Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro 5G review: Has almost everything that defines a top smartphone

[Redaktion]

The Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro shows top performance in many areas, but it doesn't exclusively use high-end components, which is why you can get it for around 550 Euros (~$671). Nevertheless, it's as fast as Xiaomi's Mi 10 Pro flagship with the Snapdragon 865; this is combined with 5G, a 144 Hz display, a 108 MP camera, and a 5,000 mAh battery.

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[xpclient]

Is there a video of the notification LED in action? How visible and bright and big it is? Or extremely tiny and easily missed unless holding the phone in hand up close?

[splus]

Is there a video of the notification LED in action? How visible and bright and big it is? Or extremely tiny and easily missed unless holding the phone in hand up close?

It's super tiny, literally useless. You have to be directly above the TOP of the phone to see it.
The phone doesn't have always on display, but you can set the screen to light up when a new notification arrives.
That being said, overall the phone is great, smooth beyond words, shoots amazing photos and videos with realistic colors, not overprocessed like some other flagships. The sound in videos is really good, recorded at 320 kbps.
The IPS display is the best IPS display ever, with really dark blacks. I can never distinguish the blacks from the black frame, just like with AMOLED display. And no PWM and no pentile display (1 green subpixel shared between 2 pixels) like with AMOLED displays, so the display is actually sharper and clearer than an AMOLED display.
You don't get a zoom lens, IP rating and wireless charging, but what you get for the price, I think it's the best value for money phone in the market today.

[thaxy]

Wow, the battery life is impressive! Is this real? This beats every iPhone in terms of runtime..

[David D]

The IPS display is the best IPS display ever, with really dark blacks. I can never distinguish the blacks from the black frame, just like with AMOLED display. And no PWM and no pentile display (1 green subpixel shared between 2 pixels) like with AMOLED displays, so the display is actually sharper and clearer than an AMOLED display.

The review states PWM at a high(ish) frequency. Are you suggesting otherwise? It's so frustrating when Xiaomi and other manufacturers unnecessarily use PWM with IPS screens.

[Dude]

To state the most sensitive users won't be botheres by the relatively high PWM is dangerous to state. I have owned the 10T Pro, X3 and the Mi 10T Lite, all utilizing high PWM freq. They all gave me headaches and dry eyes, which resulted in me selling them off. Why the EFF did they use PWM for these phones? Please, to all manufacturers, it's already bad enough amoled is killing eyes and brains, but leave IPS LCD alone!

[David D]

To state the most sensitive users won't be botheres by the relatively high PWM is dangerous to state. I have owned the 10T Pro, X3 and the Mi 10T Lite, all utilizing high PWM freq. They all gave me headaches and dry eyes, which resulted in me selling them off. Why the EFF did they use PWM for these phones? Please, to all manufacturers, it's already bad enough amoled is killing eyes and brains, but leave IPS LCD alone!

While I wouldn't quite agree with the final sentence, since plenty of people are absolutely fine with amoled, it still comes down to the fact there's no good technical reason to use PWM with LCD.

[NikoB]

Xiaomi,

when will you make an analogue of mi 4c? Isn't it hard for you to do that in 2021?

Apple made an IP12 Mini with its size, but with a damn AMOLED and very poor battery (mi4c have 3000+ in same dimensions).

Many people are waiting for 5.7 "(without frames) in the size of approximately Mi4c with 732G and a battery from 4000 (which does not overheat as in mi 4c). Necessarily at least with IPS (better with miniLED) Flicker Free.

Even if the dimensions are 10 mm in thickness, but 4000+ battery and autonomy confidently in 8 hours of surfing on a cellular Internet at room (cloudy weather) screen brightness.

Especially with global stable firmware and built-in call recording (automatically by unknown incoming and black / white list in the contact book)

Plus RGB LED for notifications, so that it is not covered by cases.

And then you will immediately sell a couple of hundred million of such a model, do not hesitate, The demand for dimensions ~ mi 4c with an ips / fhd + screen and a 4000+ battery is huge in the world.

That's when you really have Apple. As a true technology leader