Redmi Note 9 Pro Review in Hindi, Review of Redmi Note 9 Pro
The 90Hz display, fast charging technology and high-resolution camera setup included in the Redmi Note 9 series impress with its low price. Although many premium features of the series are available in high-end models Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Come in.
Here once again the question arises whether Redmi Note 9 Pro will live up to the expectations of the fans or not? To find out the answer to this question we Redmi Note 9 Pro Has been reviewed. Let us know together whether Redmi Note 9 Pro can be called the king of the mid-range segment or not.
Redmi Note 9 Pro design
The Redmi Note 9 Pro is definitely a heavy phone. With 8.8 mm thickness and 209 grams weight, many users will find this phone heavy. The company says that the weight of this phone is distributed throughout the body, due to which users will not feel heavy. We found it difficult to use 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 this. Our Aurora Blue unit comes with a very glossy rear panel, which is bright and reflective. Thankfully the rear panel isn’t too slippery, but it does pick up fingerprints easily as soon as you touch it.
Xiaomi has come with a new camera bump design. In this the flash is concentrated below the four camera lenses. It’s a nice design touch, making it quite different from the previous Redmi Note 8 series.
Gorilla Glass 5 has been used on both the front and back of Redmi Note 9 Pro and its frame is made of polycarbonate. The included selfie camera on the front is set in the hole-punch cutout. Interestingly, we noticed that the picture of the Redmi Note 9 Pro on its box cover shows a smaller hole-punch cutout than the actual device.
The next point of interest is the side-mounted fingerprint sensor, which is set into the power button. It is placed on the right side of the phone, which works quite well with the thumb of our right hand. If you are left handed, you may find this inconvenient.
Xiaomi says that the fingerprint sensor is provided in the power button because it is faster than the in-display sensor and more convenient than the fingerprint sensor on the back. This is definitely new for a budget segment smartphone.
The volume buttons are awkwardly set above the power button and are not easy to reach while on a call. On the left side, there is a tray with slots for two nano-SIMs and a microSD card. Xiaomi’s trademark infrared emitter is on the top of the phone and can be used to control a number of home devices. There’s the usual USB Type-C port, 3.5mm audio socket and speaker at the bottom. Many will be happy to know that the earpiece actually features a hidden notification and charging LED.
Xiaomi has done quite well in terms of design and Redmi Note 9 Pro gives a new feel even without any major changes. The phone also has P2i coating, which can protect it from water splashes. However it is not completely waterproof.
Redmi Note 9 Pro specifications and software
Redmi Note series phones usually have impressive specifications and Xiaomi has given this phone a bigger screen and battery than the previous model. In the phone you get a 6.67-inch full-HD + (1080×2400 pixels) display, which has a big hole-punch for the front camera. Some fans may be disappointed that the small company has given a standard refresh rate display instead of the high-refresh rate display which is in trend these days. Redmi Note 9 Pro has a 60Hz display. At the same time, those coming around the same price Realme 6 It has a 90Hz display.
Xiaomi claims that there are many apps that cannot take advantage of the higher refresh rate and that people cannot actually tell the difference between 60Hz and 90Hz. The company says that high refresh rate also affects battery life. We should also understand that at a price of Rs 12,999, some compromises are not bad.
The phone has a battery of 5020 mAh capacity. Xiaomi claims that this battery can provide 29 hours of VoLTE calling and 14 hours of gaming. You get an 18W charger in the box, which charges the battery fast.
The Snapdragon 720G is an advanced chipset with two high-performance 2.3 GHz cores and six energy-efficient 1.8 GHz cores, built on an 8nm process. The price of 4 GB RAM and 64 GB variant of the smartphone is Rs 12,999 and its 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage variant comes for Rs 15,999. Other highlights include standard GPS with NavIC support, dual-band Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 5, and other standard sensors. The phone’s box comes with an 18W charger along with a USB Type-C cable and a SIM ejector tool. A plastic case is also available in it.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro runs MIUI 11 based on Android 10, and our review unit was running the February security patch. Sadly, this phone also comes with bloatware and promotional content as part of Xiaomi’s business strategy. The company says users can remove or disable some of these services, but we still saw a lot of spam notices.
There’s no app drawer, but you do get some levels of UI customization. Swiping up on the homescreen launches the Mi Browser which also helps you search for installed apps. This is somewhat convenient, but we wish we could customize this shortcut for other purposes. The software includes all Android 10 and MIUI 11 features.
Redmi Note 9 Pro performance and battery life
Currently, the hardware available on budget smartphones in the market also gives good performance in everyday use. The mid-range Redmi Note 9 Pro also handles 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, you may miss it on this phone, but most people won’t really mind that much.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro isn’t an easy phone to use, as we’ve said. The large screen on this phone works well for videos and games, but the size and location of the camera bump makes it inconvenient to hold in landscape mode while gaming. Holding it for a call for a long time 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. Colors look good and there are some presets available in the Settings app if you want to tweak the color settings to your liking. 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 weren’t very impressed with the speaker. Although the sound was loud, it hurt the ears.
PUBG Mobile runs at high graphics preset settings by default. We played a few rounds for about 20 minutes and found that the Redmi Note 9 Pro does get a little warm, contrary to Xiaomi’s claims. The phone was never inconvenient, but we didn’t want to play for too long. However, there were no fluctuations in graphics and the gameplay was also good.
We were eager to test this phone’s battery. With normal usage, we comfortably got one and a half day of backup on the Redmi Note 9 Pro, which is impressive. During this time we played some games, streamed videos and took a lot of photos and videos. Our HD loop video test lasted 16 hours, 2 minutes, which is good but not as much as we were expecting. Considering that some competitors in this segment may cross the 20 hour mark.
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 a 48-megapixel resolution, an aperture of f/1.79 and comes with the new Samsung ISOCELL GM2 sensor.
The camera setup includes an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera paired with a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 5-megapixel macro lens. Xiaomi has claimed to provide a better night mode, super phase detection autofocus and special color profile according to Indians in the phone. Videos can be recorded at 4K resolution with 30fps or 1080p with 60fps. Slow-motion recording of 720p resolution can be done at 960fps. In this you can also shoot video using macro camera.
The front camera has a sensor with 16-megapixel resolution. This camera can make slow-motion videos up to 120fps. AI beautification feature is also provided, which is on by default.
We found the primary camera to be good, but it cannot be said to be anything different in terms of quality. Close-ups looked good and details of the subject were also clearly visible. Even distant subjects are captured well provided there is adequate lighting and the textures are not too complex. The wide-angle camera isn’t too bad, but the quality definitely goes down. Despite promising distortion correction, there are still some warping effects visible at the edges of the frame.
The 5-megapixel macro camera produces much higher quality shots than most other macro cameras. However, many of our shots came out with dull colors and poor exposure at times.
At night, we found the primary camera of Redmi Note 9 Pro to be good in artificial light. But in low light the camera compromised with the quality. The wide-angle camera also didn’t take good pictures, but we didn’t expect much from it in low light. Night mode was surprisingly ineffective. It definitely added brightness to low-light photos, but did nothing with subjects taken in darkness. Night mode, often included in other phones, enhances the detail, sharpness and quality of subjects in shots taken in the dark.
The front camera works well during the day as well as at night, but we didn’t like its beautification mode, which makes faces look artificial. However, details in photos are good during the day as well as at night and the background is nicely blurred in portrait shots.
Verdict
The base variant of the Redmi Note 9 Pro is a good option for its price, especially for its features and performance. However, this phone seems to be more of an upgrade to the Redmi Note 8 than the Redmi Note 8 Pro.
We like the styling of the Redmi Note 9 Pro. The specifications of the phone are very impressive and we had very few complaints while using this phone for day-to-day tasks as well as general entertainment. The primary camera disappoints us a bit, especially in low light. We found this phone to be a little too heavy for our liking.
Xiaomi has also launched a high-end model of the series, Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, which starts at Rs 14,999 and gives you a better front and rear camera setup, more RAM, and faster charging feature. The price of the high-end variant of Redmi Note 9 Pro is Rs 15,999. This price set by the company definitely confuses the customers. While on one hand the price of the high-end variant of Redmi Note 9 Pro is Rs 15,999, on the other hand, the base variant of Redmi Note 9 Pro Max phone equipped with better hardware and features is priced at Rs 14,999.
Therefore, if we talk about 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage variant of Redmi Note 9 Pro, then it undoubtedly appears to be a good option at the price of Rs 12,999, but if we talk about 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage variant, then we should buy it. Seems like a useless decision. We hope Xiaomi improves the camera through software updates. If this happens then it may be very difficult to beat this phone.
