Xiaomi’s final phone of the year might be its best: here’s what we want to see in the potential smartphone.
The Xiaomi Mi Note 11 could be one of the best phones of 2020 – its predecessor, the Mi Note 10, sits in our list of the best smartphones, and the company has likely learnt a lot from its early-2020 premium handsets – the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro – too.
We say ‘could’ because not only have we not tested the phone, but we don’t even know if it’s coming. The Mi Note 10 was a surprise launch, given that the Mi Note phone before it was the Note 3 years prior, and it’s not clear if this is a new range from Xiaomi or if that was a one-off handset.
We’d like to see a Xiaomi Mi Note 11 though, because as we said the Mi Note 10 is one of the best phones you can buy right now, with a fantastic array of cameras, premium-feeling body and screen and, most importantly, a surprisingly low price.
In late 2020 (when we’d expect the Mi Note 11 to launch) the Note 10 might not fare as well against a year’s worth of competition, though, and a Mi Note 11 could bring some newer features and tweaks that keep Xiaomi on top.
We haven’t heard much about the Xiaomi Mi Note 11 yet – there are a few rumors and leaks that weren’t attributed to any particular phone, which we’ll list below – but while we wait for more rumors, we’ve come up with a wish list of what we want to see in the Mi Note 11.
The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 was launched in November 2019 – it’s likely, then, that we’ll see the newer version launched around the same time in 2020. However that date could be affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in one way or another, so the phone could be delayed until 2021.
Regarding price, the Mi Note 10 cost £459 / AU$888 (about $590) for its most affordable variant, so it’s possible the Mi Note 11 will cost that much or perhaps a small amount more.
Saying that, the Xiaomi Mi 10 was quite a bit pricier than the Mi 9. It’s possible the company will replicate this leap in the Mi Note line, but we’d hope not as the low price was the Mi Note 10’s real strength.
We haven’t heard a single rumor or leak surrounding the Xiaomi Mi Note 11 right now. However we have heard about various new Xiaomi tech that wasn’t attached to a named smartphone, so it could debut in the Mi Note 11 – this is just speculation, though.
