Xiaomi Civi 3 review: The selfie-led design phone Chinese buyers don't admit they love.
A featherweight portrait phone with serious silicon.
Civi 3 took Xiaomi's Pantone-inspired Civi formula — slim, light, dual selfie — and dropped a Dimensity 8200 Ultra inside. The China-only release kept it niche; in a market where compact, design-led phones are rare, it was a quiet standout.
01Display
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
02Camera
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2023 — 7 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2023 — 12 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
76/10076/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2023.
05Build
78/10078/100 puts it above the 76-point average for mid-range phones of 2023.
06Value
76/10076/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
- 175 g and 7.56 mm — featherweight curved-AMOLED design.
- Dual 32 MP selfie array with autofocus + low-light pair.
- IMX800 OIS main, 67 W charging.
- Dimensity 8200 Ultra runs cool.
- China-only.
- 2 MP macro filler.
- No IP rating.
- 2 OS updates.
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 148-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .