Mi 10 - My Honest Opinions: MIUI Destroyed this Phone

Xiaomi Mi 10

Yesterday, Xiaomi launched their Mi 10 after a long wait and I was excited during the whole launch event. But when I saw the price, all the excitement was gone. Today, I will tell why this phone will be the biggest flop for Xiaomi. Stay tuned to know.

So let’s start with the basic specs. I am overall impressed with the basic specs. You get a 6.67” FHD+ sAMOLED Display with a punch-hole on the left corner. And one thing that I noticed is that it has very thin bezels. Though it is not QHD, I can’t call it a bad display by any means. Though you might think that it should have had a QHD resolution vut you would realize that it won’t create any difference in daily life and it would even get you some better battery life. It has a 90Hz Refresh Rate but I wish it had the 120 Hz Refresh Rate from POCO X2.  So I am disappointed with the display.

When it comes to design, I am again disappointed. It has a Gorilla Glass 5 Back with a pretty design but which phone doesn’t have that in 2020. There is no IP Rating on the phone. The phone’s design is overall good but is nothing special. The phone has the Snapdragon 865 which is a great thing. It is the best chipset on a mobile that can be given. And you can get it in 8GB RAM with 128GB or 256GB storage. So I have no complaints when it comes to the hardware. And it had MIUI 11 with Android 10. Here are the benchmark scores of OnePlus 8 with Snapdragon 865 compared with iPhone SE. 

Benchmark Scores

Now seeing the camera setup, I am really happy. It has a 108MP (f/1.7) main camera with OIS. It has a 13MP Wide-Angle Lens to accompany it along with a 2MP Macro lens and a 2MP Portrait Lens. Now I would have preferred a 48MP Wide-Angle Lens and a Telephoto shooter but the main thing is that the primary shooter which you would use the most is best in class. The front camera is a 20MP shooter which would perform well. Now one thing no one is talking about is that it has 8K video recording like the S20. Now if someone says that 8K video is unnecessary, then QHD screens are also unnecessary.

It has 5G support which is the future. This phone has the IR Blaster for Mi Remote if you want that. And you get a speaker grille on both the top and bottom. But there is no Headphone Jack which is nowadays extinct on flagships. Now it has a 4780 mAh battery which is bigger than the OnePlus 8 phones. With the power-efficient chip, this phone would perform very well when it comes to battery life. It has 30W fast wired charging along with 30W wireless charging which is insane. It is present on the OnePlus 8 Pro too. Even the S20 Series lacks that. It also has reverse wireless charging at 10W. I would link the Xiaomi Wireless Charger down below.

So this phone has nothing special. It comes at ₹49,999 for the 128GB variant and ₹54,999 for the 256GB variant. You get a Coral Green Colour and a Twilight Grey Colour. I would have liked if both the variants were ₹5k cheaper and it started at ₹44,999.  But question is if you would even like to spend that much on Xiaomi. 

Mi 10 in Coral Green

I don’t say that Xiaomi is a bad brand. Today, you get its certified service centers in every medium to big cities. You don’t get any problems in claiming warranties and the service is good too. But the reason is MIUI. You are spending 50k on a phone and you still get bloatware on this phone. And you get ads in MIUI and I think that Xiaomi has now crossed the limits when it comes to ads.

Now the story started in 2018 when Xiaomi started giving ads. Before people say that you can disable them, I want to know why we need ads in our UI. Xiaomi is not doing a favor by giving us cheap phones and it’s not like you don’t have any competitors. In fact, many phones are even providing better specs for the same price. So the reason that they have to provide cheap phones is simply stupid.

In the starting, Xiaomi was limited to the promotion of different products and apps. You could easily disable those and use your phone normally. But in the last few months, Xiaomi has started giving too many ads and some that you can't even disable. And if this was not enough, Xiaomi has even started pushing inappropriate ads. This was the moment when Xiaomi crossed its limits. Xiaomi claimed that they would reduce ads on MIUI 11 and even remove all forms of inappropriate ads. But things got worse when MIUI 11 came to India.

I seriously suggest Xiaomi to remove all forms of adware and junk from MIUI 12, especially the inappropriate ads. Xiaomi has been the No. 1 Smartphone Company of India from Q3 of 2017 and even if they earn something extra from ads, it is destroying MIUI's reputation day by day. And it is even nicknamed as AD UI. It is not that MIUI is a bad Custom Skin. It is a pretty good and stable skin keeping the ads aside and it has the ability to perform well even on entry-level phones. It also gives you a lot of customizations and now even has an App Drawer. Wthout the adware, MIUI provides a premium user experience. 

Now, if they come out and say that they won’t give ads on premium phones, it won’t create any difference. Xiaomi has destroyed its own MIUI’s reputation and they would have to remove all this junk from all their models ranging from the entry-level Redmi A Series to their Mi series flagship smartphones.

I hope that Xiaomi reduces the price after the situation gets better. I can say that a 5k price cut and removal of all forms of junk in MIUI 12 can really make Mi 10 a killer flagship but until then, I suggest you to go for the OnePlus 8 or OnePlus 8 Pro and you can even look towards the iPhone SE if you want an iPhone. 

Buy Link:- Amazon     mi.com    Mi Wireless Charger