Redmi Note 9 Pro design
The Redmi Note 9 Pro is definitely a heavy phone. With 8.8 millimeter thickness and 209 grams weight, many users will feel this phone heavy. The company says that the weight of this phone has been distributed throughout the body, due to which the users will not feel heavy. We found it difficult to use it with one-handed but not impossible.
Xiaomi has three colors, Interstellar Black, Glacier White, and Aurora Blue. You will not find any kind of pattern in it. Our Aurora Blue unit comes with a very shiny rear panel, which is bright and reflective. Thankfully, the rear panel is not very slippery, but as soon as you touch it, it easily catches fingerprints.
Redmi Note 9 Pro specifications and software
The Redmi Note series phones usually have impressive specifications and Xiaomi has given a larger screen and battery on this phone than the previous model. On the phone, you get a 6.67-inch full-HD+(1080x2400 pixels) display, which has a large hole-punch for the front camera. Some fans may be disappointed that the high-refresh rate display running in the trend these days, the small company has given a standard refresh rate display. Redmi Note 9 Pro has a 60 Hz display. At the same time, a 90 Hz display comes in Realme 6, which comes around this price.
Xiaomi claims that there are many apps that cannot take advantage of the high refresh rate and that people cannot really distinguish between 60 Hz and 90 Hz. The company says that the high refresh rate also affects the battery life. We should also understand that some agreements in the price of Rs 12, 999 are not bad.
Redmi Note 9 Pro performance and battery life
At this time, the hardware coming on the budget smartphone in the market also gives good performance in everyday use. The mid-range Redmi Note 9 Pro also makes it easy to do everything from basic calls to heavy 3D gaming without any hassle. Multitasking is also quite smooth. If you want a smartphone with a high refresh rate display, then you may miss it in this phone, but most people will not really make much difference.
The Redney Note 9 Pro is not an easy phone to use, as we have said. The large screen in this phone works well for video and games, but the size and location of the camera bump makes it inconvenient to capture in a landscape manner when gaming. Holding it for long calls can also cause fatigue. Both the side-mounted fingerprint sensor and face recognition were fast and accurate in our experience.
The screen is bright and sharp. The colors look good and if you want to change the color settings according to you, there are some presets available in the Settings app. We found the camera cutout a bit distracting when viewing the video-screen. Some apps are designed to hide the cutout at the top of the screen with a black band. We were not very impressed with the speaker. Although the sound was loud, the ears were piercing.
Redmi Note 9 Pro cameras
The square camera bump on the back of the smartphone may also surprise some Redmi Note series fans. The primary camera comes with 48-megapixel resolution, which has an aperture f / 1.79 and comes with the new Samsung ISOCELL GM2 sensor.
The camera setup includes an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera with a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 5-megapixel macro lens. Xiaomi has claimed to have an improved night mode, super phase detection autofocus and a special color profile for Indians. Video can be recorded at 4K resolution with 30fps or 1080 pixels with 60fps. Slow-motion recording of 720p resolution can be done at 960fps. In this you can also shoot video using a macro camera.
Verdict
According to the price of Redmi Note 9 Pro, its base variant is a good option, especially for its features and performance. However, this phone seems to be more an upgrade of the Redmi Note 8 than the Redmi Note 8 Pro.
We like the style of Redmi Note 9 Pro. The specifications of the phone are very impressive and we had very few complaints during the use of this phone in day to day tasks as well as general entertainment. The primary camera disappoints us a bit, especially in low light. We found this phone a little too heavy to our liking.
Xiaomi has also launched Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, a high-end model of the series, starting at 14, 999 and it gives you better front and rear camera setup, more RAM, and faster charging features. The high-end variant of the Redmi Note 9 Pro is priced at Rs 15, 999. This price set by the company definitely confuses customers a lot. While the high-end variant of the Redni Note 9 Pro is priced at Rs 15, 999, the base variant of the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max phone equipped with better hardware and features is priced at Rs 14, 999.