The Xiaomi 13 Lite is simply a globalised version of the Chinese Xiaomi Civi 2, with a few tweaks. The Civi 2 is not new, it was released in China back in September 2022, which I reported. But now it is available in Hungary, but how lite has it become compared to the series and the Chinese variant?
Xiaomi 13 Lite - Behind the masterpiece
Incredibly lightweight and slim in your pocket - At just 7.23mm thin and 171g, the Xiaomi 13 Lite continues to have one of the thinnest and lightest smartphone designs in the industry. The 6.55″ curved display has a large viewing area and offers a premium and immersive visual experience similar to the Xiaomi 13 Pro. The 3D curved body design provides a comfortable grip, making the smartphone both look and feel slimmer.
Powerful performance, high-end processor
The Xiaomi 13 Lite is equipped with the Snapdragon® 7 Gen 1 mobile platform, the most powerful Snapdragon® 7 series processor ever, with 20% better
GPU performance and 30% higher AI performance. It also features a dedicated Lite-type snow removal solution with improved cooling capacity and extra cooling for dual front-facing cameras. Equally powerful is the large 4500mAh capacity battery and 67W wired turbocharging to get power-hungry users through the busiest days.
From the above paragraphs it is clear (from the manufacturer) that Xiaomi has not targeted women in this country as it has in the motherland. Although the color range is in bright pink, but only blue and black came to the domestic market. And if someone like me follows the entire Xiaomi/Redmi lineup, he knows that the SD 7 Gen 1 is not the most powerful in the family. The Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China) which will be released in India as POCO F5 tomorrow, with SD 7+ Gen 2 proc. Which really is the most powerful in the family. But let's swing past that and see what exactly it can do.
Xiaomi 13 Lite Specifications
- 6.55″ FHD+ AMOLED display, Colour depth: up to 68 billion colours (10 bit + 2 bit), Refresh rate: 120 Hz, Dolby Vision®HDR10+, Touch sampling rate: 240 Hz, 20:9, 2400 x 1080, 402ppi, 360-degree ambient light sensors, Colour gamut: sRGB 100%, DCI-P3, Contrast ratio: 5.000,000:1, Brightness: 500 nit, 900 nit (high brightness mode), up to 1000 nit (peak brightness), Reading mode, Daylight mode, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5, TrueColor technology, ΔE ≈ 0.44, JNCD ≈ 0.42, 1920 Hz PWM attenuation
- Snapdragon® 7 Gen 1, 4 nm process, 1x A710@ 2.4 GHz, 3x A710@ 2.36 GHz, 4x A510@ 1.8 GHz, GPU Adreno 644
- 8 GB memory
- 256 GB of storage space
- 50 MP wide-angle camera, 1/1.56" sensor size, 1.0 μm pixel size, 4-in-1 Super Pixel (12.5 MP in auto mode), f/1.8 Sony IMX766 sensor, Contrast AF, 86° FOV, 7P lens
8 MP ultra-wide-angle camera, 1.12 μm pixel size, f/2.2, 119° FOV, 5P lens
2 MP Macro camera, f/2.4, Fixed focus (4 cm focal length, cannot focus to infinity) - 32MP ultra-wide angle camera, f/2.4, 0.8 μm pixel size, GD2, 1/2.74″ sensor size, FOV 100°
8 MP depth sensor, f/2.28, 1.12 μm pixel size, Dual LED (Xiaomi Selfie Glow) - 4.500 mAh battery, 67W turbo charge
- In-screen fingerprint sensor, AI Face Unlock
- Dual SIM (nano SIM + nano SIM or nano SIM + eSIM*)
5G NR: n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
LTE FDD: 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/26/28/32/66
LTE TDD: 38/40/41/42
WCDMA: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
GSM: 2/3/5/8 - Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi / 5 GHz Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth 5.2
- NFC
- BeiDou: B1I + B1CGPS: L1Galileo: E1, GLONASS: G1QZSS: L1
- Dolby Atmos®
- Proximity sensor | Ambient light sensor | Accelerometer | Gyroscope | Electronic compass | Linear motor | IR remote control
- Size: 159,2 × 72,7 × 7,23 mm
- Weight: 171g
- MIUI 14, based on Android 12
Summary
Its Chinese sibling, the Civi 2, differs from the Xiaomi 13 Lite in one big way. And that's the front-facing camera. While in the East you get two 32 MP image sensors, here we only get one and an 8 MP depth sensor. Therefore, it also has fewer features for selfies, but it still outperforms all Xiaomi phones. Such as:
- Dynamic framing (0,6x, 0,8x, 1x)
- Night mode
- AI beautification
- HDR
- Selfie timer
- Screen softlight
- Palm Shutter
- Pocket Cycle
- EIS Video stabilisation
- Video teleprompter
- Vlog mode
- Ultra wide angle video
- Selfie portrait video
So for content producers it's damn well worth it, not many phones can do that much. Besides, the screen is one of the best in the world. You can't complain about its performance, but the SD 7 Gen 1 is good for everything.
But how much is that?
The Xiaomi 13 Lite at home, in official distribution 229.990 Ft available at a price. But if you tap it now, you get a Xiaomi Mi Smart Clock smart watch. We've done more on the watch, if you're interested. But hurry up, because you'll only get the phone with the gift while stocks last, after that it's just the phone!
