Good Xiaomi smartphones up to 30,000 rubles, relevant in 2022 | Articles | Phones

Xiao­mi reg­u­lar­ly releas­es new smart­phones, but even among the mod­els of past years there are inter­est­ing options. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

Xiao­mi is one of the world’s largest smart­phone man­u­fac­tur­ers, vying with Sam­sung and Apple for mar­ket share both in its native Chi­na and beyond. The brand’s phones are wide­ly avail­able in Europe and Asia. Often they are unmatched in terms of val­ue for mon­ey. In today’s arti­cle, we have col­lect­ed 6 wor­thy mod­els worth up to 30,000 rubles. The list includes Xiao­mi smart­phones and its sub-brands Red­mi and Poco.

Redmi 9T

Red­mi 9T is a good entry-lev­el smart­phone. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

The smart­phone has a 6.53” IPS LCD screen with a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2340 pix­els. Goril­la Glass 3 pro­tects it from scratch­es. The refresh rate is stan­dard (60 Hz).

The hard­ware basis is Snap­drag­on 662 (93rd in terms of per­for­mance). The smart­phone is not suit­able for games, but the device copes with every­day tasks (mes­sen­gers, social net­works, watch­ing videos, etc.) with­out prob­lems. The smart­phone is avail­able in the fol­low­ing con­fig­u­ra­tions — 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of inter­nal mem­o­ry, 4 + 128 GB and 6 + 128 GB.

The main image sen­sor on the back has a res­o­lu­tion of 48MP. In addi­tion to it, there is an 8‑megapixel ultra-wide-angle cam­era, a 2‑megapixel macro and a 2‑megapixel depth sen­sor. There is an 8‑megapixel cam­era for self­ies.

Red­mi 9T is pow­ered by a large 6000 mAh bat­tery. Its charge is enough for almost 19 hours and 30 min­utes of web brows­ing. By mod­ern stan­dards, the phone charges slow­ly — 2 hours 30 min­utes (18 W). It can be used to charge oth­er devices (2.5W).

The Xiao­mi Red­mi 9T smart­phone costs from 18,550 rubles. It mea­sures 162.3 x 77.3 x 9.6mm and weighs 198g.

Pros of Redmi 9T:

• big screen;
• good pic­tures on the main cam­era;
• works for a long time on a sin­gle charge, can be used as a portable bat­tery;
• excel­lent stereo speak­ers, Goril­la Glass 3, water-repel­lent coat­ing, sep­a­rate slot for mem­o­ry cards, NFC for con­tact­less pay­ments, 3.5 mm head­phone jack.

Cons of Redmi 9T:

• low screen bright­ness (437 nits in Auto mode);
• charg­ing slow­ly;
• mediocre video qual­i­ty, no 4K record­ing;
• the user inter­face some­times freezes.

Poco M4 Pro 5G

Poco M4 Pro 5G fea­tures sta­ble per­for­mance. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

Smart­phone Poco M4 Pro 5G received a large 6.6‑inch screen. It is an IPS LCD pan­el with a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2400 pix­els, a refresh rate of 90Hz and Goril­la Glass 3 scratch and crack resis­tance.

This smart­phone is built on Dimen­si­ty 800 from Medi­aTek (55th in the rank­ing). The choice of ver­sions depend­ing on the amount of RAM and flash mem­o­ry is large — 4 + 64 GB, 4 + 128 GB, 6 + 128 GB, 8 + 128 GB and 8 + 256 GB.

On the back side there are 2 cam­eras — the main one with a res­o­lu­tion of 50 megapix­els with phase detec­tion aut­o­fo­cus and an 8‑megapixel ultra-wide-angle one. On the front pan­el is a cam­era with a res­o­lu­tion of 16 megapix­els.

The 5000 mAh bat­tery pro­vides almost 18 hours and 50 min­utes of web surf­ing. Using the includ­ed 33W pow­er sup­ply, the smart­phone is ful­ly charged in 1 hour and 7 min­utes. There is no reverse or wire­less charg­ing.

Xiao­mi Poco M4 Pro 5G costs from 17,900 rubles. Its dimen­sions are 163.6 x 75.8 x 8.8 mm and weighs 195 g.

Poco M4 Pro 5G Pros:

• large dis­play with excel­lent con­trast;
• works for a long time with­out recharg­ing;
• sta­ble per­for­mance with­out throt­tling;
• high-qual­i­ty pho­tos and videos;
• Goril­la Glass 3, microSD card sup­port, IP53 water and dust resis­tance (not afraid of rain), 3.5″ mini-jack, NFC, 5G.

Cons of Poco M4 Pro 5G:

• the qual­i­ty of the stereo speak­ers is aver­age;
• insuf­fi­cient screen bright­ness for out­door use in sun­ny weath­er (510 nits);
• 90 Hz mode heav­i­ly loads the GPU;
• 4K video record­ing is not avail­able.

Redmi Note 10 Pro

Red­mi Note 10 Pro was released in March 2021, but has not lost its rel­e­vance. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

The phone received a 6.67 ″ AMOLED screen with a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2400 pix­els and a fre­quen­cy of 120 Hz.

The Red­mi Note 10 Pro smart­phone is based on the Qual­comm Snap­drag­on 732G (56th place). Per­for­mance for the price seg­ment is good. Avail­able mem­o­ry options are 6 + 64 GB, 6 + 128 GB, 8 + 128 GB.

The main cam­era on the back has a res­o­lu­tion of 108 megapix­els. In addi­tion to it, an ultra-wide-angle (8 MP), macro (5 MP, with aut­o­fo­cus) and a depth sen­sor (2 MP) are installed. There is a 16-megapix­el self­ie cam­era on the front.

The bat­tery capac­i­ty is 5020 mAh. It lasts for 14 hours and 13 min­utes of brows­ing web­sites. 33 W charg­ing is sup­port­ed — from 0 to 100% in 1 hour 21 min­utes.

Xiao­mi Red­mi Note 10 Pro 8/128 GB costs from 24,500 rubles. The dimen­sions of the smart­phone are 164 x 76.5 x 8.1 mm, weight — 193 g.

Pros of Redmi Note 10 Pro:

• smooth and respon­sive screen;
• reli­able oper­a­tion, with­out over­heat­ing;
• all cam­eras are excel­lent in day­light (pho­to and video);
• Goril­la Glass 5 on both sides, IP53 water and dust resis­tance, ded­i­cat­ed mem­o­ry card slot, stereo speak­ers, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC.

Cons of Redmi Note 10 Pro:

• mediocre pho­to qual­i­ty in low light con­di­tions;
• night mode only works on the main cam­era;
• elec­tron­ic image sta­bi­liza­tion does not work when shoot­ing in 4K.

Redmi Note 11

Red­mi Note 11 is a well-bal­anced smart­phone with good cam­eras, a bright dis­play, sta­ble per­for­mance and a large bat­tery. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

This mod­el uses a 6.43-inch AMOLED pan­el with a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2400 and a fre­quen­cy of 90 Hz. It is also pro­tect­ed by a sheet of Goril­la Glass 3.

Xiao­mi Red­mi Note 11 is built on a Snap­drag­on 680 4G mobile proces­sor (74th in terms of pow­er). Avail­able mem­o­ry con­fig­u­ra­tions are 4/6GB RAM and 64/128GB inter­nal stor­age.

The cam­era set­up on the rear mod­el includes sen­sors with res­o­lu­tions of 50, 8 (ultra wide), 2 (macro) and 2 (deep for por­traits). The res­o­lu­tion of the front cam­era is 13 megapix­els.

The smart­phone has a 5000 mAh bat­tery. Web surf­ing drains the bat­tery in 16 hours and 11 min­utes. Using the includ­ed 33W adapter, the phone can be ful­ly charged in 1 hour and 12 min­utes.

The cost of the Red­mi Note 11 smart­phone is from 17,900 rubles. Phone dimen­sions — 159.9 x 73.9 x 8.1 mm, weight — 179 g.

Pros of Redmi Note 11:

• bright AMOLED screen with excel­lent col­or repro­duc­tion;
• good auton­o­my;
• decent pho­tos on the main cam­era, excel­lent por­traits and macro shots;
• sta­ble per­for­mance with­out ther­mal throt­tling;
• IP53, ded­i­cat­ed mem­o­ry card slot, Goril­la Glass 3, loud stereo speak­ers with good sound, 3.5mm head­phone jack, NFC.

Cons of Redmi Note 11:

• night mode is not impres­sive (only avail­able on the main cam­era);
• no cam­era shoots 4K video;
• out­dat­ed Adreno 610 GPU.

Poco X4 Pro 5G

Poco X4 Pro 5G charges fast and lasts a long time. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

Xiao­mi Poco X4 Pro 5G has a 6.67-inch screen (AMOLED) with a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2400 pix­els and a fre­quen­cy of 120 Hz. It is cov­ered with Goril­la Glass 5.

The smart­phone is based on the Qual­comm Snap­drag­on 695 5G chipset (45th in the rank­ing). The amount of RAM is 6 or 8 GB, flash mem­o­ry — 64/128/256 GB.

There are 3 sen­sors at the back with a res­o­lu­tion of 108.8 (ultra wide-angle), 2 megapix­els (macro). There is a 16-megapix­el cam­era for tak­ing self­ies.

The phone is pow­ered by a 5000 mAh bat­tery. It dis­charges in 14 hours and 23 min­utes of web surf­ing. There is sup­port for fast charg­ing with a pow­er of 67 W – it takes 49 min­utes to ful­ly charge.

The Poco X4 Pro 5G smart­phone in a 6 + 128 GB mem­o­ry con­fig­u­ra­tion costs from 28,990 rubles. The phone mea­sures 164.2 x 76.1 x 8.1mm and weighs 205g.

Pros of Poco X4 Pro 5G:

• excel­lent dis­play;
• fast charg­ing;
• decent per­for­mance for the seg­ment;
• sup­port for mem­o­ry cards (used instead of 1 SIM card), mois­ture pro­tec­tion IP53, 5G, loud stereo speak­ers with good sound qual­i­ty, 3.5 mm head­phone jack, NFC.

Poco X4 Pro 5G Cons:

• mediocre qual­i­ty of pho­tos and videos;
• no 4K video record­ing.

Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G

Xiao­mi 11 Lite 5G NE is the best in per­for­mance com­pared to oth­er mod­els from the arti­cle. Pho­to: www.gsmarena.com

Xiao­mi 11 Lite 5G NE has a 6.55-inch AMOLED dis­play. It has a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2400 pix­els and sup­ports Dol­by Vision. The refresh rate is 90 Hz.

The hard­ware basis is Qual­comm Snap­drag­on 778G 5G (30th place). There are ver­sions with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of inter­nal mem­o­ry, 8 + 128 and 8 + 256 GB.

The cam­eras on the back have a res­o­lu­tion of 64.8 (with ultra-wide angle lens), 5 MP (macro). On the front is a 20-megapix­el self­ie cam­era.

The bat­tery capac­i­ty of 4250 mAh is enough for 13 hours and 50 min­utes of web surf­ing. It takes 64 min­utes to ful­ly charge with a 33W pow­er sup­ply.

The cost of the 8/128 GB ver­sion is from 28,900 rubles. Dimen­sions — 160.5 x 75.7 x 6.8 mm, weight — 158 g.

Pros of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE:

• light;
• excel­lent screen;
• high-qual­i­ty pho­tos and videos in day­light on all cam­eras, night mode works well;
• Corn­ing Goril­la Glass 5, hybrid card slot, 5G, Wi-Fi 6, Blue­tooth 5.2, NFC, stereo speak­ers.

Cons of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE:

• no 3.5mm head­phone jack.