Mi 11 Ultra VS X60 Pro+ Camera Comparison (Photography) By The Tech Phenomena

How the people how you're doing so we have our first camera comparison for the 11 ultra goddamn. I've been waiting months to say that, but hey we have it, and this time it's going up against the x60 pro plus it's a fairly tough contender for his first camera comparison. I have to say that, and if you didn't know already, the x60 is quite possibly the best photography smartphone in its price point, like nothing else, even comes close as far as I've seen now. Furthermore, I've also heard a lot of good things about the 11 ultra. So let's see how it fares before our very first image here, nothing crazy, going on it's a pretty simple image, but there's definitely a difference. In contrast, I can definitely see you know a more punchy look going on for the x60, while the mi 11 is taking a flat approach.

That's definitely a departure compared to you know what we had before. Let's say even for the 10 last year, I like that approach. It's not bad, but for this image I'm actually going to go with the x60, because if you look at the road you can see it, we have a magenta tint and that's that's going to be present in the following images as well. Even for this one, you know, differences in HDR or sharpness is basically not present. Both are fantastic, but in the colors it's definitely obvious.

Now you can see that magenta tint present in the road, even a little in the sky, so yeah color accuracy- I mean it was already one of the strongest suits of the x60 right there. So I'm not really surprised that it is pulling ahead, but the lack of other differences. That's definitely something to keep in mind and up next we have an ultra-wide shot here, and here I think the color accuracy is actually much better on the mi 11. It's definitely much closer to the x60, which I would consider ideal in this case and, to be honest, both look perfect here. The x60 is a little brighter overall, but other than that, both of these ultra white shirts.

They look great. Of course, we have to test out zoom, because we've got a fair bit on both of these, but once again just take a look at that magenta tint. It happens on many images, and it's definitely an issue that I do hope. Xiaomi can fix sometime in the future. Now.

Firstly, we have two time zoom on both, and it is optical on the x60, which is a fair advantage over the mi 11's digital zoom. The difference in detail is very obvious, and I also like how the contrast is on the x60 is definitely looking more punchy and I personally, like it quite a bit compared to the me11's flatter look, but upon zooming in to five times. Well there the tables are turned because now Xiaomi can use its insanely high quality 48 megapixel sensor. To give us some absolutely beautiful photos. The x60 is not bad, but compared to Xiaomi's, offering it's definitely lacking, and it's even more obvious when we zoom into 30 times here.

You can see just how many more sharpening artifacts are present on the x60 compared to the mi 11, and I mean I'm not even considering the difference in color. It's quite a bit better, this time around on the me11, and then we have 120 times the 11 ultra. That's that's interesting. I guess I mean it's pretty terrible. You can see it's actually worse than the 60 times zoom on the x60.

Now, of course, you might be thinking that yeah, obviously 120 times is going to look worse than 60, but bear in mind. The x60 has a very low quality, 8 megapixel sensor compared to that the 48 megapixel sensor on the m11 ultra is supposed to perform really well, and it has, but new one 20 times is obviously pushing it a little too far now for high resolution. Well, this is where things are going to get quite interesting because, as you can see, both are exposing differently. So I use tap to expose on the x60 and this time it's very similar, and there is indeed a dynamic range loss. I'll show it off a little better in another shot, but for now, let's zoom in- and yes indeed, there is a fair bit more detail present on the m11 ultra.

It's its quite a big difference and not something I really expected considering both are 50 megapixels, but it seems like Xiaomi, is definitely doing a better job here next up for an ultra-wide shot here. Well, obviously, you can see that a lot of the shadows are being crushed and some highlights are also being blown out for both of them. So I took a 12 pixel image on the x60 yeah check out that dynamic range god-damn I really wish it wasn't this drastic. You know the loss in dynamic range is quite obvious here, and so you got to keep that in mind when you're taking high-res images but, of course, to check out the details we got to crop in and this time around it seems the x60 is pulling ahead. You can see the overall sharpness in the leaves and even on the building, it's much better on the x60 compared to the Xiaomi.

So yes, up until now pretty neck and neck, it's going to be like that for a little while longer so here we have two time zoom, but 32 megapixel version on the x60 pro plus and well. Nothing like that is present. So I just cropped into the 50 megapixel version for the m11 ultra and the detail. Difference is very obvious. Let me crop in a little more, and you'll, see for yourself that that's pretty huge, if you ask me obviously having optical zoom, has its advantages and that's exactly what you're.

Looking at five times. Zoom, however, is obviously going to be ridiculously good on the m11 ultra. It's 48 megapixels, of course, compared to just eight that 40 megapixel difference translates to a lot like. I don't even need to point out anything here. It's way too obvious, and so now let us move on to what I would consider a stable image for you know, basically, all the photography comparisons that I've done on this channel.

It's good old valentine with the studio backlight and well, as you can see me, 11 ultra really likes to take their processing approach like it's. Furthermore, it's very obvious, and it kind of reminds me of how pixel images look. The x60, on the other hand, goes for a much more natural look. You can see it's like blowing out the highlights, while also keeping it well under control. It's not letting it you know feel too overbearing.

I actually like that approach a lot. I'm pretty sure that there will be a lot of people who enjoy this highly processed. Look on the 11 ultra, I'm personally not the biggest fan, but it has its advantages. There is definitely a lot more sharpness present in the shadows, especially for the 11 ultra, but the colors are still more accurate on the x60 pro plus. So yes, there are a good set of differences here now to Maya's.

Obviously I like the x60, but because it's kind of personal, I'm going to go for a tie here now for the ultrawide in a similar situation. Well, it's also basically a tie both are doing a great job here. Yes, the May 11 ultra is handling the highlights, maybe just a pinch better, but really it's not that big, a difference to be honest, it'd be wrong to call out a winner here. So, yes, a tie, it is now macrophotography. Well, this is where things get kind of interesting.

I didn't think it would, but it does so, as you can see, the x60 pro plus can get a fair bit closer compared to the me11 ultra like. I didn't really expect that to be the case, but that's how it is, and it's kind of sad, because if you think about it, there are phones out there like the s21 ultra, which can get even closer compared to the x60 so like compared to phones like those the male 11 ultra is really falling behind in terms of macro here's another image- and you can see for yourself just how much closer the x60 can get. This is the maximum. I could go with the meal 11 ultra before it was just getting out of focus, and now let us move on to portraits now. This is where things are gonna kind of differ.

Obviously, this is where things get kind of personnel. So, first and foremost I like the skin tones on the me11 ultra. Do you really think I'd start off by saying that, but hey surprises will happen? There are other differences here as well. The highlight control seems better on the m11 ultra. The contrast is really nice on the x60 and the overall details are also sharper.

And, finally, the color of my shirt is more accurate on the x60. Now for this one we've used two times zoom and, as you remember, the x60 has optical zoom, which obviously nets us some amazing detail and sharpness, which is just not present on the mi 11 ultra, that's just how it is, and as for the overall colors and contrast, I obviously prefer the x60 here I really like the skin tones and yeah. The highlights are a little blown out compared to the me11s flatter image, but other than that. The overall contrast looks perfect and there's a lot of punch in the image, even though the situation is kind of harsh in terms of lighting, so yeah, I'm really going with the x60 here now. Here's another two time, zoom portrait and this time it's more in medium indoors lighting, and I also use a bio tar effect on the x60.

You can see the swirling both right there and well the more both you have the better. It's gonna look but other than that. I actually like how the x60 looks it's a bit brighter, obviously, and I would have liked a little more saturation, but the detail levels are definitely better on the x60. The overall sharpness looks really nice and that's primarily the reason why I'm going to go for it. Now up until now, things have been pretty close in terms of portraits two times.

Optical zoom obviously puts the x60 at an advantage, and so with night mode portraits. I think it's pretty obvious that the x60 is gonna, get an overall win in portraits that is, and next up we have selfies and well, at least for this image. I can tell you right now: the difference is basically negligible, and I'm just going to call this a tie. Yes, there is a little more contrast in my face on the May 11 ultra, but that's the only difference, so I'd say both are doing plenty well here, but for this portrait selfie right hear hear, I'm definitely going to go with the meal of an ultra. The x60, as I mentioned numerous times before, is desaturating skin tones a lot and that's been one of the few issues I've had with the x60 is photography, so that's very much visible here, and it's also why I'm picking the mi 11 ultra now for this one.

Well, this is kind of a tricky situation. It is fairly backlit and, as you can see, both are doing fairly well, but I kind of like the x60 here, because I feel like there's a bit too much warmth on my face for the meal 11 ultra, it's not bad. I like the saturation in my skin, but the warmth is a bit too much. I mean it's. A very personal thing like skin tones can be highly personal.

If you like, the look of the x60 or the m11 ultra then go for it. I'd say that's up to you now there is a little trick that Xiaomi has up with sleeve that makes the mi 11 ultra, probably the best selfie camera out there. You can use that tiny little screen, that's built into the camera module to use a rare camera for your selfies trust me, it's very difficult to look at and really try and frame it, because it's just so small, but even so I'd say the results are worth it and obviously the sweetest cherry on top is the ultrawide camera. You know, after like a hundred years when you can finally get together and take huge group, selfies yup, the mi 11 ultra is just going to be fantastic for it. Now, unfortunately, you cannot use the rear display for night mode, selfies or portrait selfies.

That's really sad, and I think it's a missed out opportunity, but for now the selfie camera with this night mode is not particularly great. If much rather prefer the x60s approach here. It's definitely focusing on brightening me up as a subject and that's definitely something you'd want as well when you're taking a selfie now, then. Finally, we have night mode well, yes, I was out right in the middle of the rain, trying to take these photographs yeah I mean I wanted that wet look, and it looks amazing if you ask me overall, both of these phones are producing really great images, and I, I honestly don't have any complaints at all. Now then, moving on, we have this image.

This was taken just to see how well lens flares are handled, and it's clearly better on the x60. So let's move on to the ultrawide camera here overall, I like both of them, but I do prefer the x60, because it is brightening up the shadows a bit more. Yes, it is blowing out the highlights just a tad bit more compared to the mi 11 as well. But overall I like how the x60 looks. There is also a bit more sharpness present on the x60, so yeah.

Essentially, I said this like thrice already, but yeah, I'm going to go with the x60 now two times, zoom with night mode as you'd expect. That is obviously going to be better on the x60 because it has optical zoom. I wish we had some kind of two times or three times optical zoom on the mi 11 ultra it. It definitely comes in handy, not just night mode portraits, that's where it really gets good, but then for five time, zoom well, here yeah, here the x60 kind of falls apart. Having that tiny little 8 megapixel sensor is not going to stand up against the much larger, much higher quality, 48 megapixel sensor on the me11 ultra, I probably don't have to, but even so I'll just zoom in a little just to show you guys the difference now for ultra low light.

Well, I was kind of fortunate enough to find this little patch, where none of the streetlights were turned on, and it was a terrible place to drive. Let me tell you right now: it was pitch black, but apparently these sensors here can see a lot. That's pretty evident right here now there is a green tint on the m11 ultra, I'm not really a huge fan of that. So I'm going to go with the x60 here, but other than that. I'd say that noise reduction sharpness and all that good stuff, it's equally great on both now in similar conditions.

I took this ultra-wide image. Furthermore, I guess the male 11 ultra was trying to you know incorporate how it looked like in real life. Furthermore, I guess, because that's not good, I mean it took a three-second-long exposure. Why? Why did it take such a long exposure if it was just gonna, give me a dark image? I'm not really sure what happened here. I took this image five times, so this is exactly the same result I got, but on the x60 pro plus.

On the other hand, well, would you look at that? It took a five-second-long exposure. It was obviously very easy because of gimbals stabilization and, as you can see, the results speak for themselves. I don't think I have to say anything here. It's such an amazing image, you know I'd say still even against the me11 ultra. The x60 is night mode still prevailed alright, so that is the end of the camera comparison yeah.

I know it was a very long one and yeah god-damn I. I don't think I can pick a winner here, because if you think about it, the differences were minor at best. Yes, there were some obvious ones, like you know the presence of two times optical zoom on the x60 and the presence of fantastic five times, 48 megapixel optical zoom, on the mi 11 ultra, but other than that like. If you think about it, you know even in portraits, that's probably where I thought we'd find differences, but that's not really the case and night mode as well other than the ultra white ultra low light night mode. Their differences, as I said before, were minimal to say the very least, but you know it's still damn impressive- that the mil11 ultra tied so very well with the x60 pro plus like in this price range.

I don't think there's any other device that can do that. So that's definitely something to keep in mind if you want good photography. Both of these can provide it and, depending on your use case- and you know, the type of photos you take, you're gonna just have to choose one for yourself, but there is one thing to keep in mind, though: if the m11 ultra can actually provide good videography along with this kind of amazing photography. Well, then, things are gonna, look up for it, so that kind of makes me look forward to the videography comparison next, because that's going to be very interesting. So yes, if you also want to check it out, definitely hit that subscribe button I'll be making it soon enough and of course hit that like button, if you enjoyed, and I'll be seeing, you guys later cheers you.

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