Is Mi 11 Ultra the Best Premium Flagship Phone to Buy in India? Best alternative of Mi 11 in india.

 We talk about the key cons and pros of the Mi 11 Ultra on this week’s Orbital podcast episode

Mi 11 Ultra — launched last month in India and set to go on sale soon — is Xiaomi's most expensive flagship ever, with a price tag of Rs. 69,990. It offers a lot for that money, with its specifications including a 50-megapixel primary camera sensor, a periscope lens with 5x optical zoom, and a quad-curved AMOLED display. There's also, curiously, a tiny secondary display at the back. Are all these offerings enough to convince a customer who is looking for a high-end smartphone at Rs. 70,000 — and who might have their eyes on the OnePlus 9 Pro or the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra?

The smartphone was launched in India in a single 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. It is the company's first attempt to enter a segment that goes up against the best of the best from the likes of Apple and Samsung.

For what it's worth, Xiaomi has tried to go beyond the mid-range market and bring some of its high-end phones to India in the past as well. For instance, it launched the Mi 10 at a starting price of Rs. 49,999 in India last year. The Mi 11 Ultra, however, seems to be designed for the audience who was previously thinking of getting a new Samsung Galaxy S-series phone or a brand new iPhone.

The Mi 11 Ultra cameras offer up to 120x digital zoom. It has two AMOLED displays (although one of them is basically a gimmick). And it has the same amount of RAM and storage as you'll get on the top-end OnePlus 9 Pro model, as well as the same Snapdragon 888 SoC. Both these phones also come at the same price — Rs. 69,999. While both are running on Android, there is a difference in the experience, since the Mi 11 Ultra runs on MIUI, which is what you'll get on most Xiaomi phones..