Review of Mi 9 Lite - the new smartphone by Xiaomi with NFC and selfie camera 32 megapixel

A device with a fingerprint in the screen, glowing logo on the back and the price to 25 thousand rubles.

fingerprint scanner to display and glowing logo

The wording was a model in black, which is more like dark gray. Also, Mi 9 Lite sold in white and bright blue versions.

the rear glass panel is characterized refracts rays of light: not just reflect it, but it shows the different vertical flashing depending on the slope.

Block with vertical chambers, located at the left edge of the panel.

Below is the inscription Xiaomi. It lights up when receiving notifications or charging.

It comes with classic silicone case. Plugs are not provided for ports.

fingerprint scanner is located at the bottom of the screen. Recognizes the owner, he is almost as fast as the classic rear fingerprinting. Fires confidently any unsuccessful attempt of the testing time.

Mi 9 Lite screen can be called frameless. This does not prevent any thickened lower edge, or teardrop-shaped cutout at the front camera.

Display Mi 9 Lite works on technology AMOLED. This is not always an advantage, their fans also have IPS-screens. but in Xiaomi smartphonesUsually, AMOLED displays better. The picture is very contrasting, colors, succulent, stock brightness is good, but its automatic detection sometimes fails. We have to tighten the corresponding slider manually.

The smartphone is quite easy - just 179 grams. At the same time, he made quality: both panels received the glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5 and matt metal frame. Dimensions serious, Xiaomi fans and compact smartphone is better to pay attention to Mi 9 SE.

Selfie camera at 32 megapixels and "heavenly" filter

Camera unit consists of three lenses: a main Mn 48, Mn ultrashirokougolnika 8 and depth sensor 2 Mp. The latter - a subsidiary. Thanks to his Mi 9 Lite can do portraits with background blur, or, on the contrary, a close object.

The smartphone is set a 48-megapixel sensor. In automatic mode, it takes a 12 megapixel, and a button to activate HD-shooting in an additional menu.

Permit application does not guarantee high quality staff: in fact, the difference between the options made automatically and HD-mode, you can not always notice. To demonstrate this, we have increased the area of ​​the photo in the different resolutions several times. Left - part of the 12-megapixel stills, and the right - the 48-megapixel.

But so look frames without increasing the shot automatically.

Ultrashirokougolny lens helps to take an interesting perspective in a good light, but on the whole not impressive: affects low resolution and luminosity.

Mi 9 Lite received the night mode. The lit lanterns and signboards city camera copes without him, but the algorithms can take a photo of a little sharper and more contrast, and also share close to each other light sources.

One of the chips Mi 9 Lite - a new section "Sky" in the built-in filters Photo Editor. This treatment will help make photo sunset morning, and shot in cloudy weather - full of sunshine. The program finds the section of the sky and simply replace it with another picture. The remainder of the frame is processed by the filter.

It is strange that one of the world's major manufacturers of smartphones relies exclusively on the program function, which can handle boats in the Telegram. Sometimes in the processing of float jambs.

The decision to place the front camera 32 MP is not justified. Pictures come out excellent, but so they can be obtained and the sensor, such as a 20 megapixel at more affordable Redmi Note 8 Pro.

Such a high-resolution camera selfie there is an obvious disadvantage: the size of the photo can be up to 20 MB.

Also, the main camera Mi 9 Lite allows you to shoot video in 4K with a frame rate of 30 FPS and slow rollers with 960 FPS, and the front - Full-HD-video with 30 FPS.

Gaming processor and battery at 4030 mAh

The Mi 9 Lite Snapdragon 710 installed at a frequency up to 2.2 GHz cores, graphics processor 616 Adreno and 6 GB of RAM. Configuration is not advanced, but excels at load. Session in COD at maximum graphics settings Mi 9 Lite passed with a bang: barely warmed up and not lag while playing.

Using the Snapdragon 710 and OLED-display has a positive effect on the autonomy of the smartphone. The battery is too capacious - at 4030 mAh. Mi 9 Lite confidently withstand daily work at a load higher than the average. Wireless charging is not provided, but the set includes an 18-W adapter. From it the device dials the battery from 0 to 100% in approximately half an hour.

Specifications

• Colors: black, white, blue.
• Display: 6.39 inch, 1080 × 2340 pixels, Super AMOLED.
• CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 (2 × 2,2 GHz Kryo Gold + 360 6 × 1,7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver).
• Graphics processor: Adreno 616.
• RAM: 6 GB.
• Built-in memory: 64/128 GB + slot for microSD-cards up to 256GB capacity.
• Rear camera: 48 M (main) + 8 Mn (ultrashirokougolnaya) + 2 Mn (depth sensor).
• Front-camera: 32 Mn.
• SIM card: two slots for nanoSIM.
• Wireless interfaces: Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, GPS, Infrared, NFC.
• connectors: USB Type-C, 3,5-mm audio jack.
• unlock: fingerprint, face, PIN.
• Operating system: Android 9.0 + MIUI 10.
• Battery: 4030 mAh supported fast charging.
• Dimensions: 156.8 × 74.5 × 8.7 mm.
• Weight: 179 grams.

results

The main advantages of Mi 9 Lite - the NFC-enabled Google Pay, worthy cameraSufficient for almost any purpose, performance and excellent screen.

The main risk Mi 9 Lite in the market due to the abundance of competitors, with published at the same Xiaomi. The closest in value and functionality - Mi 9 SE and Redmi Note 8 Pro. First passes a new model in the compact, and the second - in the autonomy resolution main camera and price.

Cost Mi 9 Lite in Xiaomi's official store - 22 990 rubles for the version with 64 GB of memory and 24 990 rubles for the version with 128 GB of memory.

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