Xiaomi Mi 10T phones were unveiled at the end of September; we've been testing the Mi 10T Pro for quite some time, and it's certainly an intriguing addition to Xiaomi's 2020 lineup. One intriguing aspect of the phone is its display: the phone has a 144Hz display, the highest refresh rate of any non-gaming phone, but it's an LCD panel, not AMOLED like on the Xiaomi Mi 10, and the La The screen also doesn't curve around the edges like this phone. So while some of the features of the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro suggest it's a high-end phone, many are low-end device trappings, so what's the reasoning behind them? We spoke to Daniel Hoang Desjarlais, Xiaomi's senior director of product marketing, who explained many design decisions for the Mi 10T line. Many of the changes could be related to price - the Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro fall below the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro in the company's lineup - but, as will become apparent, these decisions are more thoughtful than just price. . '.
Flat edge screen
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Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro (Image credit: TechRadar) While Xiaomi Mi 10 phones (except the Lite model) have screens that wrap around the edges, as is the case with many premium phones, Mi 10T devices have screens flat. It's not just a symptom of price - the Mi Note 10 was more affordable than the two Mi 10T devices and had a curved edge display - Hoang Desjarlais explained to us why the company is moving in that direction. "I've done quite a lot of surveys and research on this," he told us, "60% of users prefer flat edge or flat screens." While it's not exactly scientific, it's a sentiment we've seen echoed by many phone fans. "I think it's for a variety of reasons, like ease of use: people are dealing with missing keys on the curved screen." (One of the biggest concerns with screens with curved edges is that people can frequently run into the curve, accidentally selecting things they didn't want.) "I understand that the premium segment is almost all curved, and that creates a problem, if 60% of the population prefer flat but also want a real flagship experience, they are forced to buy a curved screen that they may not be happy with "Hoang Desjarlais gives the impression that the Xiaomi Mi 10T is designed for people who want the basic high-end features without many of the possibly unnecessary (or even unwanted) extras - it's an ideal that many Mi phones seem to follow. , as a mid-range "flagship drummer".
LCD screen
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The Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro (L) looks darker than the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (R) (Image credit: TechRadar) The Xiaomi Mi 10 series used high-end AMOLED screens, but the Mi 10T devices use an LCD screen instead, which is a huge downgrade. LCD is considered inferior to OLED (like AMOLED) panels for phone screens because it doesn't provide as wide a color gamut, color accuracy isn't as good, and blacks look too bright. (As with OLED panels, blacks are created simply by turning off the backlights, making them darker.) However, LCD panels are cheaper, so you tend to find them in affordable phones. The presence of an LCD screen was one of the features of the Mi 10T that surprised us the most, but it seems that Xiaomi has a very good reason for this. “It's better to have a high-quality LCD, the best of the best LCDs, compared to a mediocre AMOLED type,” Hoang Desjarlais told us, explaining, “There are issues with AMOLED and some eyes. - I think it's like 10% of the population, when looking at an AMOLED screen, they experience very severe eyestrain." It's worth noting that we can't find any scientific studies to support this, although we've already found the figure cited in the web of people reporting their own problems with OLED screens.So while the number may not necessarily come from scientific studies, anecdotes suggest that many people can experience eyestrain and other symptoms due to flickering on OLED screens.So even though Some people find LCD screens easier to see than OLED screens, Xiaomi's reasoning for using this technology is probably the same as for screens with curved edges: few manufacturers use LCD screens in phones in the high-end range, for so if you have vision problems that make OLED intolerable, but you still want a high-end phone, the Mi 10T could be the one for you.Xiaomi made it clear that the Xiaomi Mi 10T phones are not a replacement for Mi devices 10 in their lineup, and if you don't want an LCD or flat-edge phone, you can always buy the non-T phones. But we have to applaud the company's eye for accessibility in new devices.