Mi 11 Ultra repurposes Mi Band 5 AMOLED panel for its secondary display
One of the most unique features on the Mi 11 Ultra is its rear 1.1″ AMOLED display, which differentiates it from the rest of the smartphones in the market. However it does share one major similarity with one of the more affordable devices Xiaomi sells, the Mi Band 5. Lei Jun reportedly shared that the Mi 11 Ultra uses the Mi Band 5’s display as its rear-facing screen.
It’s quite interesting that the display from a smart band can be reused for this purpose in a smartphone. The Mi 11 Ultra’s secondary display can be used to display the time in AOD mode, and can even work as a viewfinder, if you somehow decide that you need to take selfies with the rear camera.
Repurposing the Mi Band 5’s display for this should have helped lower the production costs of the Mi 11 Ultra. With that said, it is still a rather pricey RM4299, so I can’t exactly imagine how much more expensive it would be if Xiaomi decided to order a different batch of screens for the Mi 11 Ultra’s secondary display.
I am also quite interested to see how well will this secondary screen handle its job as an AOD, considering that the Mi Band 5 never offered the AOD functionality to conserve battery. Will burn in set in faster than on the regular AMOLED displays we have on our devices?
The Mi 11 Ultra’s specifications are as below:
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra Specs
| CPU | Snapdragon 888, 5nm FinFET 1 x Cortex-X1 @ 2.84 GHz + 3 x Cortex-A78 @ 2.42 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 @ 1.80 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 660 @ 840 GHz |
| Memory | 12GB LPDDR5-3200 |
| Storage | 256GB UFS 3.1, non-expandable |
| Display | 6.81″ WQHD+ (3200 x 1440) 551ppi AMOLED DotDisplay, 120Hz refresh rate, 480 Hz touch response TrueColor display (ΔE≈ 0.41), HDR10+, 1500 nits peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, AI Image Engine, MEMC, DC dimming Secondary 1.1″ 126 x 294 AMOLED display, 450 nits peak brightness |
| Camera | 50MP f/1.95, 8P lens, Samsung ISOCELL Bright GN2 sensor, OIS 48MP f/2.2 ultra-wide angle, 128° FoV, macro mode 48MP f/4.1 5x telephoto periscope camera, OIS TOF laser focus One-click AI Cinema, Ultra Night Video, Night Mode 2.0, AI Erase 2.0, HDR10+ video, Cinematic video filters, Vlog mode, Steady Video PRO, 8K video capture |
| Selfie camera | 20MP f/2.2 selfie camera 1080p60 video recording, Portrait mode, AI camera |
| Connectivity | 5G Band n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n40/n41/n77/n78/n79 LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/20/28/32/38/40/41/42/66 WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, WiFi 6E Bluetooth 5.2 NFC Tri-band GPS (Beidou tri-band; dual-band GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS) |
| Battery | 5000mAh 67W fast charging, 55W GaN charger in the box 67W wireless charging 10W reverse wireless charging |
| Dimensions | 164.3 x 74.6 x 8.38 mm |
| Weight | 234g |
| Ingress protection | IP68 |
| Price | RM4299 |
While the Mi 11 Ultra is the most expensive smartphone Xiaomi has ever brought into Malaysia officially, it does still live up to Xiaomi’s motto of honest pricing. Too bad that you might not get to buy it here in Malaysia officially anymore, as the pre-orders sold out in less than a day.
Pokdepinion: I do look forward to all kinds of funky things that we will see Mi 11 Ultra users do with their rear screens!
