The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro are high-end Android

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s developed by Xiaomi Inc. It is the Xiaomi's first high-end smartphone and announced on 13 February 2020.

Specifications

Design

The Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro use an aluminum frame and Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and rear. The display is curved and larger than the Mi 9; a circular cutout in the upper left hand corner for the front-facing camera replaces the Mi 9's notch. The camera module resembles the Mi CC9 Pro/Mi Note 10 with the accent ring from the Mi 9 around the top sensor, although the flash is located below in place of the macro sensor. The bottom sensor is likewise separate from the main camera array, and both protrude slightly. The Mi 10 is available in Ice Blue, Peach Gold and Titanium Silver, while the Mi 10 Pro is available in Pearl White and Starry Blue.

Hardware

The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, with the Adreno 650 GPU. They have a FHD+ Super

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display at a 90 Hz

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with

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support. There is an optical (in-display)

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as well. Both have 8 GB or 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM, and 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB of non-expandable UFS 3.0. The Mi 10's battery is 4780 mAh and the Mi 10 Pro's is slightly smaller at 4500 mAh. The devices can be recharged over

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at up to 30 W for the Mi 10 and 50 W for the Mi 10 Pro, and can also charge wirelessly at up to 30 W with reverse charging at 10 W. The Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro feature quad camera setups. While both come with a 108 MP wide sensor, the Mi 10 has a 13 MP ultrawide sensor and 2 MP macro and depth sensors, while the Mi 10 Pro has a 20 MP ultrawide sensor, a 12 MP portrait sensor and an 8 MP telephoto sensor. Both are capable of recording video at 8K resolution. The front-facing camera on both devices uses a 20 MP sensor.

Software

The devices run on Android 10, with Xiaomi's custom MIUI 11

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. Later they were updated to MIUI 13 based on

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. As of 2024, the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro received

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based on Android 13.

Reception

DXOMARK gave the Mi 10 Pro's camera an overall score of 124, with a photo score of 134 and a video score of 104, ranking it as their best smartphone camera at the time.

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* * {{Xiaomi Android (operating system) devices Phablets Mobile phones introduced in 2020 Mobile phones with multiple rear cameras Mobile phones with 8K video recording Mobile phones with infrared transmitter Discontinued flagship smartphones Mi 10