Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite 4G Smartphone review - very large and good screen
Hello, Mi fans. You know Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite review is the first affordable Xiaomi smart phone to come to the UK. Unless you’re a real fan of tech, or have looked at imported phones, you may not have heard of Xiaomi before. It’s the fourth most popular mobile brand in China, however, and one of the fastest-growing globally.
Design
It’s metal and glass, there’s a display notch, slim screen borders and a finish that’s anything but boring. Our version has a highly reflective gradient: it’s purple at the bottom, aquamarine-tinged blue at the top.
This is the kind of loud colouring I’d normally expect from Honor or Huawei, and the aluminium sides are a glossy blue to fit right in with the backplate. If you find this shading a little too intense, the Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite also comes in black.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite also lacks any official water-resistance. Like most phones, the internal design likely uses some strategies to keep rain away from the internals, but you’ll have to be extra careful around bodies of water.
Screen
The Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite has a very large, very good screen. Measuring 6.26 inches across, it’s smaller than that of the OnePlus 6T, but still large enough to make games and video look great.
Like many phones with a notch, the aspect ratio is 19:9, and as such the Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite isn’t anywhere near as big as you might expect if this is your first “ultra-long” screen phone. Amazon once made a 6-inch screen tablet, but this is only about as wide as the Moto G6 Plus.
Software
The Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite runs Android 8.1.0 and MIUI 10.0. There are two obvious stumbling points here. First, most brand-new phones now feature Android 9.0 – and, well, what on earth is MIUI?
It’s Xiaomi’s custom Android interface. In most respects, it’s a perfectly serviceable interface that actually looks cleaner and simpler than what the likes of LG and HTC use at present.
Performance
The Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite has a surprisingly good internal speaker, too, which is one area I expected to be neglected as part of Xiaomi’s cost-saving measures and latest cell phones & accessories. However, it’s loud, there’s some extra low-end power, and it sounds composed even at top volume.
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