Xiaomi MI A1 REVIEW

After a long gap, Google introduced an Android One smartphone in partnership with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi in the Indian market. Aiming at the mid-range segment, Xiaomi Launched MI A1 smartphone, which is the global variant of the Mi 5x that was introduced in China back in July. How good is the phone? Let us find out in the review. 

The Xiaomi Mi A1 sports a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass LTPS display along with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The display is bright enough, decent color reproduction, good viewing angles and average sunlight legibility. The phone has usual set of proximity and ambient light sensor next the 5-megapixel front camera and also features a notification LED. It also has capacitive touch buttons below the display that are backlit and also offer haptic feedback when pressed.

            

Camera

The Xiomi Mi A1 has a dual camera setup on the rear consisting of the 12MP rear camera with wide-angle lens f/2.2 aperture, dual-tone LED flash and a secondary 12MP camera with a telephoto lens with f/2.6 aperture, PDAF. On the front, it is taken care of 5MP selfie shooter.

Under daylight conditions, the Mi A1 rear camera produces a satisfactory result with finer details and good colors. The secondary camera too offers good bokeh effect but sometimes it struggles to locate definite edges. During low light situations, the output tends to be below average with lots of grains and blurred details. Moreover, the images with flash are average, as the light tends to overpower the subject. The 5MP front camera also is pretty decent for selfies but disappoints when it comes to low light situations.