Mi 10 (Twilight Grey, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage)
Hey guys it’s Pushpak from Pushpak Solutions, and today we are going to unbox and take our first look at the Mi 10. Like all other phones that you see on my blog,this again is not a review unit, and I purchased it myself. Now I wasn’t sure if I was going to purchase this phone, because the last Mi phone that Xiaomi launched in India was the Mi 5. It was priced at Rs.25,000 and at the time people in India were not ready for a flagship Xiaomi smartphone, so it didn’t do very well in India. So much so, that Xiaomi has refrained from launching any of their flagship smartphones in India, that is until this Mi 10. Even now, I am not too sure if people are ready for a Rs.50,000 Xiaomi smartphone, specially with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro around. But then, I also wanted to see what the Mi10 offers, and if people willing to spend Rs.50,000 on a smartphone should keep this one in their consideration, while making their choice. Also I really wanted to try the 108 Megapixel camera. Alright, after that long reason, lets us get to the unboxing.
Starting with the exterior of the box, At the top, there is Mi 10 branding, and obviously a mention about the 108 MP camera, and the Snapdragon 865 and 5G capability. At the back, you get a few more features,and then the colour and storage variant. I went with the Twillight Grey colour, and the base variant of 8GB RAM and 128 GB of Storage. Now let me quickly cut open the seal, and let us get in the box. As we lift the lid, this white envelope greets us. It contains the SIM tray ejection pin, USB C to 3.5 mm audio jack adapter , Users Guide, and a transparent, hard back TPU case.
Next, we have the phone itself. Xiaomi should find a way to make it a bit easier to get the phone out of the box, maybe next time. For now, here is the Mi 10 in the Twillight Grey colour. I am going to keep it aside for now, while we take a look at other things in the box. Which are a USB type A to Type C cable for charging and data transfer, and a 33 watt fast charging brick.
Let me keep all these things aside, and let us take a better look at the phone. After removing the plastic and stickers at the back, I like how this colour looks. And here’s that 108 megapixel camera, in this very densely populated camera module. Then there is Mi and 5G branding at the bottom of this very reflective back. Taking a quick look around this Mi 10, at the bottom, there is a speaker grill, a microphone, USB type C port for charging and data transfer,and finally a SIM tray. This SIM tray can hold 2 nano SIM cards. It is not even a hybrid slot, so there is no way to expand the storage on this phone later on. On the right side, there are the Power and volume up and down buttons. As thin as these buttons are, they are very rigid. At the top, there is a secondary noise cancelling microphone, an IR blaster, and a second speaker grill for stereo sound.
And on the left side, there is nothing but the antenna band. At the front there is this massive 6.67 inch super AMOLED display, with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels. This display supports a 90Hz refresh rate,and HDR 10+. There is a dot notch on the top left for the 20 megapixel selfie camera. It gets an in-display fingerprint sensor. While it is not the fastest one I have used,It is pretty accurate. Coming back to the camera , primary one gets a mammoth 108 megapixel sensor with a wide F/1.7 aperture and OIS. This camera is one of the reasons I decided to get this phone. It can shoot videos in 8K resolution. Let that sink in for a bit. This is the only phone coming in at Rs.50K which gets this feature. Samsung Galaxy S20 is the other phone that can do this, and it costs Rs.20 K more than the Mi 10.
Make sure you are subscribed to the facebook page and have the notifications turned on, because you won’t want to miss any blog of this website. On the inside, Mi 10 gets the heart of the kings. It packs in the Snapdragon 865 Processor with Adreno 650 GPU. You get to choose between the 8GB LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB or 256GB UFS 3.0 storage. You don’t get to expand the storage down the line, so keep that in mind while deciding on the storage variant. There is a 4780 mAh battery to power this Mi10, and when its time to juice it up, it supports 30 watt wired and wireless charging. It is also capable of delivering 10 watt reverse wireless charging.
It is running on the latest version of MI UI 11 built on top of Android 10. If you have seen my previous blogs about Xiaomi or Redmi phones, you know that I am not the biggest fan of MI UI. But I am again willing to give it a try for the next few week. I’ve had this phone for less than a day,so I can’t really say much about its overall performance or battery life. I’ll have more to say about this in my full review.
What I can tell you now, is this phone looks and feels amazing in the hands. It is a bit taller, but it’s not as wide as some other large phones, so it is much easier to hold on to. That is it for now, If you are looking to buy the Mi 10, I will leave a link to it in the description section, and you can get it from Amazon.
This has been Pushpak, and I’ll catch you guys in the next blog. Take care.
1 Comments
good phone review but very heavy priced
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