Redmi Note 11 series: Everything you need to know

Redmi Note 11 serial: Everything yous need to know

(Image credit: Redmi)

The Redmi Note 11 series is officially coming to the U.M., and if you lot're looking for a new cheap phone, yous demand to pay attending.

Between them, these four phones correspond the follow-up to the Redmi Notation x Pro, one of the best UK phones from last year. Xiaomi'south budget make expertly blended premium parts with basic components to create well-balanced handsets for all sorts of users. And while you may take correctly identified that Redmi launched the Note 11 serial in November final year, that was the Red china-only debut of a dissimilar batch of handsets, then this is effectively a whole new phone reveal.

Then, we have iv new devices to expect at. In price-ascending order they are: the Redmi Notation 11, Note 11S, Notation 11 Pro and Notation 11 5G. You tin see how all four models compare in the table below, only we'll likewise look at the fundamental features in more detail.

One other signal: while the prices are given in dollars, these phones aren't coming to the U.Due south. as far every bit nosotros know, given Xiaomi hasn't been selling phones in that location for some time. But accept the figures equally guidance on how much these phones will toll in comparing with one another.

Redmi Note 11 series specs
	Redmi Annotation 11	Redmi Note 11S	Redmi Annotation 11 Pro	Redmi Note xi Pro 5G
Starting toll	$179	$249	$299	$329
Brandish	six.43-inch FHD AMOLED	6.43-inch FHD AMOLED	6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED	vi.67-inch FHD AMOLED
Refresh rate	90Hz	90Hz	120Hz	120Hz
Rear cameras	50MP main, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, 2MP depth	108MP chief, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, 2MP depth	108MP master, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, 2MP depth	108MP main, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro
Front end camera	13MP	13MP	16MP	16MP
Chipset	Snapdragon 680	Helio G96	Helio G96	Snapdragon 695
RAM	4GB, 6GB	6GB, 8GB	6GB, 8GB	6GB, 8GB
Storage	64GB, 128GB	64GB, 128GB	64GB, 128GB	64GB, 128GB
Battery	5,000 mAh	five,000 mAh	5,000 mAh	5,000 mAh
Charging	33W wired	33W wired	67W wired	67W wired

All four phones share the same apartment-sided design, 5,000 mAh batteries, power button-mounted fingerprint scanner and include a headphone socket, too. But everywhere else the phones diverge in some sometimes disruptive means.

The Redmi Note 11 — (Image credit: Redmi)

The standard Note 11 and Note 11S (launching this month) both use 6.43-inch, FHD displays with 90Hz refresh rates, and 33W wired fast charging, which fills the phone from 0 to 100% in an hour. The Annotation 11 then adds a 50MP main camera, an 8MP ultrawide camera, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth camera, plus a 13MP selfie camera. The Note 11S takes is much the aforementioned, but swaps the main camera to a higher-resolution 108MP sensor, and the front photographic camera to a 16MP one.

The Redmi Note 11S — (Image credit: Redmi)

The two phones also use slightly different chipsets: the Note 11 has a Snapdragon 680, while the Note 11S gets a Helio G96 instead, which is more than powerful but slightly less ability efficient, according to benchmarks.

The Redmi Note 11 Pro, both on its side and on its back while charging — (Epitome credit: Redmi)

The ii Pro models (which are arriving in February) match up on their six.67-inch FHD displays with 120Hz refresh charge per unit, 67W wired fast charging which promises a l% charge in merely 15 minutes, and almost of their cameras: 108MP main, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, and 16MP selfie.

The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G — (Epitome credit: Redmi)

They then diverge, with the Note eleven Pro offering an boosted 2MP depth camera on the back and a Helio G96 chip. The Note xi Pro 5G doesn't become this extra photographic camera (odd for the supposed acme model in the range), but it does go a Snapdragon 695 chipset, a marginally more than potent slice of silicon that also gives it the 5G compatibility it's named after.

Putting aside the confusion of having some lower-priced phones offer better specs in some areas compared to the top model, this is a good follow-up to the Note 10 series. Redmi's still holding back on giving these phones much computing power, simply the diversity of cameras, the fast charging and particularly the large and responsive brandish are all withal present.

Nosotros've yet to hear precise details about when the phones volition get in, and how much they'll cost in the U.Thou, but for the latter betoken, nosotros can expect to the Note 10 again. The Note x Pro started at £249, putting it a practiced mode below the price of the £399 OnePlus Nord two or $449, U.S.-only Google Pixel 5a, ii of our favorite cheap phones.

Nevertheless, while the Redmi Note 11S or Redmi Note eleven Pro look to cost about the same, the Note 11 Pro 5G could potentially cross the £300 mark, reducing its price advantage over the OnePlus and Google rivals.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Mag Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's too written for WIRED U.K., The Annals and Creative Bloq. When non at work, he'southward likely thinking near how to brew the perfect loving cup of specialty coffee.