updated to 12.5, etc., but next summer, it will be under the scorching sun in location-based games etc. For those who take it out or use it frequently in the bath, it seems better to consider measures such as cooling methods, game image quality settings, and tolerance for performance degradation.

The fourth point is that the camera is weak at telephoto. It is not uncommon for recent flagship models to be equipped with a telephoto lens, and even a fairly distant subject can be zoomed in beautifully, but this model has a wide-angle, ultra-wide-angle, and telemacro trinocular configuration, and is telephoto. The lens is not installed.

There are many articles that say, "Because it has a high resolution of over 100 million pixels, you can crop it later." I use the telephoto lens more often than I do, so I'm dissatisfied with that point. Well, it can be said that there is a feature when it comes to features.

So, it takes time to get used to switching from another manufacturer's machine, but in my case he succeeded in switching from Galaxy because he wants to shoot a video of 4K60FPS × image stabilization on Android. ..

On the other hand, I don't want to drop the video recording settings for the next replacement, so I'm worried that I'll have trouble selecting a model.

I'm not saying that I can recommend it to everyone, but if you are patiently trying to use it, or if you want to enjoy video recording even with an inexpensive Android device, I think that it will be rewarded for at least the price.