Those of us who are in the “world” of mobile telephony are aware that Xiaomi has always been the king of mobiles with the best value for money . This, until a few years ago, was achieved by sacrificing some component such as the camera, but today the firm has achieved the impossible. Maintain an attractive price but greatly improving its photographic component.
Proof of this we have in DxOMark , the well-known professional camera and mobile analysis medium that right now, in its Top 4, has the two best mobile phones of the firm. And this great work is also present in the models of the Mi 11 series .
The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, dominating in DxOMark
Currently, if you are looking for the smartphone with the best camera on the market, you have it easy. The new Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra that has just arrived in Spain for 1199 euros does so presuming to be the ideal mobile for photographers, as it surpasses any competitor in the prestigious ranking of the aforementioned medium.
To get to this position, the brand has developed a set of various lenses that occupies almost the entire width of the phone. An aesthetic novelty that stands out above all for the inclusion of a perfect secondary screen to check notifications, the time, the battery and even see ourselves reflected to use these magnificent lenses and take the best self-portraits.
As a trend of the near future, the Mi 11 Ultra mounts a large Samsung GN2 super sensor, with OIS, and a measurement of almost 1 inch (1 / 1.12 ”) that allows the 50 megapixel main camera to take excellent images full of detail, both in dark environments and in daytime shots. DxOMark never tires of praising its impeccable color gamut that makes the mobile phone more like a professional camera than any other terminal.
All this is achieved thanks to the addition of a 48 megapixel periscope lens with a valid 5X optical zoom and a 48 MP wide angle lens with which it is impossible to be dissatisfied.
Nor can we ignore that this entire photographic system is put at the service of the most demanding user, allowing them to record videos in 8K and edit them with new professional editing tools.
The good work of the brand since the last generation
But the importance for the camera of its top of the range is not new. As we have said, last year the magnificent Mi 10 Ultra that left us with honey on our lips, as it never arrived in Spain, paved the way for this Mi 11 Ultra and, even with a year of life, to this day It is still the fourth mobile with the best camera of the year.
In this case, we worked with a 48MP main camera that uses a 1 / 1.32 ″ sensor with OIS and EIS that is supported by a 20MP ultra-wide angle camera, a 12MP portrait lens that supports 2x optical zoom. and a 48MP periscope telephoto camera that can do 10x equivalent optical zoom with OIS. A good base for the mobile that now comes to Spain.
A series focused on photographic excellence
One step below the Mi 11 Ultra but with excellent camera capabilities we find three great mobiles, the Mi 11 or the Mi 11 Pro, smartphones that have a similar lens configuration with a telephoto lens that performs the functions of a macro lens and a large peculiarity.
Both the Mi 11 and the Mi 11i that are also coming to the market now, do not sport a Samsung GN2 sensor but, in exchange, they use an extraordinary 108 MP sensor that is difficult to find in the cameras of the competition, without giving up to 8K recording.
And if you want to save a few euros, we cannot forget that the thin and light models of the Mi 11 Lite range also boast 3 sensors, with a 64 MP lens at the top.
