- 108 megapixels, have we gotten to the point
where there's just too many megapixels
for one man to handle?
Probably not.
This is the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro,
it features a 144 Hertz display that peaks at 650 nits
and can handle 500 nits sustained,
that's what it's rated for.
It's got a Snapdragon 865 processor,
a 5000 watt battery, with up to a 33 watt fast charging,
and it comes with a really cheap, crappy case.
Look at that.
Hey, it's a really good thing this is a popular phone brand
with lots of access to third party accessories.
(laughs)
Got 'em.
What else we got in here?
They include a fast charger,
a type C 2.0 headphone jack adapter,
as well as a type C cable,
and of course, the phone itself.
Now the things that I'm most interested in here today
are of course, the 108 megapixel camera,
as well as, this is one of the big ones that Xiaomi
is touting for this model, the stabilized,
yes my friends, optically stabilized 8K video recording
on this puppy.
The Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back
doesn't do anything for the fingerprint resistance,
unfortunately, but at least it's quick to clean off.
It has gotten to the point now where like every phone brand
manages to do just a really great job of the fit and finish
of their devices.
Look at this thing, that is a really cool color,
it's kinda hard for you guys to see,
but it's like a dark, kind of like a black mirror,
like it could just consume your whole life, you know?
We've got three cameras, so a 108 megapixel main shooter
right here, then a 13 megapixel ultra wide, as well as
a just five megapixel macro camera.
The front shooter is I think 20 megapixels,
so it's a hole punch camera,
and that's really interesting,
so there's kind of an outer ring around it,
but I think the hole punch itself, yeah, is really small,
that's very interesting.
Insert you SIM card, how about not?
Classic or limitless?
Help me choose, Brandon.
- [Brandon] Classic.
- Classic?
Oh, screwing up everything,
I screwed up everything.
Setup complete, you're ready to rock,
wow, that was a very painless setup process.
Good job, Xiaomi.
Now one of their schticks on the display here
is that it features adaptive sync,
so you can run it at 30 fps, 48, 60, 90, 120, and 144 Hertz,
and based on the content that you're consuming,
it should know which one is going to be most optimal,
both from a power draw perspective,
as well as from a content enjoyment perspective.
One thing that weirds me out about that though is like,
Brandon, did you notice anything missing there?
- [Brandon] No, sorry, what?
- 24 fps.
- [Brandon] Oh, yeah.
- Why is there no 24 Hertz support?
So I just want to see if maybe my documentation
for the phone has got that wrong,
and maybe there's something that I can do here to know.
Okay, not at all.
Wow, this is actually a really helpful little demo though.
Like you can really see that difference.
That is what 60 Hertz looks like.
90 looks a lot better, and 144 Hertz is like yeah,
you really want to take advantage of that Snapdragon 865
processor or whatever, and the handful of games
that you're gonna be able to run at 144 fps.
You go for that.
If it was me, I'd probably run 90 Hertz the vast majority
of the time, it really makes a difference,
but without quite the hit to your power consumption.
Whatever, let's leave it on 144 Hertz for the sake of,
well, I guess we better get on the WiFi.
Tap to share password feature, real nice.
It is amazing how far the third party Androids can succumb
to the point where even the Chinese ones
I don't immediately look at them and go oh,
I'd rather have stock Android,
'cause they actually have meaningful features
that you might not find
on the stock Android experience.
On the right we've got our lock button,
and that doubles as a fingerprint sensor,
does it have a double click for camera?
No, well, it locks and unlocks really fast,
so I guess that's cool, but,
oh, you can double tap the volume down though,
that'll get your camera open.
I'll accept that, I'm very fond of that gesture.
On the top, we've got is that an IR blaster?
Actually kind of looks like one,
but I don't see one in my, oh, it does!
You wanna use that, you know that universal remote app
or whatever that maybe some developer somewhere
is actually still working on, in spite of the fact
that IR blasters are basically dead,
this is your phone.
Over on the left side, we've got a whole lot of nothing.
And then on the bottom, we've got your SIM tray,
type C, oh, let's see if there's a micro SD tray in there.
Get wrecked, Linus, but it does have dual SIM.
How close in touch can I get
if I have a 108 megapixel camera?
I just wanna take a quick picture here
Okay, all right, it's zoom a loom time.
No that ain't bad, fair bit of noise out here.
Of course, when you have a high megapixel sensor,
a lot of the time, those pixels are very very small,
so there's a very good chance that we're not
taking proper advantage of it
unless we are somewhere with a ton of light.
So one moment please, I'mma head outside.
So I got a revelation for you, Brandon.
108, it's a lot of pixels.
So under ideal lighting conditions,
like dang, look at that, you can get all the way in there.
Now normally you won't have ideal lighting conditions,
so it becomes more of just like a race
to who can have the most pixel megas,
but let's have a look at this 8K video here.
That's not bad.
How interesting.
The other highlights of the phone,
in no particular order, are its support for 5G,
although only in non-standalone mode,
which for now shouldn't be a major concern,
'cause I don't think too many mobile carriers
are moving straight to standalone only 5G.
Also of course, the configurations that it comes in,
so 128, or 256 gigs of storage,
and of course, their X axis linear vibration motor,
which I actually don't know exactly what they mean by that
in terms of the tech they're using,
but what I will say is their haptic feedback
feels a lot better than I would have expected
from a brand like Xiaomi,
even just a couple short years ago.
It's not in line with you know, obviously something
like Taptic just yet, but it's also not far off,
like there's too much vibration kinda throughout the phone,
it doesn't feel quite like it's just the screen,
but boy, is it ever a lot better than it used to be.
I wanna say that the display did look really good outside,
no readability issues.
And the last thing I want to try is apparently it's got
dual speakers, but how do they sound?
(upbeat music)
Uh, initial impressions, not great.
Let's try a couple year old flagship
and see if maybe I'm just imagining that
that doesn't sound very good.
(upbeat music)
- [Brandon] That sounded a lot better.
- Yeah, it sounded a lot better.
(upbeat music)
Yeah, that's a muddled mess,
got some work to do there.
In fairness, of course, Xiaomi has a much, much skinnier
speaker port here, but like, I don't know,
on a certain level, I don't care,
like you make these decisions, you make these trade offs,
so you have to live with the consequences.
It doesn't sound very good.
I'm sorry, that's kind of the cold hard truth of it.
If you're not the kind of person who uses your phone
as a boombox, like okay, sure, like whatever,
that's fine, it's just it is something
that you should be aware of.
This shot's very good, it's definitely working,
so it's HDR 10 certified, why is it in 480 phdr?
Stop.
On that subject, can I take a moment to appreciate
that this is a 1080p display, or a 1080p plus,
and that no one cares?
I am so glad that the display density race is over,
because you're not gonna be able to tell the difference
unless you have absolutely eagle eyes,
past 1440p, and even 1080 at this size looks really good.
And all it does is add more power consumption,
so you can push enough light through the panel,
or I guess, in the case of an OLED,
that's not really the case.
So potentially more power consumption,
and push your processor harder,
so more power consumption in that way,
it's just no benefit.
So the Mi 10T Pro 5G then, solid mix
of high refresh rate display,
high performance processor,
really sharp camera under the right lighting conditions,
and of course, a juicy battery, but for better or for worse,
you're stuck with Xiaomi's skin, and it is a little bit
on the chonk side, especially when you factor in
that gigantic camera bump.
So that's it, subscribe for more short circuit,
just like this one, it's short and circuitous.
No, you can't be both short and circuitous, can you?
- [Brandon] What's circuitous?
- Like, goes around and around, and around.
Yeah.
- [Brandon] No.
- No, that's yeah, maybe we even thought of that.