Xiaomi Civi phone, the first time I heard this name, I thought to myself what the hell
was this phone? Because Civi in Chinese sounds like Ci Wei 刺猬, which means hedgehog.
Does that mean even a hedgehog needs a good selfie phone? That’s fun!
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As you can probably tell from this thin Xiaomi Civi packaging box, it’s going to be very
eco-friendly. That’s true, because in the box you only got a pin, a user manual, a soft
transparent phone case and a 3.5mm headphone adapter, that’s it. It didn’t even come
with a charging cable, let alone the charger. Now moving to the design, on top we see a
mic, an infrared blaster, and a speaker. We also see the sound is tuned by Dolby Atmos.
Moving to the side, it’s classic Xiaomi design, we see the power key and volume rocker
on the right side, nothing on the left. For the bottom we see the SIM card tray, It’s
dual card supported but not SD card expansion. Type-c port, mic, and the speaker. If you
want to know how it sounds, here it is.
Moving on to the camera, the main module is based
around a 64 MP sensor, no optical stabilization though. The next camera has a 120º ultra
wide-angle lens and an 8 MP sensor. Last on the back is a 2 MP macro camera. For selfies,
the Xiaomi Civi comes equipped with a 32 MP shooter with an autofocus lens. Since we are
talking about the front panel, let’s talk more. It’s quite a display, a 6.55” curved
OLED panel with the thinnest “chin” on a Xiaomi phone. The distance between the bottom
row of pixels and the metal frame is just 2.55 mm (1/10 inch). This 1080p+ OLED display
supports both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision and comes with excellent calibration – deltaE
is around 0.36. The display can hit a peak brightness of 950 nits. The display supports
120 Hz refresh rate too and comes with 240 Hz touch sampling rate.
Yes, I guess this is the most beautiful Xiaomi phone ever. It’s lightweight and not too
big, perfect for one hand holding and operating. The curved display and a soft-touch matte
finish on the back glass just give this phone a premium and elegant look.
As for other specs, it is powered by the Snapdragon 778G, one of the more exciting chipsets to
launch recently. Fabbed on TSMC’s 6 nm process, it is an alternative to the 780G. We ran the
Antutu test on the phone and this was what we got, I guess it’s a midrange phone level,
isn’t it? It has nine layers of graphene to keep the chip running cool, it does have
a good thermal control, I like that, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it has good gaming
performance for the Adreno supports Variable Rate Shading, which can boost performance
with minimal image quality loss as well. The phone runs on a 4,500 mAh battery, which Xiaomi
says will be enough of just over 24 hours of use. Afterwards, it can be fully charged
in 45 minutes thanks to the 55W wired charging support.
For sure, the most compelling highlight would be the selfie camera performance. Xiaomi has
done lots of optimization on the front camera to let you have beautiful selfies. Well, I’m
not a selfie guy but still tried a few, as I switched between Natural and Classic and
took a few, holy smoke, I really look like a star from these selfies, I really wish I
could look this pretty. Anyway, I’m going to use one of these as my Tinder profile picture.
All jokes aside, in my opinion, I think it’s too artificial that makes the selfies look
unreal and honestly, I’m not a big fan. But that’s not the case with many of my
female friends like Eva or Cymye, they found the selfies are nice and if you are interested
in seeing more, I will put at the end of this video, please make sure to check it out.
So, my first impression for the Xiaomi Civi phone is that it is a beautiful phone with
solid specs and performance, it’s rare to see a phone with this lightweight and thin
design nowadays. The camera performance I guess is super good for those who love taking
selfies, though it may not for all. What do you think of this phone? Would you buy it
for your girls or yourself, let me know in the comments section.
I’m Sami and I will see you in the next one.