Mi 10 (Coral Green, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage)

• Country Of Origin - India, China
• 108MP quad rear camera with OIS, ultra-wide, macro, portrait, night mode, AI scene recognition, HDR, pro mode | 20MP front camera
• 16.94 centimetres (6.67-inch) FHD+ AMOLED capacitive multi-touch touchscreen with 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution, 386 PPI pixel density and 19.5:9 aspect ratio | 3D Curved glass
• Memory, Storage & SIM: 8GB RAM | 128GB internal memory | Dual SIM (nano+nano) with support for 5G
• Android v10 operating system with 2.84GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 with 7nm octa-core processor
• 4780mAH lithium-polymer battery with 30W wired fast charger in-box & support for up to 30W wireless charging
• 1-year manufacturer warranty for device and 6 months manufacturer warranty for in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase
• Box also includes: Power adapter, USB cable, sim eject tool, warranty card, user guide and clear soft case

Technical Details

OS	Android
RAM	8 GB
Product Dimensions	16.3 x 0.9 x 7.5 cm; 208 Grams
Batteries	1 Lithium-ion battery required. (included)
Item model number	Mi 10
Wireless communication technologies	Bluetooth; WiFi Hotspot
Connectivity technologies	4g
Special features	Dual SIM, Infrared, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope, GPS, Video Player, Music Player, Proximity sensor
Display technology	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, HDR10+
Other display features	Wireless
Device interface - primary	Touchscreen
Resolution	2340 x 1080
Other camera features	108MP+13MP+2MP+2MP
Form factor	Touchscreen Phone
Colour	Coral Green
Battery Power Rating	4780
What's in the box	Handset, Power Adapter, USB Cable, Sim Eject A tool, Warranty Card, User Guide and Clear Soft Case
Manufacturer	Xiaomi
Item Weight	208 g

 Product Review

PROS...

1. Nice built quality and comfortable to hold.

2. Excellent performance.

3. Symmetric stereo speakers. (Better experience while watching videos or playing games)

4. Nice camera with very good quality low light or night photography which still many flagship phones lack.

5. Up to the mark 90Hz refresh rate display.

6. Amoled screen brightness is excellent and there is no issue in viewing display even while the display is directly facing towards the sun.

7. Excellent charging with 30 watts wired and wireless charging. I tried charging the phone from dead 0 to 100 and achieved it just under 1 hour. (In my personal opinion I don't think higher charging wattage like 65 watts is good for phone battery and sounds like a gimmick as even though they have double the wattage they usually charge a phone of smaller battery about 4000 mAH in about 40 minutes which is not much of a difference. )

8. Super steady video from the rear camera because of the presence of both EIS & OIS.

9.Bigger battery 4780 mAH as compared to other flagship phones.

10. Doesn't miss out on any feature like reverse wireless charging, 5g support (though in India not of use for at least couple of years), NFC, Dual GPS, capable of being connected to wifi and provide Hotspot simultaneously, No MIUI ads till date.

CONS...

1. The limitation of resolution of the screen FHD+. The bigger size of the screen results in lower PPI and thus stands nowhere near QHD+ displays.

2. This phone comes with Global MIUI 11 and has Google dialer and messaging app thus misses out features like call recording, phone notes etc. (Reason being in many countries like UAE it is illegal to have call recording apps or VPN apps. )

3. Trust me this MIUI has a lot of bugs and thus results in issues like while using the fingerprint scanner, the device heats up at times even during normal usage, but the overall performance is acceptable. (Hopefully, most of the issues will be resolved by MIUI 12 update which is going to be available soon)

4. Outdated front camera and supporting rear cameras hardware. (The 20 MP front camera and that too without EIS, 2 MP macro camera, 2 MP depth camera and 13 MP ultrawide camera seems like a joke for a 2020 flagship phone with the price of 50k.)

5. The battery is bigger compared to many devices but looses about 10 to 20% even when left untouched overnight thus I'd say not so good battery management.

6. Misses out a 3.5 mm Jack and also the c type to 3.5 mm Jack converter provided in the box doesn't seem to be of very good quality as per my initial impression.

7. Though the low light photography is good but daylight photography is not that exceptional as one might expect from 108 MP camera.

8. I felt that the call quality is not up to the mark. (Maybe just in my case)

Pricing issues 

Though there are two things which have gone against Xiaomi as well as other Mobile brands

1) Increment in GST rates from 12% to 18%

2) Higher import duties for imported phones.

I think that the phone is slightly overpriced at 50k but if we compare it with it`s biggest competitor the One plus 8 I will always choose MI 10 as so many things are missing in One plus 8 (like wireless charging, LP DDR RAM 4x is present instead of 5, comes with smaller battery 4300mAH and Sony IMX 586 Camera sensor which is quite outdated now) and have a price difference of only 5k. Even that can be narrowed down by using bank offers if available which was there in my case. However, in comparison with One plus 8 pros, I feel that MI 10 is slightly behind because of the MIUI bugs related flaws, FHD+ display and outdated secondary camera hardware (including the front camera. Thus I believe that if the aforementioned issues would have been addressed by Xiaomi I would have considered this phone justifying the price completely and without a doubt would have been the best phone ever under 50k. However in reality still the phone is definitely a strong competitor in the flagship mobile segment.