Redmi Note 9 Pro – global release – review [xiaomify]
You might have already seen some content about the Redmi Note 9 Pro in the last two weeks, but that surely was about the model for other territories. The global version has a few differences in the camera, charging speed, and RAM. And has improved a bit on all of these features making the global model quite interesting.
Xiaomi markets the Note 9 Pro as a “Flagship Level Mid-Ranger” which basically means it is a mid-tier level phone. It sports a mid-range Snapdragon 720G processor, comes with 6 GB of RAM but does offer a few competitive features to make it stand out from the crowd a little bit. And the battery is one of those; it’s got a huge 5020 mAh battery and it supports 30 watts fast charging and includes a 33-watts wall plug in the box.
It also includes some other features you won’t find on a mid-tier level phone like NFC and an IR-blaster. It also comes with a pretty high-resolution camera that can shoot 64-megapixel photos on the main camera. It also comes with an ultra-wide-angle (8MP), a macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor for portrait photos.
The camera is quite good; I have taken some good photos with it. Especially during the day with enough light, I got some good results. At night it performs less good and the photos came out a bit more noisy and grainy. On the upside; some indoor shots in the evening did come out quite a bit better.
The ultra-wide-angle lens is as wide as we have seen on many Xiaomi phones recently. It’s not as high in resolution as on the flagship phones, but it did perform quite well. During the day this gave good results, however, at night it also does not perform too well.
The selfie camera is 16 megapixels, which is actually quite good. It did give sharp and pretty good results.
The video is not all that bad either. You can not expect flagship performance on this level phone, but it did perform quite well. It can shoot 4K video up to 30 FPS and full HD video up to 60 fps. The results are not as bad as I thought they would be, although not the best we have ever seen.
The main issue I have with the camera on the Redmi Note 9 Pro is that (per default) it does add very vibrant and saturated colors, especially green. Whilst you can change that when adding a filter, or when desaturating the photo slightly it is more vibrant than you would typically have on Xiaomi’s flagship phones.
Generally, I do think that the Note 9 Pro offers good value for money. Considering it comes out in Europe for only 269 EUR for the 64GB model it does offer some good features for a very small price. As the global model has improved a bit from the models you may have seen before, it’s really not a bad phone to consider if you’re on a lowe budget.
