With a bold design and incredible performance, the Mi 11 Lite 5G may just be the lightweight phone you need. Xiaomi launches a lot of phones over the course of a year, and even by its standards, 2021 has been busy. We got the Redmi Note 9T , Redmi Note 10 series, Mi 10i , Mi 11 , Mi 11 Ultra , and a slate of devices under the POCO label, including the POCO X3 Pro , F3 , and more recently the M3 Pro . While the Mi 11 and Mi 11 Ultra make a claim for the best Android phones , there's a third model in the series aimed at the mid-range segment: the Mi 11 Lite. This device is particularly interesting because it is the first to be powered by the Snapdragon 780G chipset. Qualcomm dominated the mid-range tier last year with the Snapdragon 765G, and the 780G takes things to a whole new level. The Mi 11 Lite stands out because of its fresh colors, and it has a svelte 6.8mm profile and is one of the lightest phones around at 157g. But it doesn't miss out on table stakes features: you