Imagine you have a smart phone with a sleek design, a fingerprint scanner and a quality camera. Only now you will have to save half your life for it, you say. But no! The new smartphone Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite combines all the newfangled functions of its more expensive counterparts, and at the same time costs up to 25 thousand.
How not to get into a mess when choosing a phone? Why should you even pay attention to smartphones from Xiaomi, if the market is replete with famous technology, which has long been an indicator of status? Let’s take a look at the main characteristics of the Mi 9 Lite and see how it surpasses and loses to other models.
Specifications Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite.
- CPU:Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 (10nm), Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz Kryo 360 Gold & 6×1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver), Adreno 616 graphics
- Operating system:Android 9, shell MIUI 10
- Memory:6 GB / 64/128 GB, micro SD combo slot up to 256 GB
- Screen:39 inches, Super AMOLED, 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5: 9 ratio, pixel density 403 ppi, HDR, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
- Battery:Li-Po 4030 mAh
- Main camera:48 MP, f / 1.8, (wide), 1/2 “, 0.8μm, PDAF + 8 MP, (ultra wide) + 2 MP, depth sensor, video recording 2160p @ 30fps, 1080p @ 30/60 / 120fps, 720p @ 960fps
- Front camera:32 MP, f / 2.0, 0.8µm, 1080p @ 30fps video recording
- SIM card:2 Nano-SIM
- Network and data transmission:GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, 2.4 GHz + 5.0 GHz, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, NFC, IrDa, USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0
- Sensors:fingerprint scanner (under the screen), accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity, compass
- Other:there is FM radio, there is NFC, there is an infrared port (as a remote control for equipment), there is a 3.5 mm jack
- Materials:glass
- Dimensions:8 x 74.5 x 8.7 mm, weight 179 g
Logo and fingerprint scanner.
The Mi 9 Lite is available for purchase in three different colors: black, white and bright blue, so Xiaomi hasn’t changed itself here. Just like in other models, the back panel of this smartphone has a characteristic coating that refracts light in a special way. You can distinguish it by the vertical stripes-reflections, which change depending on the angle at which you look at the panel.
The cameras of this model are located at the top left, the block is vertical. Below you will see a logo with the name of the company, which starts to glow when you receive a notification or put your smartphone on charge. As a bonus when buying, you will receive a standard case made of silicone.
Mi 9 Lite boasts a virtually bezel-less screen. Yes, you have to put up with the front camera in the middle at the top and a rather voluminous bottom line, but during use you are unlikely to focus on them. The image is very clear and contrasting, and the brightness settings allow you to adjust both very dim lighting and the brightest picture, which is quite possible to illuminate dark rooms. The only drawback, perhaps, can be called periodic inaccuracies in the automatic brightness detection.
The fingerprint scanner is located at the bottom of the screen and works just as efficiently as other phones with a similar scanner.
Camera and sky filter
Upon closer inspection of the rear panel, you will see that the camera in this model is represented by three lenses. The main one works with a resolution of 48 megapixels, the second one – 8 megapixels. There is also a 2MP depth sensor. This lens is rather an auxiliary lens, as it is not used with every shot. Remember that the default camera settings take pictures at only 12 megapixels. Therefore, if you want to use the full potential of the camera, you will have to go into additional options and activate HD mode.
The second lens is ultra-wide angle. With it, you can take pictures from an interesting angle. However, such photos are much inferior in quality to the previous ones, mainly because of their 8 megapixel resolution and poor aperture.
The Mi 9 Lite has acquired a very interesting feature, namely a filter with the name “sky” in the factory editor. What does this function do? For example, it easily changes the time of day in open-air photographs.
The filter independently determines the boundaries of the celestial canvas and changes it to another image. All other objects in the photo are adjusted to the selected sky using the visual filter effects. However, sometimes some blots are visible in such photos, so the filter, alas, is not a panacea. And, let’s be honest, many downloaded applications already have a similar filter, and in the Telegram messenger you can generally configure a bot that will perform the same task.
There are no complaints about the front camera, the 32 megapixel resolution does its job completely and the photos are excellent. However, good quality comes at a price. In this case, a large weight of the resulting images acts as a board – sometimes even up to twenty MB.
Both the main and front cameras, of course, allow you to shoot video. In the case of the main camera, you will get quality in 4k and 30 fps, and with the front camera – the same 30 fps, but already FullHD, which is slightly less. The camera also allows you to shoot slow-mo video with a frame rate of 960 fps.
Battery and processor
Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite boasts a capacious 4,030 mAh battery. So the smartphone will withstand the whole day in active use. When the charge is depleted, the smartphone can be charged using the adapter. A full charge from zero to one hundred percent will take about an hour and a half.
As for the processor, this model has a Snapdragon 710 built in, along with an Adreno 616 GPU. The smartphone has 6 GB of RAM. Of course, there are smartphones with more top-end filling, but the existing components also show themselves perfectly during gaming sessions, practically without heating the phone.
Summing up
What do we end up with? The undoubted advantage of the Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite model is a very good camera, tolerable performance and a comfortable screen. Also, one cannot fail to note the support of Google Pay, which has become almost a must-have in the conditions of modern technologies. And, of course, the rather low cost of a smartphone coquettishly beckons with a pen and encourages you to buy this device.
In what way does the smartphone lose to its fellows and competitors in the market? Well, for example, the fact that the same company has models with similar filling and functions, some of which are superior to Mi 9 Lite in several ways. For almost the same price, you can find models that fit more compactly in your hand or take better pictures. Well, one cannot fail to mention the high competition among smartphones as such. Many companies are competing with each other with might and main, enticing buyers with either a low price, or new chips, or top-end components for fans of filming and games.
Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite can be purchased in the official store of the company in two versions. You will get a smartphone with 64 GB of memory for only 22,990, but for 128 GB you will have to pay a little more – 24,990.