Xiaomi Mi Note review: Xiaomi's 2015 curved-glass phablet that aimed at the premium tier.
Xiaomi's first premium swing.
Mi Note was Xiaomi reaching upmarket — a curved dual-glass phablet with an OIS camera and a genuinely premium feel. The slightly dated SD801 held it back, but it proved Xiaomi could build aspirational hardware, not just value phones.
01Display
68/10068/100 puts it above the 64-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
02Camera
60/10060/100 puts it above the 55-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
03Performance
58/100At 58/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 10 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
64/10064/100 puts it above the 61-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
05Build
70/10070/100 puts it above the 67-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
06Value
64/10064/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
- Dual-curved 2.5D glass front and back.
- OIS camera with Sony sensor.
- Slim 6.95 mm.
- Premium feel at a mid price.
- Snapdragon 801 was a generation behind.
- No microSD.
- Mono speaker.
- China-first.
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 5-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .