The Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro Review - A Solid Overall Value
by Andrei Frumusanu on July 23, 2020 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- Xiaomi
- Snapdragon 865
- Mi 10 Pro
- future-u
Battery Life - Great
The Mi 10 Pro comes with a 4500mAh battery, powering its 1080p 90Hz OLED display and the Snapdragon 865 SoC. It’s a somewhat similar configuration setup as the OnePlus 8, so we should be seeing similar battery life between these two phones.
We’ve had quite a range of differently configured Snapdragon 865 devices in the last few months, with most notable difference in-between them being their displays as well as slightly varying battery capacities. Xiaomi opting for a simple 1080p 90Hz display means we’re likely to see excellent battery life figures out of the phone.
In our web-browsing test, indeed the Mi 10 Pro virtually matches the OnePlus 8 as we had expected. No big surprises here, and the results are overall just excellent. Some of the competitors last longer, but that’s only due to either 60Hz displays or bigger batteries.
In PCMark, for some odd reason, the Mi 10 Pro fares even better than the rest of the competition, quite ahead of the OnePlus 8. These are again some outstandingly good results for the phone even though it’s in 90Hz mode.
The Mi 10 Pro represents a stark contrast to last year’s Mi9 when it comes to battery life. The phone’s much bigger battery allows it to compete with the best smartphones in the market and achieves excellent battery life. The company’s choice of opting for a more regular configured display pays off in terms of power efficiency. It’s to be noted that the regular Mi 10 offers a slightly bigger battery than the Pro variant, so I expect results there to be even slightly better than showcased here.
Editorial note: I’ll be adding 60Hz results of the battery tests later after publishing.
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zodiacfml - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
Isnt this similar in price to the ASUS ROG III?Kishoreshack - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
Good that after the budget segment they are also making good phones in flagship segment
DZor - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
"4G + 5G NR NSA+SA Sub-6GHz" - NSA means directly connected/controlled by NSA?GlossGhost - Monday, July 27, 2020 - link
Yes the non-standalone direct connection to NSA. For your safety.PeachNCream - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
Only in the delusional fantasy land that is Anandtech can a phone that sells for 999€ be considered a "solid value." That sort of headline is laughably disconnected from the economic realities of the world.Flunk - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
I've found price delusion to be really common in online reviews. Phone prices spike up into the cieling and the reviewers say nothing. The Google/LG Nexus 5 released less than 7 years ago offered flagship features for $349. Nearly 3 times the price in only 7 years is not inflation. It's highway robbery.FunBunny2 - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
" Nearly 3 times the price in only 7 years is not inflation. It's highway robbery."could be that $600/week bonus for being out of a job is giving them better choices. ya think I'm joking: "The chief also felt the island was seeing so many young people due to what he called “stimulus package money” — unemployed young people who were provided an additional $600 in their unemployment benefits during the lockdown."
here: https://www.blockislandtimes.com/article/volunteer...
Socialism works both ways: ya give extra moolah to the poor, they'll spend it; give it to rich folks and they sit on it or buy stocks and bonds. guess which keeps the real economy going? as it happens, that Island dries and blows away without the dayhoppers. gad.
PeachNCream - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
I see you've made a long reach so you could have an excuse to post a rant about something entirely unrelated.FunBunny2 - Thursday, July 23, 2020 - link
I was replying to 'why do smartphone prices go up more than national inflation'? the answer is that consumers have the moolah to throw at discretionary buys. that's one of them.surt - Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - link
Genuinely wondering which side of the 'which keeps the real economy going' question you are on. Because the well demonstrated factual answer to that was to give the money to the poor, the economic outcomes from that are historically demonstrated to be much, much better.