27/11/2020
The Mi 10T Pro was announced and released earlier last month and it has finally landed in Singapore just 2 weeks ago. If you are looking for a 5G phone that works, this phone joins the 5G handsets stable which are certified to work on Singapore’s 5G network.
Supporting the 5G bands n1/n3/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n41/n77/n78, it will work with Singapore’s NSA network running on n1 (2100MHz) network and future n78 (3500MHz) network.
Powered by the flagship Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865, Mi 10T Pro offers extreme power efficiency, performance, and 5G connectivity.
Mi 10T Pro comes with a 144 Hz display which has automatically matches the content’s frame rate, from enjoying your favorite movie at 48Hz to watching TV series at 50Hz, from streaming video at 30Hz or 60Hz to scrolling social media feeds or gaming at up to 144Hz – it guarantees a smooth experience and optimum battery usage. And with Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation (MEMC) technology, the devices insert more frames to make video smoother and better viewing.
Mi 10T Pro isn’t stingy with battery. It comes with a 5000 mAh battery to keep you online for more than 24 hours. Get it charged up to 100% with it’s 33W charger under 1 hour.
The Mi 10T Pro is big in the camera department. The phone comes with triple camera at the rear. With the 108 megapixel camera, it takes crisp clear photos with OIS and 8K video support. In addition, there is a 13 megapixel ultra wide angle, a 5 megapixel macro camera and a 20 megapixel front camera.
108MP+13MP+5MP triple rear camera
108MP ultra-high resolution main camera
Samsung HMX, 1 /1.33” sensor size
0.8μm pixel size, 4-in-1 to 1.6μm Super Pixel
Up to 30x digital zoom
f/1.69, 7P lens, OIS, AF
13MP ultra-wide angle camera
1.12μm pixel size, FOV 123°, f/2.4, 5P lens
5MP macro camera
1.12μm pixel size, f/2.4, 3P lens, AF(2cm-10cm)
20MP Ultra-clear Front Camera
Samsung S5K3T2
0.8μm pixel size, 4-in-1 to 1.6μm Super Pixel
1 /3.4″ sensor size, f/2.2, 5P lens, FF
Show off your creativity with the dynamic photographic enhancements like 6 different Long exposure modes – moving crowd, star trials, photo clones, time burst feature and 3 new filters Cyberpunk, Gold vibes and Black ice. Enjoy Dual video , recording from both back and front cameras at the same time, video clones etc.
In addition to these, Xiaomi AI Skyscaping 3.0 let’s you turn boring landscape photos into life. Turn gloomy skyline into a sunny day, snow scene. Add all these including fireworks to photos taken on the phone or other phones too.
In terms of gaming, users will experience smoother game play thanks to the Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 GPU. Loading of games and applications will be faster with it’s UFS3.1 and LPDDR5 on board.
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Let’s take a look at what is inside the package
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How does the processor perform?
PCMARK
From the Work 2.0 performance benchmark in PCMark, we can see that it works just as fast as other competitors with the similar processor Snapdragon 865.
Geekbench
From our tests, playing back of 4k Youtube video warms it up to 36.7 deg C. After running PCMark tests, the temperature is only 35.5 deg C.
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We tested the two locations, the first at Dover Road near ACS and the second test was conducted at the platform of Buona Vista MRT station.
Using nperf, you can also do active mapping and contribute to the 5G map for the respective telco (in this case, we are using M1).
The speeds aren’t fantastic, they average around 100 Mbps to 150 Mbps. This test proves that Mi 10T Pro is not firmware locked to support the Singapore 5G network unlike some other brands.
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According to the specs, the smartphone comes with a triple camera set up at the rear and a front selfie camera.
The back camera default takes pictures in wide screen mode. You might want to set it to 4:3 ratio or 16:9.
108MP+13MP+5MP triple rear camera
108MP ultra-high resolution main camera
Samsung HMX, 1 /1.33” sensor size
0.8μm pixel size, 4-in-1 to 1.6μm Super Pixel
Up to 30x digital zoom
f/1.69, 7P lens, OIS, AF
The shot was taken using initially at 27 MP and in 108 MP. The first picture is displayed in 1:1 ratio while the 108 MP picture is screen reduced to half it’s resolution.
If we were to zoom in to 1:1, the wordings Fullerton will appear in greater detail.
Although it may be difficult to view the difference on a mobile screen, the 108 MP did give more details and somewhat the pictures get overexposed. The resolution and the file is also way larger on 108 MP. Seriously, I think taking photos at 27 MP (4:3 ratio) is sufficient.
13MP ultra-wide angle camera
1.12μm pixel size, FOV 123°, f/2.4, 5P lens
5MP macro camera
1.12μm pixel size, f/2.4, 3P lens, AF(2cm-10cm)
This is a shot of the memory module. The 5 MP macro camera did a good job even in low lighting.
20MP Ultra-clear Front Camera
Samsung S5K3T2
0.8μm pixel size, 4-in-1 to 1.6μm Super Pixel
1 /3.4″ sensor size, f/2.2, 5P lens, FF
Below is a video of pictures being shot using the normal, wide angle, macro camera.
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Something interesting with Xiaomi phones is the ease to install gcam mod file. With the mod, we compare to night mode shot.
Using the night mode of the default camera, we took the shot below and took another using the gcam mod.
Which photo do you prefer? The original photo is cooler in colours while the Gcam is warmer. In fact, the same shot from the Pixel 3 XL looks similar to the Gcam mod. It is able to process the details.
I would say that both photos are good night shots as it was very dim at the location of the shoot near Boon Lay MRT Station.
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The rear camera can record in 4K 60 fps. We test it against the Pixel 3 XL and compare the image stabilisation of the videos. Although it is not the best among the phones we have seen so far, it captured the clarity with pretty good stability without a gimbal.
The camera can also do 8K Video Recording | Video clones | Dual video | Movie frame | AI Portrait video | Video pro mode | Video log mode Video Macro mode | Vlog mode | AI video color focus | ShootSteady | 15 Seconds Short video recording | Video Beautify8K video recording
24/30fps4K video recording
30/60fps1080p video recording
30/60fps720p video recording
30fps720p/1080p slow motion recording
120/240/960fps*
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Xiaomi AI Skyscaping 3.0 let’s you turn boring landscape photos into life. Turn gloomy skyline into a sunny day, snow scene. Add all these including fireworks to photos taken on the phone or other phones too.
On the left is the origina photo and on the right is the lightning skyscape being applied to the skyline.
As mentioned, there are other features like photo clones, star trials etc on the Mi 10T pro. Below is a video by Xiaomi which demonstrates these interesting features.
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After 2 weeks of testing and going around hunting for 5G signals, we find that the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro is indeed a smartphone that integrates performance, design and technology in one but at an affordable price.
In terms of design, the smartphone uses a 144 Hz adaptive refresh rate LCD screen instead of AMOLED. While some prefer an AMOLED over LCD, I personally find the screen to be quite comfortable for viewing for long hours even in fast motion scenes.
The probably complain would be the weight of the smartphone. It is also slightly thicker probably due to the protruding camera system at the rear.
Performance wise, it is on par with most Snapdragon 865 based smartphones in the market as seen in the benchmarks tested.
In terms of features, the Mi 10T Pro is one of the most interesting phones we come across so far. The Mi 10T Pro comes with many interesting filters in the AI Skyscape 3.0. It allows you to transform skylines into different scenes. In addition, photo clones, long exposure modes — Moving crowd, neon trials, oil painting, light painting etc lets you create pictures that looks professional only with an expensive setup.
The camera system on the Mi 10T Pro chose the Samsung sensors instead of the Sony ones. The main camera is capable of 108 MP shoot but effectively it is a 27 MP sensor. Day pictures won’t differ a lot.
When it comes to digital zoom, the shots looks noisy beyond 5 times. As for night shots with night mode, the pictures taken are brighter with slight overexposure. The colours tend to be cooler. Surprisingly, the wide angle sensor also took amazingly good night shots. Usually, most smartphones do not put much emphasis on the wide angle camera. The 5MP macro also took very good close up shots in low light as we have to as close as 5 cm from the subject.
4K/60 fps video shots are pretty stable but I personally feel that the OnePlus 8T seems more stable. There is definitely room for improvement.
The Mi 10T Pro comes with a Dual SIM slot. If you are already using a eSIM, sorry, you have to switch back to a Physical SIM. The 5G modem supports most of the common bands used (mainly European bands). Thus, you are pretty safe that the phone will be able to run on most 5G networks provided that it is provisioned to use the 5G network there. Supported sub 6 bands n1/n3/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n41/n77/n78. mmwave bands are not supported. Bands N1 and N78 are deployed by the three telcos Singtel, M1 and Starhub. The Mi 10T Pro is also certified to work on M1 and Starhub as they are listed as smartphones being provisioned for 5G support.
Mi 10T Pro comes with a huge battery at 5000mAh. It also bundled in a 33W fast charge charger which could charge up to 100% within 1 hour. As for usage, I do not need to recharge it everyday. It should last up to at least 1.5 days if you use it for Social media, speedtests etc.
In Conclusion, the Mi 10T Pro has an excellent camera system which will probably be on par with Mi 10 Pro (DXOMark score of 128).
In terms of price and specifications, the Mi 10T Pro is definitely worth your every penny if you don’t mind the weight of it. The other smartphones costs at least a thousand dollars and may not even have such a good feature set. Most importantly, it is probably the first XIaomi 5G phone to be certified to work on M1 and Starhub.
Official price of Mi 10T Pro is SGD 749 (8 GB + 256 GB).
You can get it at S$699 at Qoo10.
We give Mi 10T Pro our Gold Award
Pros :
- 144 Hz screen
- 5G NSA/NA bands
- Quad Camera system
- 5000mAh battery
- Cons:
- Weight 218g
- No Telephoto
- No IP rating (just splash proof)
- No 65W quick charging
Ratings
- Performance 10
- Design 10
- Features 9
- Usability 10
- Value for money 10
- Score : 9.8 / 10
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