There’s a unique kind of silence found in a testing lab (what I call my little makeshift office at home). It’s not the peaceful kind of silence, but rather an anticipatory one, as if the room itself is waiting to see what you’re about to break, praise, or accidentally drop (and whether any of them are worthy of inclusion among the best camera phones around). That was the atmosphere I stepped into when three new Xiaomi and Redmi camera phones arrived on my desk, each one promising to be the next big thing in mobile photography.
I’ve tested many phones over the years, but there’s something special about unboxing a trio from the same family. It feels like meeting siblings. They share a common look, vibe, and design DNA, yet each one is eager to prove it’s the most talented, the most clever, the one you’ll remember, the one you'll want to keep.
