This is a straight upgrade over my Redmi Note 7 in terms of performance and usability. Love the new (to me) additions such as the NFC, dual speakers, more frequency bands (in particular 4G bands 12 and 13 help a lot in my case, though I do wish it also had 4G and 5G band 71), and returning features like the IR blaster (beats having a remote for everything), headphone jack, and fingerprint sensor. The high refresh rate AMOLED screen, wifi 6, and faster processors are also nice to have, but I'd be lying if I said they influenced my decision all that much. My Note 7 was good enough in those regards, though the Note 11 does run Azur Lane well enough now that I'll leave it in 60fps mode.