SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Redmi Note 11 review: The 2022 budget bestseller with 90 Hz AMOLED.

Item: Redmi Note 11
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2022·$179

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#4 of 8

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

A budget bestseller of its year.

Redmi Note 11 packed AMOLED + stereo speakers into a sub-$180 body. The SD680 keeps it from gaming, but the value was undeniable.

01Display

72/100

72/100 puts it above the 67-point average for budget phones of 2022.

TypeAMOLED, 90 Hz

Size6.43 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Depth2 MP

Selfie13 MP

03Performance

52/100

52/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 680 (6 nm)

RAM4 / 6 GB

Storage64 / 128 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5,000 mAh

Wired33 W

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

06Value

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for budget phones of 2022.

What works

AMOLED + stereo at $179.
5,000 mAh + 33 W.
Headphone jack + microSD.
Light at 179 g.

What doesn't

SD680 is slow.
90 Hz not 120.
No 5G.
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How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 8-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .