Overview Xiaomi Mi A1 - a smartphone with dual camera and a clean version of Android

Russia has already sold two months smartphone Xiaomi Mi A1. The model is notable that developed in alliance with Google as part of the program, and Android One It comes with Android 7.1.2 Nougat clean system with no shells from the manufacturer and spare applications. Google promises that Android One smartphones will always receive the latest system updates.

It belongs to the family of Android One distinguishes Xiaomi Mi A1 on the model Mi 5XWhich comes with a proprietary shell MIUI not officially sold in Russia.

Characteristics

Design

It is said that Xiaomi Mi A1 similar to the iPhone 7 Plus. However, these two devices have in common only the horizontally arranged dual camera.

At our review appeared Matte Xiaomi Mi A1 black. This is a very nice device, which pleases the eye. Thin metal, with slightly rounded edges of the smart phone a pleasure to hold in their hands.

Screen

Xiaomi Mi A1 got a 5.5-inch LTPS-display with a resolution of Full HD. a wide range of brightness, viewing angles too. Color reproduction reserved, the temperature tends to the cold part of the spectrum: white slightly out into the blue.

The handset comes with a clean version of Android, so no reading modes and tools for adjusting the color temperature is not here. Toughened glass screen is protected Gorilla Glass 3.

Performance

Xiaomi Mi A1 works flawlessly: Android fly, applications do not slow down, Assistant Google Assistant responds quickly and is looking for the right information on the Internet.

Smartphone copes with almost all games. But the most clever will have to sacrifice quality graphics. For example, in World of Tanks Blitz you get 60 FPS at medium settings, but in Modern Strike Online even higher.

Xiaomi Mi A1 runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset 625 - mainstream processor end of 2016. It includes eight cores Cortex-A53 with a clock frequency of 2 GHz and a graphics processor 506 Adrero.

The test AnTuTu smartphone Xiaomi Mi A1 gaining typical for its category 60 000 points, while in 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited - 13 thousand points. a minor, there is no heating throttling the CPU. Performance remains stable.

The memory volume is 4 GB built - 64 GB. It is possible to use a microSD memory card to increase the ROM.

Resources Xiaomi Mi A1 will suffice for at least another even amateurs play for two years.

camera

Xiaomi Mi A1 is called a clone of iPhone 7 Plus because of the dual cameras with two-time optical zoom and portrait mode. However, the mid-price supply flagship smartphone cameras, and no one will be technology. What is in it installed?

Main camera - a 12 megapixel module OmniVision OV12A10 1.25 microns with a pixel and a wide angle lens with an aperture f / 2.2. No optical image stabilization, autofocus phase.

At daylight on the street pretty well overall plans. However, in all other cases, good photos are rare. The camera is very picky lighting. Because of the optics with a tiny aperture, you'll be forced to shoot at shutter speeds and getting low-quality images. Noises beat all records, and the lens catches the glare from light sources so valiantly, though in the hands of you is not a modern smartphone, and the ancient "clamshell". Photos in the room turn dark and blurred.

Autofocus is slow and inaccurate. Even in static scenes, the camera suffers from back-focus. About shooting fast-moving subjects and macro photography can be forgotten. However, we hope that in future firmware fix it.

The second chamber 12 is equipped with a megapixel module OmniVision OV13880 1.1 microns with a pixel and lens aperture f / 2.6. It is suitable only for portraits, but only on the street and only with good lighting.

Portrait mode in the Xiaomi Mi A1 implemented well. Smartphone software separates the main subject from the background by simulating the effect bokeh. It obtained beautifully, but the algorithm may be wrong with complicated contours.

But pleased with the front camera. While there is set a 5-megapixel digital camera module, the pictures are bright and sharp. There is a mode of "improving" which eliminates the shortcomings of the skin, bags under the eyes and other signs of aging and fatigue. The sharpness of it, of course, suffers.

Curiously, the Xiaomi Mi A1 is able to recognize the gender and age of the person in the frame. Sex is usually determined correctly, but the age of the rides depending on the light and shadows on the face. That you are 40 years, 19 - anything can happen.

Sound

In Xiaomi Mi A1 has a 3.5 mm audio jack, and 10-watt amplifier that supports high-impedance headphones (up to 600 ohms). The manufacturer promises a powerful and deep sound. Xiaomi Mi A1 sounds really powerful, but the headphones hear the hiss of the amplifier, which can stand on the subway or train, but at home, when you listen to music on the minimum volume is unlikely.

With regard to the external speaker, it is excellent. The sound is loud, clean, there is even a low frequency.

Security

Xiaomi Mi A1 is equipped with a fingerprint scanner. This is the only mechanism for biometric authentication. You can add multiple copies and then unlock your smartphone with a single touch to the scanner.

link

The Xiaomi Mi A1 can install two cards nano-SIM. However tray are combined, therefore, have to choose between a card memory or the second SIM card. The device, officially delivered in Russia, supports LTE-Band 20 range, so that problems with the internet should not be.

The smartphone also supports dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS and Beidou. But full of happiness still lacks NFC.

A nice bonus - an infrared port, which allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control home electronics.

autonomy

Smartphone battery equipped on 3080 mAh. That's enough to Xiaomi Mi A1 worked in mixed mode and a half days. However, the game quickly consume power. Seriously loaded smartphone, he will not live to the end of the day.

Charging the device via USB Type-C.

Output

Advantages Xiaomi Mi A1 - cost, high performance, stylish appearance and a clean version of Android. However frustrating camera. It will fit for shooting portraits and landscapes of day, but for nothing else. It is hoped to correct camera operation in future firmware.

If you want a strong middling in metal housing with a clean version of Android, but you do not particularly important to the quality of images closer look at the Xiaomi Mi A1.

The official store Xiaomi smartphone can be purchased for 18 990 rubles.

The author thanks the press service Xiaomi in Russia provided for testing the device.