Xiaomi has launched a new laptop in the Chinese market called the Mi NoteBook Pro X. It is a premium ultrabook whose strengths are its OLED display and strong performance, all at a price that isn't too steep.
The Xiaomi Mi NoteBook Pro X comes in a single screen size: 15.6 inches. As a premium ultrabook, it has a fairly upscale design and build quality. The whole body is made of solid aluminum and weighs 1.9kg. It is also quite thin, at just 19mm at its thickest point. Users get only one color option, gray.
At a glance, many people would compare the Mi NoteBook Pro X to Apple's MacBook models, since the overall design is quite similar, and so is the color. Cover the "Xiaomi" 7 billion logo on the front, and few people would recognize it as a Xiaomi product.
One of the Mi NoteBook Pro X's most valuable strengths is its display. The laptop's screen uses OLED technology, which few laptops currently offer. OLED has proven its edge by delivering higher brightness, high contrast, and much better picture quality than a typical IPS LCD. The screen also has a 3.5K resolution at a 16:10 aspect ratio and supports 100% of the sRGB and DCI-P3 color gamuts, ensuring a top-tier viewing experience, and it is protected by Gorilla Glass as well.
With such a large screen, the Mi NoteBook Pro X's keyboard also gets quite a bit of attention. It uses a fairly standard layout with 1.5mm key travel, plus function keys such as Home, End, and Page Up/Down on the right side. In the left corner, a fingerprint sensor is built right into the power key.
The Mi NoteBook Pro X has two speaker strips on either side of the keyboard with fairly high total power output. Reviewers rate the speaker experience on this laptop as quite good. The trackpad is also designed with a larger surface area, making it nicer to use.
On the performance side, buyers can choose between two Intel Tiger Lake CPUs: the Core i7-11370H with a maximum clock speed of 4.8GHz and the Core i5-11300H at 4.4GHz. Both models come with a discrete NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti graphics card, a dual-fan cooling system, and large copper heat pipes. The Core i5 version has 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, while the Core i7 version comes with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
For connectivity, the Mi Notebook Pro X has one USB-C port, two USB-A ports, one Thunderbolt 4 port, one HDMI 2.1 video output, and one 3.5mm audio jack. It supports WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, and the speakers are tuned by Harman with DTS Audio support. The laptop has an 80Wh battery and charges over USB-C at 130W, with the charger included in the box.
The Xiaomi Mi NoteBook Pro X 15 starts at 7999 yuan, equivalent to 28.5 million VND, for the standard Core i5 version. The Core i7 version costs more, at 9999 yuan, or 35.6 million VND. It goes on sale in China on July 9.
