Redmi Note 11

Technical specifications

After a week of use, I already know a lot. The processor is sufficient for use; I do not play games because it is foolish, everything works well, and stutters rarely occur. The battery lasts well. The screen is good. The camera is unfortunately weak, but after unlocking the bootloader and installing xiaomi.eu, it is better. The Gcam mod improves things and it is decent, bearable. This is my second Xiaomi and I cannot say anything negative about the software overlay. The fingerprint reader is lightning fast. Stereo speakers, but not very loud, though not the worst. Rating 7/10, if the camera were better, it would be higher. Sufficient for daily use.

This is my next phone from the Redmi Note series. I previously had the 9, and the 11 has greatly disappointed me. It freezes quite often, the photos are of poor quality, and some applications run quite slowly. The previous one had a nicer design. I have had it for several months and I would already like to replace it.

Overall, the phone is a failure. It is probably one of the poorer models from this manufacturer, or at least the worst of the ones I have owned. To the point - GSM reception is poor. The phone picks up the signal quickly, but maintains the reception at 4 bars when other phones show 5. In slightly worse locations, it loses the signal completely, and with only 2 bars, it is practically impossible to communicate with the other person.
But that is nothing compared to the Wi-Fi. It has a life of its own - it takes a long time to connect, and even then, the connection is very unstable. The phone can disconnect from the Wi-Fi at random moments, does not always want to connect at all, and sometimes finds no networks even though other devices see several...
The touch screen is very imprecise - it can register slightly to the side. Sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes not.
The connection to a computer is very unstable - it can disconnect during file transfers, and this is not a rare occurrence.
The fingerprint reader is also poor - quite often it does not recognize the fingerprint at all, requiring several attempts. With even a slightly dirty or damp finger, it is practically useless.
On the plus side, the display - bright, clear, and sharp. And the durability of the phone itself. In my case, it is in a case, but it fell several times from 1.5m and survived. The USB port is also durable and can withstand rough treatment.
And then there is the battery. It lasts well and charges quickly. With frequent gaming, it lasts the whole day.
Overall, I do not recommend it. It causes more frustration than pleasant work.

I bought it 3 months ago, previously I had a Motorola G7 Power - which was worse on paper in every respect. Even earlier, a Huawei P9 Lite. I expect a phone to function like the previous ones, which is to say, it should simply work, without any requirement for great photos or extreme durability.

Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger - these are what I use and they should run smoothly... well... I expected too much...

And regarding Xiaomi...
The screen adjusts its brightness on its own, it dims and brightens even though the automatic setting is turned off! It freezes with Facebook, Messenger, and every other possible application. I think the gallery is the only place where I did not experience a stutter.

Often when returning to the home screen, the phone loads for 2 to 3 seconds, with squares blinking in the middle.

When I have an application running and a message arrives on Messenger, if I open it in a bubble, the application is closed!!

Minimizing an application causes it to reset; sometimes, exceptionally, a quick reopening does not reset the app.

Everything in the options is set to work, maximum power, maximum performance, and yet it does not work...

Total junk, after my next paycheck it will be smashed with a hammer because I do not have the patience for this. The first and last Chinese phone I have purchased.

The only positive is the fast charging.
One thousand zlotys wasted.

Hello, I am writing from a Redmi Note 11 phone. I received it yesterday when I passed to the next grade. Unfortunately, when I received it, it had 55 percent; that is actually normal, but okay. After 3 hours of use, installing games and such, I had 49 percent. I know it is strange, the battery lasts a long time and can even last the whole day. I woke up in the morning to see the percentage, and it turned out to be 88 percent after the whole night. I was frightened because I thought my charger was broken. It turned out the phone was charging and was ready for use for 23 hours. I was at the lake and returned at 3 PM, and I did not lose even one battery percentage point. I told my mother and sister, and they said they would be happy in my position. On one hand, that is fine, but on the other, it is not. I also wanted to say that when I have 19 percent, it turns off as if it were discharged to 0. I connected it, and in 5 minutes it had 8 percent. I left it, but then I turned it on and played.
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I have a question for you: is it normal that it turns off at 19 percent?
Is it normal that the battery lasts a long time?
Is it normal that when it charges all night, it does not charge fully but only until the time I can play?
Please contact me.

I do not know where most of the negative reviews here come from. I will start by saying that I have been using this phone for half a year. In terms of performance, the phone works correctly and quite fast. I have not noticed any extraordinary interface or application stutters. Sometimes FB stutters, but I had exactly the same effect on a Samsung flagship, so it is rather a problem with the application. The phone does not freeze, and I have never had to restart it. It handles a large number of open applications.

Pros: good value for money, ergonomic, good and bright display (although it is not a super amoled), great battery, quite efficient.

Cons: average camera (with this resolution one could expect more), over-saturated HDR, lack of support for 4k recording. From what I see, when answering a call quickly and putting the phone to the ear, I often happen to mute the microphone. This indicates problems with the proximity algorithm and cooperation with the front camera. Average sound of the built-in speakers (music), even though it is supposedly good stereo. Very sporadically the phone has a problem with screen refreshing and falls into a low Hz mode.
Brak 5G i ładowania bezprzewodowego.

To begin with, I will write that if you ever consider buying this phone, it is best to skip it; it is not worth your stress, time, money, and above all, your health. Avoid it at all costs and learn from my mistakes.

I will start with the pros because there are few of them.
+ Good battery
+ Decent sound

Cons (there are more of them than phone features)
- Hopeless camera, worse than in cheap Chinese phones from 2016.
- Videos max 1080p at 30fps with very poor quality
- The 90Hz screen is fine when it works smoothly (if it works smoothly)
- Slow processor
- Strange sluggishness after unlocking the screen
- Fingerprint scanner is very slow, it cannot read a damp finger
- Chat bubbles never worked properly
- With two SIM cards, you can send SMS from one, but from the other it is impossible because errors appear
- Notorious disconnection from WIFI regardless of location, whether at home or at work
- ADS EVERYWHERE YOU GO, a person pays for a phone and has to watch some suspicious advertisements offering fraud
- There are many more cons, but who could remember them all.

My previous phone was a Redmi Note 5; I replaced it because it started "consuming a lot of power", and even replacing the battery did not help. While I cannot say anything bad about the 5, the 11 gives me mixed feelings. I will list the things here that annoyed me or positively surprised me. The screen is clearly visible even in bright light, but I have the impression that the colors have a yellowish tint, which I notice especially with the color green. Weak speaker; when driving a car, the caller is barely audible. I have experienced the GPS transmitter losing signal for a few seconds. No notification LED. With my usage (location, data transmission, a few calls), the battery barely lasts a day; fortunately, it can be charged quickly. It is not possible to use Bluetooth while the hotspot is enabled. The casing fits well in the hand, and the fingerprint reader located on the side also works well.

Reading on most portals - the phone is described positively. It is only here that I see I am not alone in having a negative opinion of it. For the first time in 20 years, I am complaining about a phone to this extent. The battery is weak, my old phones lasted more than a day, but this one will not last a full day. It freezes constantly, loses reception (on 2 cards), and must be turned off to regain signal. It operates extremely slowly. I have had it for half a year and I have already had enough of it. I will receive another phone in a week and then I will file a warranty claim, but I read that this will not change anything. Today my flashlight stopped working. I cannot start etoll because a message appears stating that I must update it, even though it is already updated... I do not recommend it!!!

A perfect example of how an auspicious smartphone series can be ruined. I believe the Redmi Note 8 Pro was the best version in this series, and after that, things only got worse. The Redmi Note 11 is somewhat mediocre; it lacks character. The build quality is very cheap, the camera takes really poor photos, and the night mode does not work at all. Many bugs resulting from MIUI, the phone makes calls on its own, the navigation loses its orientation, and when the AI mode was turned on in the camera application, the application simply froze. The times when Xiaomi offered good hardware for little money are over. It is neither good nor cheap.