Let it USB
Sorry, your wireless
charger isn’t welcome
here, but this Xiaomi
fuels up nice and
quickly with 30W
fast charging.
TESTED XIAOMI MI NOTE 10Unsurprisingly, a phone camera with over 100
megapixels takes great pictures. But what’s
the rest of the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 like?
QDo megapixels really maketh
the mobile? Apple and Google
reckon 12MP is a rational limit for
phone cameras. Xiaomi, however,
has other ideas, and has officially
broken the silly-pixel-count
continuum to bring us the 108MP
Xiaomi Mi Note 10.QLuckily, there’s a lot more to this
phone than its five rear cams – it’s
got a cracking curved OLED display
and seriously premium styling
that’s especially seductive in
shimmery ‘glacier white’.QA Snapdragon 730G CPU with
6GB of RAM won’t power through
games and chores with as much
gusto as the chips found in some
cheaper devices. Still, day-to-day
performance is mostly great.QNothing comes close to the
detail grabbed by that main sensor.
Pictures are actually taken at
a default 27MP, combining four
pixels into one in a technique called
pixel-binning; shoot at the full
108MP, however, and the Mi Note
10 will grab sharp shots that can be
cropped into time and time again.QThe other cameras also impress.
The 12MP zoom does fine portraits
and the ultra-wide-angle gets
plenty in the frame – although
both are seriously inconsistent
in low light. The macro cam is a
nice touch too, and the front 32MP
selfie snapper is one of the better
ones around.You won’t get a better camera-phone than this for €549... but that aside, weighing it
up as an all-round smartphone, the price becomes a little harder to swallow. A number
of missing mod cons – like wireless charging, a 90Hz screen, expandable storage and
flagship power, the absence of which is especially noticeable in the camera app – hold
the Mi Note 10 back from greatness.The camera’s
amazing but the
rest of the phone
is nowhere, man
Basil KronfliHappiness is a warm ton
STUFF SAYS An incredible camera let down by middling power under the hood ++++,
Screen 6.47in 2340x1080
AMOLED Processor Snapdragon
730G RAM 6GB OS Android 9
with MIUI 11 Cameras 108MP +
12MP + 20MP + 5MP + 2MP rear,
32MP front Battery 5260mAh
Storage 128GB Dimensions
158x74x9.7mm, 208gQ MIUI can work it out
Xiaomi phones run a customised
version of Android called MIUI.
If you’re coming from another
Android phone, things will feel
different – there’s no apps tray,
for example – but it’s mostly
clean and customisable.Q A day in the life
With a giant 5260mAh battery,
we expected the Mi Note 10 Pro
to last for ages, but one day was
about all it could manage. That
isn’t bad, but it isn’t class-leading
like the numbers suggest it
should be.€549 / stuff.tv/MiNote10Tech specs