2020 Winners and Losers: Xiaomi

27 December 2020
Xiaomi continued its meteoric rise in the smartphone world so let's see its best and worst moves of the outgoing year.

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Anonymous, 27 Dec 2020No excuse. Brands should make two different sizes with sam... moreAnd where would all of these internals fit mister genius?

    Alex 94, 27 Dec 2020Realme 7 is best budget phone, not m3. Version 6/64gb with ... moreThe realme 7 is nowhere near 180 dollars so stop misinforming people

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      • Fjb
      • XM{
      • 27 Dec 2020

      So, Poco X2 😤😠 out of the chat.

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        • Anonymous
        • 39y
        • 27 Dec 2020

        Android Authority, 27 Dec 2020Xiaomi has been a pure winner this year. The MI 10 being... moreThe thing that annoys me about it, is that GSM arena are basing their looser bit on the fact that the phone cost 800 pounds when the reality was it sold for much less then this.

        I was pontificating for ages waiting for the thing to drop to half of the launch price, but finally pulled the trigger at 420 pounds.

        At the time even the Chinese version of the Pro was selling for 600 pounds, and the pro global version if you could find one was nearer 800 pounds, so I think the mi10 is or was a bit of a bargain for essentially the same phone with a not quite so good camera.

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          • txp
          • 27 Dec 2020

          redmi note 9 family has a lot of names ... yeah because business strategy.
          if the sales of redmi note 9 dropped, they change the color, the shape, the name, add 5G, and wake it up again.
          Redmi note 9 red violet color Sold Out very quickly in limited event in my country. Pretty effective 👌

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            • Anonymous
            • SHp
            • 27 Dec 2020

            Android Authority, 27 Dec 2020Xiaomi has been a pure winner this year. The MI 10 being... moreImo great year for them. The only downside for me is the lack of size options.

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              • Anonymous
              • mW4
              • 27 Dec 2020

              Did you miss the poco f2 on purpose? Arguably the best phone at 400 euro. Flagship soc, undisturbed hdr 10 amoled panel, ufs3.1/ddr5, decent camera, headphone jack, good battery capacity and more and more...

                Xiaomi has been a pure winner this year.

                The MI 10 being a loser isn't justified here
                Only thing to complain about that phone was slightly higher price.

                Gsmarena had to literally list the Redmi Note 9 naming scheme as a loser
                which proves that Xiaomi is easily the smartphone manufacturer of the Year.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • U@r
                  • 27 Dec 2020

                  Mi 10 ultra camera performance already gave tough competition to samsung,apple and Huawei. Wish they release mi 10 ultra type of phone globally too. It's really true flagship phone.

                    Anonymous, 27 Dec 2020In Europe, mi10 ultra would be easily same obscene price of... moreYou are nothing but a Keybo^rd Jo¢key.
                    I got the MI 10 ultra for my wife from Giztop at just under 750 Euros. That is almost half the pricing of S20 Ultra.
                    K30 Ultra and others were also available for the same price as in China.
                    Giztop and some other sites don't even charge you for import fees as they ship it from European warehouses.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • LkB
                      • 27 Dec 2020

                      Dani2018, 27 Dec 2020Good phones from xiaomi . I wish to be all over the world n... moreIn Europe, mi10 ultra would be easily same obscene price of samsung 20 ultra.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • fwG
                        • 27 Dec 2020

                        Anonymous, 27 Dec 2020I think you have completely missed the point of the mi10. ... moreMe too I don't care about cameras
                        Also I think the 108 mpx is sufficient, only a crazy man will disagree with that considering that even apple has in its 1500$ pro max only 2.5x zoom
                        And the 108mpx is extremly good at zoom no need for 2x or 3

                          Good phones from xiaomi . I wish to be all over the world not some models like ultra to be only for china.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • xtS
                            • 27 Dec 2020

                            Xiaomi really worke themselves this year, my honourable mentions are the Redmi K30 Ultra and the Redmi 10X sereis. The Mi 10 Ultra was a hit and would have unarguably been one of the best phones for 2020 if was launhed globaly, nut yet still makes waves around the world. Just hope Mi 11 series keeps the spirit up and yeah they launh a mini devixe with a small form fator. Well done Xiaomi, Smartphone manufaturer of the year.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LkB
                              • 27 Dec 2020

                              No excuse. Brands should make two different sizes with same features, maybe just different screen resolution for smaller one.
                              These non-pro phones are ridiculous.

                              For example. You have smartphone A with 6.6" QHD and 4800 mAh.
                              A smaller 6,0" FHD + 4000mAh would be already cheaper.

                              Smaller screen = cheaper
                              Lower res screen = cheaper
                              Smaller battery = cheaper
                              Smaller body = less external materials

                              All this would be enouh to make phone cheaper. No need to to reap any camera, screen refresh rate, different charging etc ..

                                Alex 94, 27 Dec 2020Realme 7 is best budget phone, not m3. Version 6/64gb with ... moreIn a lot of areas, the X3 NFC really beats the Realme 7 for a slightly higher price.

                                90Hz vs 120Hz screen
                                5000mAh vs 5160mAh battery
                                12nm vs 8nm processor
                                48MP vs 64MP main
                                8MP vs 13MP ultra wide
                                16MP vs 20MP front
                                Mono vs Stereo speakers
                                No IR blaster vs IR blaster present
                                30W vs 33W charger

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 39y
                                  • 27 Dec 2020

                                  I think you have completely missed the point of the mi10.

                                  Not everyone wants or needs a flagship camera, and having compared the two, I'm not convinced that the extra 50% in cost is worth it.

                                  Ymmv 😀

                                    Phoenikkk, 27 Dec 2020That 30 euros gap in no little gap you knowThe uk as well, the realme 7 128 GB 8GB model is £207 whereas the Poco X3 128GB 6GB is £249. Still think the Poco is better

                                      Alex 94, 27 Dec 2020Realme 7 is best budget phone, not m3. Version 6/64gb with ... moreThat 30 euros gap in no little gap you know

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • y6V
                                        • 27 Dec 2020

                                        next time they might name their next redmi note line "redmi note 9 6g"

                                        smh