Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro Experience: A trendy machine that combines imaging, thinness, and performance

On March 26, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro ushered in the full sale, with a price starting at 2999 yuan. This time, the new Xiaomi Civi machine has a special feature, that is, the suffix is marked with the "Pro" logo, which is also the first "Pro" model of the Xiaomi Civi family, since it has "Pro", the experience is naturally on par with the Pro flagship.

Therefore, this time Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is equipped with Leica professional triple camera for the first time on the premise of continuing the trend of thin and light design of the Civi family, and it is the world's first third-generation Snapdragon 8s flagship platform, equipped with LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.0 flash memory as standard.

1. Design

The first time I got my hands on the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, I was amazed by the good feel of such a thin and light hand. Yes, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "stunning" here, especially after getting used to those phones that weigh more than 200g for a long time, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is as light as 179.3g and as thin as 7.45mm.

What makes Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro feel good, there is also the same "congruent deep micro-curved screen" of the high-end flagship, which brings a pebble-like roundness and silky feel. What's more, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro has also been upgraded with a metal middle frame, which brings a premium touch that no plastic middle frame can match and surpass.

With this combination, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro feels quite amazing.

Back to the front, Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro's "congruent depth slightly curved screen" is also quite praised, the screen "emerges" on the middle frame, the four sides and corners of the screen are bent at the same depth, and the width of the bezel is only 1.45mm, like a cup full of water, full but not overflowing. It can be said that it takes into account the look and feel of the straight screen and the feel of the curved screen.

In terms of parameters, this screen is also benchmarked against the Pro level, with a 6.55-inch 2750×1236 resolution professional primary color screen, using a new generation of Huaxing Optoelectronics' C8 light-emitting material, Corning Gorilla Victus2 glass protection.

In terms of screen parameters, it has 3000nit ultra-high peak brightness, supports 120Hz refresh rate, 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and 12bit color depth. In the same class of products, multi-dimensional experiences such as brightness, color, and eye protection are also the first echelon.

In terms of color, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is available in Spring Green, Soft Mist Pink, and Breeze Blue, as well as the classic Starry Sky Black. Among them, the spring green color scheme adopts the new "color gilding" process with technical nano leather, and the starry sky black, soft mist pink and breeze blue use the AG glass process.

The actual shooting of the IT house this time is starry black, this black is very deep, and the glass surface is treated by AG process, the texture is delicate, silky, a little skin-friendly, and more importantly, it is not easy to stick fingerprints.

In terms of other details, including the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro's support for stereo dual speakers, the use of an under-display fingerprint, support for multi-function NFC, multi-function IR remote control, and a linear motor, these peripheral configurations are also available.

2. Video

As a Pro-level Xiaomi Civi product, this time the Civi 4 Pro is equipped with Leica Professional Triple Camera for the first time.

Includes a 50MP main camera (Light Hunter 800, 1/1.55", OIS, f/1.63), 12MP ultra-wide angle (OV13B10, f/2.2), 50MP portrait telephoto lens (Samsung S5KJN1, f/1.98), Leica Summilux lens, and support for Leica native dual image quality, Leica filters, master lens packs, and more.

Of course, the Civi series' main front camera is not left behind, with a 32MP main camera (Samsung GD2, f/2.0, 78°) + 32MP ultra-wide angle (Samsung GD2, f/2.4, 100°), as well as a multi-color temperature quad soft light. The two front lenses provide a total of 0.6x, 0.8x, 1x, 2x, and up to four focal points, further enriching the user's framing range when taking selfies or co-shooting.

In terms of algorithms, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is also equipped with "Xiaomi AISP", which integrates four major computational photography models, cleverly integrating algorithms and optics to bring three-dimensional tones, realistic colors and cinematic levels.

When the flagship Leica image is decentralized, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro's sample performance has a noticeable layer of "moral flavor", especially in some scenes with strong chiaroscuro, the "shadow tone" created by the Xiaomi Mi Civi 4 Pro is obvious, and the light and shadow are natural and three-dimensional. In most scenes, the Xiaomi Mi 14's main camera performance is on par.

Ultra-wide-angle samples:

Main camera sample:

Thanks to Leica, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro's master portrait performance is also quite impressive, even in some complex lighting scenes, the connection between the background and the character is natural, and it is difficult to find traces of algorithmic cutouts.

Secondly, the depth of field of the portrait sample is also relatively natural, and the skin details of the characters are more realistic, which is really surprising to have this kind of portrait performance at this price point.

Portrait samples:

It is also the addition of this 5000 portrait lens that makes the telephoto shooting experience of Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro also quite obvious upgrade, you know, it is a pity that the previous generation of products lacked a telephoto lens, after all, telephoto is often the most commonly used in users' daily shooting, and it is also the most popular focal length.

On the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, the 50-megapixel 2X independent portrait lens delivers impressive resolution, retaining a lot of detail even at 4x (100mm), and maintaining a good yield in some slightly darker environments, even comparable to the 3X periscope on some phones.

Telephoto samples:

Back to the front, these two Samsung GD2 with different focal lengths of the same specifications have a depth of field performance comparable to optics in portrait shooting, and people and the environment are naturally integrated.

Front Sample:

3. Performance

In terms of performance, Xiaomi Civi4 Pro debuts the third-generation Snapdragon 8s flagship platform for the first time, with LPDDR5X memory, UFS 4.0 flash memory as standard, and a 4184mm² large annular cold pump. In addition, the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro is also equipped with Xiaomi's self-developed surging T1 signal enhancement chip, a built-in 4700mAh battery, a DOU battery life of 1.4 days, and supports 67W fast charging, which can charge 100% in 40 minutes.

It is worth mentioning that Xiaomi and Qualcomm have defined the third-generation Snapdragon 8s as the "new generation AI flagship platform", and the new machine is 20% faster on average when it starts 30 applications in a row, 36% faster on average when installing apps, and 28% faster on average when decompressing 20GB large files.

The Kryo CPU of the third-generation Snapdragon 8s platform includes a super core clocked at 3.0GHz, 4 performance cores clocked at up to 2.8GHz, and 3 efficiency cores clocked at 2.0GHz.

In terms of GPUs, the Snapdragon 8s inherits the GPU architecture of the second-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship platform, which is also capable of delivering excellent performance.

According to Qualcomm, in the GeekBench 6 multi-threaded score, the CPU performance of the third-generation Snapdragon 8s is 20% ahead of competitors in the same positioning, and in terms of energy efficiency, based on the average test results of 8 popular mobile games, the third-generation Snapdragon 8s also performs 15% more energy efficiently than the competition in gaming scenarios.

Let's take a look at the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro's performance in terms of performance.

First of all, Antutu (V10.2.3 version) benchmark performance, the measured Xiaomi Civi4 Pro scored 1.5 million+, as a comparison, the previous generation of Xiaomi Civi 3 equipped with Dimensity 8200-Ultra, with a score of 890,000+.

In terms of Antutu's storage test, the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro scored 174,000+ points, of which the sequential read speed reached 4101.3MB/s, which is properly in line with the UFS 4.0 standard.

In the GeekBench6 benchmark score, the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro scored 1903 points for single-core and 5023 points for multi-core. For comparison, a certain Snapdragon 8 Gen3 model scored 2269 points for single-core and 6871 points for multi-core.

In comparison, the third-generation Snapdragon 8s flagship platform continues the performance of the flagship platform, although there is still a certain gap with the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, it can be regarded as "flagship".

In the next game test session, IT House also took one step to select the most difficult "Genshin Impact" game for actual testing.

In the game "Genshin Impact", IT Home chose the same image quality standard as the flagship machine: high-end image quality + 60 frames, and motion blur is turned off.

The final results show that the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro Genshin Impact has reached an average frame rate of 58.97 in the game, and the frame rate fluctuation during the game is not obvious. Obviously, the third-generation Snapdragon 8s performance is still online.

In terms of power consumption, IT Home also conducted a simple test, and the measured Xiaomi Civi4 Pro is about 4.5W in the "Genshin Impact" game, which is within expectations.

Don't look at the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro so thin and light, this time the heat dissipation pile is also quite fierce - it actually has a 4184m㎡ annular cold pump heat dissipation area. So after 30 minutes of Genshin Impact, the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro's front and back maximum temperature is just over 40°C, which is quite satisfactory considering the test environment and such a thin and light body.

Fourth, AI

One of the core attractions of the 3rd Gen Snapdragon 8s is AI, which inherits the AI capabilities found on the 3rd Gen Snapdragon 8 and delivers the best AI performance with Hexagon NPUs, Kryo CPUs, and Adreno GPU heterogeneous compute.

Specifically, in AI use cases such as image classification, object detection, image segmentation v2.0, and language understanding, the 3rd Gen Snapdragon 8s has shown a multiplier advantage over its competitors in the same class. In terms of generative AI, the third-generation Snapdragon 8s platform supports running multimodal generative AI models on the device side, with up to 10 billion model parameters.

Therefore, with the all-round empowerment of the third-generation Snapdragon 8s, the AI experience of Xiaomi Civi4 Pro has also reached a higher level.

According to reports, Xiaomi Civi4 Pro supports AI-related functions such as real-time subtitles + AI summary, AI input assistant, AI photo, AI expanded image, AI elimination, and AI album search.

IT Home had a simple experience.

First of all, Xiao Ai has the blessing of a large model, it is not only a voice assistant, but also a personal exclusive assistant that understands users better. For example, copywriting creation, including speeches, planning cases, short video scripts, and even Moments copywriting, text polishing, etc., Xiao Ai is no problem.

The author asked Xiao Ai to help write an invitation to the offline experience meeting and event planning of the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, and after sending the requirements to Xiao Ai, a text content was automatically generated in a few seconds. For writers, this is truly a complete liberation of productivity.

There are also real-time captions and AI summaries, which not only synchronize the audio text, but also act as a translator themselves, such as in cross-border meetings, with real-time captions, you can see the translated text in real time.

AI summaries can even categorize speakers and summarize meeting takeaways.

With this feature, even call logs can be saved in the form of text.

In terms of AICG, IT Home also briefly tested the two functions of AI expansion and AI elimination. AI elimination is very practical, for example, if a passerby inadvertently passes by in a photo taken, find the edit in the album, and then select AI elimination, select the passerby to be eliminated, and leave the rest to the system.

The results are even comparable to those of a professional PS, and all you have to do is move your fingers.

AI expansion is more interesting, and some photos will even have some unexpected effects after expansion. For example, the following author's extended picture of the cat cat, it turned out to be "PS" out of a table, and the cat's legs have become longer, more like a sample shot at an ultra-wide angle, and the posture is even a little enchanting.

Summary:

A year ago, when IT Home reviewed Xiaomi Civi 3, it was written that the performance of Civi 3 is not "enthusiastic", but at least it has crossed the threshold of the flagship with one foot. Nearly a year later, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is not only a benchmark flagship in terms of performance, but also a full range of experiences such as design, materials, images, screens, and even AI, all of which are on par with the flagship, and the "Pro-level" feeling it brings is from the inside out.

In this bracket, the performance is stronger than the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, but the feel is far less than that of the Civi 4 Pro, and there may be some products that are thinner and lighter than the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, but the performance and image are definitely not as good as the Civi 4 Pro.

It can be said that the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro is one of the few products in the same class that achieves a balance between image, thinness, and performance, which is really rare.