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Xiaomi 11T and 11T Pro Launches with Impressive Charging Speeds

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Xiaomi’s launch event last night was a huge one. They launched a lot of products, including their first ever Android tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 System on a Chip (SoC). The star of the show though was none other than their Xiaomi 11T and Xiaomi 11T Pro.

While they sound like completely different devices, these are technically spiritual successors to the Xiaomi Mi 11 series. This is also Xiaomi’s first flagship devices that does not come with the ‘Mi’ moniker. No matter though, the most important thing in a flagship is that the manufacturers do not skim on its internals instead.

Xiaomi 11T Pro

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In the Xiaomi 11T Pro, you get the best that Xiaomi has to offer currently. It does not come with Qualcomm’s slightly more powerful Snapdragon 888+ SoC though. It is still a very potent Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G SoC that you will have a hard time complaining about still.

At the same time, you are still getting up to 12GB in RAM set up and 256GB in memory over the Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro. The internals are also kept alive for days with a 5,000 mAh battery on board. The Xiaomi 11T Pro is still an Android 11 device, since Android 12 has not officially dropped into devices just yet.

At the same time, the Xiaomi 11T Pro is a smaller device compared to the Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro. The display now measures at 6.67-inch instead of 6.81-inch. You get less resolution from the Xiaomi 11T Pro too at Full HD+ resolution. It is still a Dolby Vision AMOLED display with 10-bit colours though. Your little punch hole camera is also moved to the top-mid section of the display instead of top left corner of the display.

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Source: Xiaomi

It is still an upgrade though over the older device. You now get 108-Megapixel ISOCELL sensor developed by Samsung for its main camera. With twice the pixel, you also get to record videos at 8K resolution with the main camera.

There are also two other cameras to support that high-resolution camera. The usual ultra-wide photos are handled by an 8-Megapixel sensor. To zoom in a little better, there is the 5-Megapixel telephoto lens. Selfies are handled by a 16-Megapixel sensor out front.

The biggest change to the device though is the speed the new Xiaomi 11T Pro charges at. Xiaomi cleverly splits the battery into two smaller battery packs laid separately within the device. Of course, this is not a new construction method. We have seen similar implementation in the Lenovo Legion Phone. In the Xiaomi flagship, each battery bank charges at 60W speeds. That totals to a whopping 120W of charging speed and a 100% charge in just 17 minutes. Splitting the batteries also puts less stress on each of the battery pack itself, which also means that it is a much safer implementation in fast charging. They call it the 120W Xiaomi HyperCharge technology.

Xiaomi 11T

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Source: Xiaomi

As expected, the Xiaomi 11T will not be more powerful than the Xiaomi 11T Pro. It is still a shining star is Xiaomi’s “Cinemagic” product line up though. It technically is everything the Xiaomi 11T Pro is. It has the same display, same camera layout, same design, same cameras even. The only difference is that the Xiaomi 11T gets MediaTek’s Dimensity 1200 5G treatment instead. While it is not as powerful as Qulacomm’s offering, the Dimensity chip is still plenty powerful for aspiring content creators, so you are not losing out on much in terms of raw power still. You do not get 120W charging too. At 67W charging speeds, you still can get the device ready to go at 100% from flat in less than 40 minutes.

Price and Availability

The Xiaomi 11T will come in three colour options – Meteorite Gray, Moonlight White, and Celestial Blue. You get up to 8GB in RAM and 256GB in storage. The Xioami 11T starts at EU€ 499 (MYR 2,450*).

The Xiaomi 11T Pro also comes in the same three colour options, which also means that both devices will be visually similar. You can choose between an 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB, and 12GB+256GB configurations. The new Xiaomi flagship will set you back EU€ 649 (MYR3,186*) onward.

More information on the Xiaomi 11T and 11T Pro can be found on their website.

*Approximately based on exchange rate of EU€ 1 = MYR on xe.com as of 16/09/2021

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Xiaomi Introduces 200W “HyperCharge” to Charge Your Smartphones in 8 minutes.

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Xiaomi just had their own tech demo on Twitter, and it is amazing. It was more like Xiaomi showing off their latest charging technology. In the video, Xiaomi charged a Mi 11 Pro with 4,0000mAh battery in 8 minutes. They also announced that they also have a new more powerful wireless charging technology that can charge the Mi 11 Pro in 15 minutes with 120W.

To be fair, fast charging technology has received plenty of attention in recent years. Modern flagships have to charge faster every year. The charging speed race technically was kicked off by most of the Chinese manufacturers like OPPO and Xiaomi. OPPO, of course relies on their own VOOC charge technology. Their commercially fastest charging products charge at 125W at the maximum.

In some sense, the charging speed race has been an exciting one to say the least. The wonders of fast charging technology have given us users the freedom of leaving your device on the charger for two hours or less and get going for the rest of the day. It has also freed us from sitting near a wall socket for long hours at a time. With Xiaomi’s demo, you probably can expect to charge a similar smartphone within a minute in a few years’ time.

Here is the thing though, that much displacement of electricity at one go is going to generate a lot of heat. While the speed at which the battery is being charged will cause more wear to the battery itself, the heat produced could also cause extra wear on the battery. More heat will also lead to less stability and in some cases, fire or explosion. In that case, there could be safety and durability problems that manufacturers will soon have to work with before they can push battery charging speeds to 200W and above.

Xiaomi’s tech demo is not an indication of when they will equip devices with 200W charging capabilities. 120W wireless charging mentioned does not also have an implementation date at this time. By the looks of it though, the charger technology is ready for prime time. That also means that we can expect Xiaomi to launch charger products that will charge faster than 120W and fast wireless charging at more than 80W.