Xiaomi 14 review

25 February 2024


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  • 26 Feb 2024

Anonymous, 26 Feb 2024Have you tried comparing photos side by side instead of jus... moreOf course, I did!

Let's look at an example together:
Does the grass, trees, etc look: "flagship-grade", "has everything - sharpness, fine detail" to you?
To my eyes, the processing of Xiaomi 14 strongly resembles an artificial water painting effect, and the darn thing costs 1000 euros!

Xiaomi 14:
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/24/xiaomi-14/camera/gsmarena_040.jpg

Samsung S20:
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/24/samsung-galaxy-s24/camera/gsmarena_1102.jpg

Vivo X100pro:
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/23/vivo-x100-pro/daylight/gsmarena_102.jpg

Iphone 15 pro:
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/23/apple-iphone-15-pro/daylight/gsmarena_121.jpg

Oppo Find X7pro:
https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/23/oppo-find-x6-pro/camera/gsmarena_009.jpg

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    • Anonymous
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    • 26 Feb 2024

    Eno2, 26 Feb 2024"Main camera The main camera delivers flagship-grade ... moreHave you tried comparing photos side by side instead of just looking at one and coming up with your "conclusion"?

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      • skL
      • 26 Feb 2024

      "Main camera
      The main camera delivers flagship-grade image quality during the day. It has everything - sharpness, fine detail, wide dynamic range, accurate color reproduction, and consistent outdoor and indoor performance."

      I'm sorry but what I see is ugly over-processing, unnatural details, and vegetation that resembles digital water painting.

      Just an example, my observations remain consistent throughout the gallery:
      https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/24/xiaomi-14/camera/gsmarena_041.jpg

      In my humble opinion, I don't see any "flagship-grade image quality", on the contrary! I saw much better image quality from much cheaper phones, and I'm very curious how you managed to get to the above conclusion.

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        • Anonymous
        • Sme
        • 26 Feb 2024

        not worth that price.

          Love the design of this phone and the size is great, not too small or not too big. Night photos I think have improved on the Xiaomi 13. However, the daytime photos seem to have regressed. Really can't see how the gsmarena team came to the conclusion that they have everything especially the 'fine details' part. The fine details seem to be smeared a lot, probably due to the noise reduction. Chinese comparisons against the Vivo x100 for example also show quite a big gap in details in daytime images in favour of the Vivo x100. It's a pity the standard x series models never seem to get reviewed on gsmarena as they always have pretty good cameras in this price category. The video quality is typically very good on Xiaomi flagships though and I think that seems to be the case again here. I feel they are one of the most reliable android brands for video quality in their flagships at least for the last couple of years. The only other minor negative for me is the screen brightness. Less than 500 nits for manual brightness is miles behind the competition. Although the global peak brightness is ok (but sill on the low side) this othen can't be sustained in outdoor use so higher manual brightness would have been nice.

            Anonymous, 25 Feb 2024So , rumor that full sensor was used this time was not true... moreYeah. This is what their official specs say in China for the "3.2x". The Chinese site has more detail than the European ones.

            '32MP effective pixels (photo mode); 50MP total pixels (portrait mode); the actual number of pixels used in photos and videos is slightly different due to different modes, please refer to the actual situation.
            * The focal length of each lens is the equivalent focal length number in the default mode, which may be different from the physical equivalent focal length. Please refer to the actual one.'

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              • Anonymous
              • CbK
              • 26 Feb 2024

              Is it better than xiomi redmi note 13 pro??

                Even the galaxy S suffered with low sale in every year . What this brand is thinking to sale that price huh ? Awful marketing.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • sXb
                  • 26 Feb 2024

                  I see on the specs 1920fps video - obviously *simulated* (fake) using interpolation.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • sXb
                    • 26 Feb 2024

                    The camera section claims that it produces "accurate color reproduction" - was the sky *really* that colour ?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • fCC
                      • 26 Feb 2024

                      the new hyper os appears to be quite efficient with battery

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                        • 26 Feb 2024

                        Expensive asf. Vivo x100 series are much better

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                          • 26 Feb 2024

                          Smallworld, 25 Feb 2024Good phone (I tried the Xiaomi 13 once and was quite impres... moreSince when do Xiaomi flagships come with ads? Really like to know that since I never encountered ads on my old Mi 9 up to the current 11T i am using.

                          4 years OS and 5 years security updates is in line with other brands beside Samsung and Google, and better than the 2 years OS and 3 years security updates from the likes of Sony and Asus.

                            Anonymous, 25 Feb 2024Xiaomi needs hardware advantage to claim better results tha... moreIt's more like Xiaomi missed up particular image processing on the 14 series only - This is notably worse than the REGULAR Xiaomi 13's performance even though the predecessor used a significantly smaller sensor to begin with. I hope Xiaomi will fix this ASAP because fine details are really badly eroded at the moment.

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                              • GBh
                              • 25 Feb 2024

                              I feel that outside of the screen, this looks like a downgrade or even a side-grade compared to the Xiaomi 13.

                              The camera bump looks uglier this year

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                                • Anonymous
                                • xjH
                                • 25 Feb 2024

                                AnonD-1140025, 25 Feb 2024Overpriced phone with awful cameras and software With all respect, you are wrong.

                                  Rosso, 25 Feb 2024Cameras are looking great, software wise Xiaomi isn't ... moreThey look good on paper. Too bad that photos taken with them don't do them justice.

                                    Mills, 25 Feb 2024It either looks too warm/vivid or washed out. Probably a bu... moreIt's not about too vivid\too warm - the grass just looks mushy, like there's too much noise reduction applied.

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                                      • 25 Feb 2024

                                      indlvarn, 25 Feb 2024Wow, grass even with the main camera is so badly detailed. ... moreXiaomi needs hardware advantage to claim better results than others.
                                      See that super wide is 1/2.5" like many other, results are not better.

                                      This one that uses 1/1.28" loses against so many. Turf is completely mushed in daytime and base ISO. Even OnePlus with 1/1.43" does better.

                                        Anonymous, 25 Feb 2024It's 982 euro at gomibo.de and 999 euro at belsimpel.n... moreThat's cheaper than official pricing. Official price is 1,100 for 12gb 512gb but there are prep booking deals in many European countries with free gifts if you buy early

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