For me, as a content creator by trade, this phone has checked so many boxes that it's easily top three to reach for in my daily driver rotation.
For me, as a content creator by trade, this phone has checked so many boxes that it's easily top three to reach for in my daily driver rotation.
The T series always shows how Xiaomi learns year after year how to balance powerful features and accessibility.
Honestly, it's just great to play around with a good point and shoot, and it's even better that I can basically not care what happens to it.
This is some of the most fun I've had with the phone and it actually opens up a lot of possibilities for both photo and video.
[Y]ou get more with the turbo variant, certainly very practical things like reliable fast charging and performance that can withstand any workflow or play session, but the creator in me isn't impressed by these cameras [...]
So so far, much like with last year's phone, enjoyment and usefulness with the Vivo X80 Pro boils down to some fundamental benefits. Stabilization and smooth movement do elevate the video recording, even if it's not actually being done by the gimbal most of the time.
Ultimately, the Pro-I is one of those paradoxes. It's one of the most full-featured smartphones out there, but at the same time, it's also one of the most niche, most complicated, and most specific camera phones out there.
Xiaomi did a pretty amazing job with the cameras that are on the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, faltering just a little bit on this potential selfie screen only because, well, I've already said it before, it's a little bit cut at the knees for what it can provide in the camera app.
Micro lens aside, Oppo has put together a camera package that is equal parts quality and practical.
