SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi 6 review: Compact Snapdragon 835 flagship — the last small Mi.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2017·$360
Overall
74/100
Class rank
#33 of 121
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The last small Mi flagship.

Mi 6 was Xiaomi's last truly compact flagship — a 5.15" body with Snapdragon 835, dual cameras and curved glass at a fraction of Western flagship prices. A cult classic among small-phone fans.

01Display

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.

TypeIPS LCD
Size5.15 inches
Resolution1080 x 1920 px

02Camera

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.

Main12 MP wide, f/1.8
Telephoto12 MP 2x, f/2.6
Selfie8 MP
Video4K30

03Performance

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2017 — 12 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 835 (10nm)
GPUAdreno 540

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.

Capacity3350 mAh
ChargingQuick Charge 3.0

05Build

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for flagship phones of 2017.

What works
  • Compact 5.15" flagship — increasingly rare
  • Snapdragon 835 flagship power
  • Dual cam with 2x optical zoom
What doesn't
  • No 3.5 mm jack
  • IPS not AMOLED
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
Pixel 2 (2017)
$649 · score 88/100

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