Flagship · 2024

Xiaomi 14 Civi

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Camera shares the Xiaomi 17T's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 67W fast charging

Extras Leather back, Cooling system

6.55″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8s Gen 3 8 / 256 GB

4700 mAh 67W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 32 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Xiaomi 14 Civi looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.55″ · AMOLED · 1236 × 2750 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.55"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1236 × 2750 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

12-bit (68B colours)

12-bit

Brightness

1441 nits

HDR

Dolby Vision · HDR10+

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2

Performance

Qualcomm SM8635 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.0 GHz · Adreno 735

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8635 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,779,580

v11

GeekBench

5,352

Graphics test

3DMark 3,311 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 3.0 GHz

GPU

Adreno 735

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

1x3 Ghz Cortex X4, 4x2,8 Ghz Cortex A720, 3x2,0 Ghz Cortex A520

Software & updates

Android 14, HyperOS · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 14, HyperOS

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.6 main · OIS · 32 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.6

OIS

Telephoto

50 MP f/2.0

Ultrawide

12 MP f/2.2

Front camera

32 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Omnivision OV50 Light Fusion 800, 1/1.55", 1µm

Flagship-class sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi 17T , Xiaomi 15T

Slow motion

Yes, 1920 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4700 mAh · 67 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4700 mAh

Lab active use

11:36h

Wired charging

67 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.6 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.6 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio, Dolby Atmos

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 12/512GB

Storage type

UFS 4.0

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), NavIC System

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G works · 5G works No B20 or B7 — weaker indoor signal, and slower speeds where the network is busy.

Works

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8

4G B1, B3, B5, B8, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n8, n28b, n28a, n40, n41, n78

Build & Design

6 g · 7.5 mm

Height

157.2 mm

Width

72.8 mm

Thickness

7.5 mm

Weight

6 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 16

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1236 × 2750 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution · 6.55″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher-res main camera

Telephoto vs — · 50 MP · f/1.6 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main · 32 MP vs 12 MP selfie

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower performance tier

High-end vs Flagship tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S24

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

18% larger battery capacity

67 W vs 25 W charging · 4,700 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower performance tier

High-end vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

Telephoto vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

Full comparison

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High-end

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