Xiaomi 2019 Smartphones: Year in Review

We are now officially into 2020, and as much as it is a time of future fortunes - it is also a time of reflection. Having been lucky enough to own essentially all of the major Xiaomi smartphone releases of 2019, that being the Pocophone F1, the Xiaomi Mi 9, the Redmi K20 Pro and the Xiaomi Mi Note 10, today we will be doing a quick overview of all these great smartphones.

Pocophone F1

Being the phone we held for a great portion of 2019, the Pocophone F1 was a simple device that was all about its stellar performance. Coming in at such a low price, this device didn’t feature the best camera-set nor the best build, but it could run games and apps with a certain fluidity that even some flagships couldn’t achieve.

Furthermore, due to its extensive userbase, the Pocophone F1 had a great fleet of developers porting all sorts of software and camera variations - making it a fun device to use despite of its limitations.

Xiaomi Mi 9

Xiaomi’s flagship for this year, the Xiaomi Mi 9 was just as impressive as it was confusing. On one hand it provided stellar camera performance, a great chipset, and a decent display. On the other hand however, it provided a mediocre underneath the display fingerprint sensor, and simply not enough new features to excite many over its flagship status.

Redmi K20 Pro

Being the phone we used for most of 2019, the Redmi K20 Pro has certainly been a pleasant surprise. Incorporating a lot of the design cues first seen in the Xiaomi Mi 9, such as the glass back, triple camera setup and underneath the display fingerprint scanner, the Redmi K20 is a stunner that delivered in performance just as its F1 sibling.

With its entire premise being to expand the legacy first brought forth by the Poco F1, the K20 Pro also received a great deal of assistance from the modding community, creating a smartphone that delivers exciting new features even to this day.

Whilst the Poco F1 may have given birth to the idea of a performance based device, the K20 Pro refined that idea by also giving it a few tweaks that people may also appreciate in day to day usage.

Xiaomi Mi Note 10

Ending a great year with a bang, the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 is the company’s take on an all around great device. Coming in even cheaper than the K20 Pro, the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 has a great battery, a fantastic 108 MP camera, decent performance and a great design to boot. Though it can’t necessarily beat any flagship and stand on its own (except for its very advanced camera performance), the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 offers a confident all around performance that for its price has us genuinely impressed.

What has been your favourite Xiaomi release this year? Let us know down below!