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Redmi Note 11 review: The 2022 budget bestseller with 90 Hz AMOLED.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2022·$179
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#51 of 188
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A budget bestseller of its year.

Redmi Note 11 packed AMOLED + stereo speakers into a sub-$180 body. The SD680 keeps it from gaming, but the value was undeniable.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2022 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 90 Hz
Size6.43 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

02Camera

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide8 MP
Macro2 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

52/100

52/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 680 (6 nm)
RAM4 / 6 GB
Storage64 / 128 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired33 W

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

06Value

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2022 — 13 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • AMOLED + stereo at $179.
  • 5,000 mAh + 33 W.
  • Headphone jack + microSD.
  • Light at 179 g.
What doesn't
  • SD680 is slow.
  • 90 Hz not 120.
  • No 5G.
  • MIUI ads.
Cross-shop it against
POCO M5
$190 · score 70/100

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 188-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .