Key Highlights
Design, Display
The Redmi Note 11S has a thickness of 8.09mm, making it somewhat a tad bit smaller than its 5G counterpart. In terms of build quality, the Note 11S’s frame and back are made of plastic. It is available in three color options: Pearl White, Twilight Blue, and Graphite Gray.
The phone features a 6.43 inch Full HD AMOLED display which supports a variable refresh rate of 90Hz and 180Hz touch sampling rate.
Performance
The Note 11S is powered by the MediaTek Helio G96 chipset. The SoC has two Cortex-A76 (@2.05GHz) and six Cortex-A55 (@2.0GHz) CPU cores. This has been paired with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage.
The handset comes with MIUI 13 based on Android 11 out of the box. This is a letdown from Xiaomi’s side, as Realme and Samsung have already started providing Android 12. Moreover, the brand hasn’t pledged any number of years of software updates on this thing.
Cameras, Others
Moving on, the smartphone houses four lenses in its rectangular camera bump. It comprises a 108MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide with 118˚ FoV, a 2MP macro sensor, and a 2MP depth sensor. Furthermore, for selfies, there’s a 16MP sensor on a punch-hole cutout. The camera has features like night mode, portrait, and HDR, among others.
Besides this, the Redmi Note 11S can reach 100% in under an hour as its 5000mAh battery supports 33W fast charging.