Overview Xiaomi Mi 9 SE - a compact smartphone with flagship camera for 25 thousand rubles

Table of contents

• Specifications
• Equipment
• Design
• Screen
• Sound
• Camera
• Performance
• Software
• unlocking
• autonomy
• results

Specifications

Equipment

Along with the smartphone comes silicone case, an adapter with a USB Type-C mini-jack, clip, documentation and adapter with USB connector and a USB Type-C.

Design

We went to Mi 9 SE in blue (or, as he calls the manufacturer, Ocean Blue). And the first thing that catches your eye: the smartphone is very bright. Play back the glossy visible even under the silicone cover from the kit.

The second and most important ergonomic nuance - compactness. The smartphone can be used with one hand, he holds fast to his hand. In size gadget is very close to the X and the iPhone iPhone XS. For those who are tired of "lopatnyh" PHABLET enjoy.

On the back is a glossy logo Mi, triple module camera with flash and a million prints, which remain after the touch. Ultrashirokougolnogo peephole lens complements the silver bezel. Module indecent acts, because this smartphone is highly reeling in a horizontal position.

On the upper face is a microphone and an infrared sensor for controlling the smart home. On the left - a slot for two nanoSIM (microSD not supported). Right - the power button and rocker volume key, which is a bit annoying slight backlash. Bottom - jack USB Type-C and speaker holes.

In the box we found a black translucent silicone case - this includes Xiaomi on most smartphones. But even he does not protect protruding a few millimeters camera module.

The design of the Mi 9 SE many conventional solutions, but it does not invalidate its main advantage - convenience. If you do not want a very expensive smartphone with the makings of a leader, but PHABLET scare you, then this model from Xiaomi - one of the few suitable solutions.

Screen

The Mi 9 SE installed AMOLED-display with a pleasant color calibration and a great stock of brightness. One can find fault with the normal display of some bright colors at an angle, but it is not critical. There is the color temperature setting and contrast.

Teardrop-shaped cut-out - the trend in 2019. Delights are gone, but still seems to be an excellent solution: the screen there is frameless, and the front camera is not hidden in the body with the help of mechanisms uncomfortable. In addition, Mi 9 SE succeeded really thin frames. Even the lower edge, which usually spoils the whole picture, is slightly wider than the side.

Among the additional features - read mode, changing the color temperature, and a local Always On Display, which displays the time and date on your lock screen.

Sound

Sound Mi SE 9 is the same as in most smartphones in this price range: no claims on any elaborate stage and with the lack of bass. Speaker is one.

Earphone is not supplied, but there is an adapter for your.

Camera

The module includes the main sensor 48 megapixel, 13 megapixel ultrashirokougolnik and telephoto on the 8 megapixel.

In normal mode, the main camera takes pictures with a resolution of 12 Mn. During the day the photos are excellent, with a lack of light - significantly worse. Sometimes saving mode "Night", but it is still, as in Mi 9, Slow and requires no moving smartphone capture a few seconds. Apparently, its algorithms are associated with a long evaluation of the amount of light in the scene.

A telephoto lens is only in good light. In the evening and in the dimly lit room footage shot with an increase in the main chamber, and then cut off.

Ultrashirokougolny lens can be included in any light, but if it is not very good - the camera is quite inefficient: it affects the aperture ratio is average.

Here are some examples of images taken on 9 Mi SE.

When shooting on the front camera is initially turned on byutifikatsiya: her love in China. If you disable the "Improvement", the selfie camera shows a good and honest result. The sensor is left Xiaomi flagship - 20 megapixels.

Also, the camera 9 Mi SE can do portraits. The result is an amateur, because almost all manufacturers implement this feature in different ways: different smoothing edges, bokeh and contrast. Our portraits, for example, get a little lightening and bokeh without treatment - terribly unnatural. Verge grappled with confidence.

The second portrait, I handled in the normal application Bokeh - with blurry bokeh circle glare became even less natural, but a little more sympathetic.

The camera 9 Mi SE can do 48-megapixel shots. I like this feature still does not seem important, and here's why:

• Megapixel camera of the smartphone did not those that have full-sized cameras. Here, the pixels involved are much smaller, and higher quality image is achieved by software processing.
• Lens potential is revealed in good light. If the dark space of the frame, adjacent pixels are combined into one, and the output is a picture with a resolution of 12 Mn. As usual on a smartphone without a camera Hi-Fi-specifications.
• 48-megapixel photos take about five times more space. If you Mi SE 9 with 64 GB of memory on board, such personnel do you fill them too quickly. Recall, microSD-card here is not supported.
• It's a long time. mode switch button is on the Pro tab regular camera application, a survey takes only a few seconds.

Conclusion: Mi 9 SE is an excellent camera that can take in the morning, and 48-megapixel mode - an optional feature, which you probably will not use.

Performance

Snapdragon The smartphone 712 is mounted with a clock frequency of up to 2.3 GHz and 6 GB of RAM. The processor is not a top, but still quite urgent: to ordinary tasks, lots of applications and graphics PUBG he manages to maximum settings.

In synthetic benchmarks Mi 9 SE loses flagship, but in working with the device is not felt. In just a few days he made me wait for a smartphone only in processing photos and logs started only when the battery is almost depleted.

Here are the results of synthetic benchmarks:

• Geekbench in single-core mode - 1877 points;
• Geekbench in multi-core mode - 5966 points;
• AnTuTu - 178,976 points.

Judging by the AnTuTu ranking, in terms of performance Mi 9 SE can be compared to Redmi Note 7 Pro and Vivo V15 Pro.

Software

The smartphone runs on MIUI 10 - the same operating system as that of the older version of the Mi 9. This friendly and nice jacket, which is clear and logical works. The main disadvantage is the same: an abundance of advertising guidelines and pre-installed applications, not all of which you need, and not all of them can be removed.

Application icons are not collected in a single screen, as in most shells on Android, and on the desktop. It helps not to clutter up the system with unnecessary programs.

In the settings you can enable dark mode. The idea is to use it to save battery, but someone he might like aesthetic reasons.

Remained in place, and other chips MIUI: their gestures, swipe settings in iPhone, cloning applications The "second space" redundant system under a separate code and helping to further scramble the piece data.

unlocking

The main way to unlock - fingerprint. The sensor is in the screen - where you are used to keep the thumb when picked up smartphone. Unlock adjusts quickly, smartly and working correctly. No complaints.

An alternative way to unlock - face. It works even faster, but unsafe and useless in the dark.

autonomy

Battery capacity - 3070 mAh. This is a fairly modest rates. My feeling is that the smartphone confidently holds up to the night tables, but if you use it consistently or in an area with a poor connection, the device may be discharged earlier.

Supports fast charging Quick Charge 4+. The smartphone is sold with a 18-watt adapter. Wireless charging is not supported.

results

9 Mi SE - smart phone with NFC-chip fingerprint sensor in a screen serious Flagship chamber (at least one of three), in the current processor 2019 and bright color modifications. But the main thing in this smartphone - its size and how it fits the hand. The gadget may appeal to those who like to shoot and tired of smartphones, which are difficult to get into the pocket.

The price of the version with 64 GB of memory in Xiaomi's official store is 24 990 rubles, those with 128 GB - 27 990 rubles. Mi SE 9 will go on sale on May 23 and will be available in Ocean Blue and Piano Black color.

The author expresses his gratitude to the company Xiaomi for providing the test device.

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