Compact and powerful Xiaomi mi 6

Chinese brand Xiaomi broke into the mobile device market very sharply. The company initially positioned itself as a competitor to Apple from Asia, and it should be noted that in a few years the brand managed to win a share from the American giant. Below is an overview of Xiaomi mi 6, the flagship of 2017.

Package, features, design

The device comes in a white cardboard box. On the front side you can see the brand name and the memory version, it is written in the upper right corner. On the back of the box information about the technical characteristics.

In the delivery set, the user was found directly with a Xiaomi mi 6 smartphone, power supply, USB cable, transparent bumper made of silicone, a key for a SIM card tray, an adapter from type-c to connector 3.5.The device supports Quick Charge 4 technology, i.e. fast charge. The package is standard, but today a rare expensive smartphone is sold immediately with a case in the kit, albeit simple and cheap, but still.

Xiaomi MI 6 is available in four colors - black, white, blue with gold (glass case). The fourth version of the device is premium, it is released in limited edition and made of ceramics.

On a note! The most ambiguous of all turned out to be the blue version. The fact is that the case here is painted in a beautiful blue color, and the metal edging is painted in gold. If you look at reviews and reviews, you can see that some users find this combination to be very interesting and stylish, and the second half of the users have a negative attitude to this variant of colors.

Owners of the smartphone mi 5s remember that their case has bends on the sides on the back panel. In the sixth version, they also appeared on the lower and upper ends. Due to this, the model seems thin and very comfortable in the hand.

On the front panel In the upper part there is a camera for selfie, a light sensor, an LED indicator and a speaker.At the bottom is an oval fingerprint scanner and two touch buttons - back and home.

Bottom side - speaker, microphone, type-C. The top face is a microphone and infrared. On the right side is the power button and the volume control carriage. On the left side is a SIM card slot. The device supports 2 sim, memory card slot is not provided. On the back in the corner - 2 cameras and a double flash.

Dimensions and display

In the era of increasing the size of the display and dimensions of smartphones, Xiaomi MI 6 remained a fairly compact device. Dimensions - 145.2 * 70.5 * 7.5 mm. Weight - 168 grams. This is one of the few devices on Android from the premium segment that has retained some compactness.. The phone can be called heavy for its size, but due to the correct weight distribution and the overall ergonomics of the case, the weight is not felt. The device is very Comfortable to hold.

The screen size of the phone Xiaomi mi 6 is 5.15 inches, FullHD resolution. Display protection - glass, there is oleophobic coating and automatic light adjustment. In comparison with the previous device, the display has become much brighter,the maximum and minimum level of brightness increased, there was less glare, and in general a positive change on the screen can be noted.

Specialists of the brand worked on some of the display settings and did two important things - they improved the reading mode and lowered the minimum brightness. Now the reading mode has ceased to sharply divert colors to yellowness, as is the case with most smartphones from other brands. The second point is the minimum brightness. It is 1 nit, which corresponds to the radiance that a single candle gives. Because of this, at night you can very comfortably see everything on a virtually dark display. First is significantly saves battery, secondly, the device does not press at night on the eyes.

Operating system, performance, battery

The mi 6 smartphone in the out-of-the-box version runs on Android OS 7.1.1 and under the MIUI 8.0 shell. It makes no sense to talk about them a lot, the view that MIUI is the most customizable shell in the worldconfirmed once again. Here you can do almost everything, to the extent that teaching the phone on schedule to connect a wireless headset or turn off at a certain time, and then turn on again.In this case, this is not a feature of the device, but specifically the OS firmware from the brand.

The device is equipped Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. This is a work with 8 cores. The performance provides 6 gb of memory, the hard disk can be in versions 64 gb or 128 gb. Adreno 540 coprocessor provides high-quality graphics. The device easily copes with multitasking, high loads and games.

Important! A big plus, which will surely please users, is that even with a large number of running programs or during a game, the phone practically does not heat up. Many smartphones do it. Mi 6 gets a little warm, but it will not cause discomfort.

Phone autonomy is a sore subject that worries everyone. Despite the fact that the segment of average cost devices has long been a model with a battery capacity of 4000 mAh and higher, the vast majority of flagships are not equipped with such batteries. In mi 6 capacity is 3350 mAh. If the device is set to maximum brightness and not turned off at all, then it will safely endure the full 5-6 hours. Of course, this is done by a rare user, so on average, the device lasts for a working day of active use.Thanks to fast charging, which will charge the device by 56% in 30 minutes and 100% in an hour, there is no point in worrying that the phone will be discharged at the wrong time.

Camera and wireless communication standards

Like most modern smartphones, mi 6 is equipped with dual camera reareach of which has a resolution of 12 megapixels.

1. Main camera manufacturer - Sonu company. It should be noted that at the time of release this module existed only half a year, and almost never met in smartphones. It serves to obtain double zoom or background blur. Many competitors choose one of these functions, so a combination of both can be called a plus. In addition, the approximation here is achieved optically, which allows to minimize defects in the final image. Stabilization is also optical, there is phase focusing. The disadvantage is that these functions are only available for the main camera of the two rear ones.
2. The second camera is presented by Samsung. It is above average, but it is difficult to call top. In general, the impression from the camera remains positive.

Front camera 8 megapixels. The device can shoot video in 4K with a frame rate of 60 per second. Focusing is done by pressing.

The model supports 4G, GPS (starts to work 3 seconds after launch), support for two Wi-Fi standards through two antennas, which among other things increase the coverage area, it is possible to distribute the Internet from a smartphone. Bluetooth version 5.0, NFC.

Important! In general, all the necessary standards for the present are present in the phone, but the dual antenna is of particular interest, as the search area for networks has indeed become larger. This is felt when comparing the previous model and the new one.

Conclusion

The overall impression of the smartphone is extremely positive. The device turned out fast, beautiful, small and convenient. The phone fits well in the hand, performs all the tasks of the user, takes great pictures. The only drawback is that the memory cannot be expanded, and the blue version of the case is quickly covered with footprints. This leads to the fact that it has to constantly wipe. There is no such problem in the white and black versions. You can buy a phone for 30 thousand rubles in the official store of the manufacturer, it is also available from sellers throughout the country.