Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 review

19 June 2020


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  • Essen
  • K6j
  • 20 Jun 2020

Xiaomi could have distinguished this phone and diversified its range by making the 9 smaller, lighter than the Note 9 range. As of now they are just cannibalising each other. If you aren't extremely particular of chipsets, cameras and under-the-hood differences, you could buy over the other and be none the better for it apart from a few units of currencies give or take. But then, what do I know. You apparently can't have a phone unless it's 6.5 inches or more. Hope against hope that the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 sets off a chain of copies among Android OEMs.

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    • kaz
    • rZG
    • 20 Jun 2020

    when will the full review be uploaded on youtube

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      • Anonymous
      • U}}
      • 20 Jun 2020

      LilPhone, 19 Jun 2020Of course, because that extra money gives you extra quality.actually they sell 9 pro on the same price as the note 8 pro when its first release

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        • Anonymous
        • U}}
        • 20 Jun 2020

        add a little bit $ and get note 9 pro

          Redmi Note 8 Pro have NFC. Did you mean Redmi Note 8?

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            • Anonymous
            • 0N7
            • 19 Jun 2020

            slow down with reviews!!! Too many of them, what the ....

              Anonymous, 19 Jun 2020Ummm u forgot the amoled part. Samsung traded performance f... moreShould AMOLED be reason for 100€ more expensive phone, and forget on everything else, like soc, splash resistance, gorilla Glass 5, 6 ram....?

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                • Pauls
                • sxr
                • 19 Jun 2020

                This phone is much hyped here in PH and it turns out to be worst. Appearance, speaker quality and awkward aesthetics are worst

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                  • LilPhone
                  • xZI
                  • 19 Jun 2020

                  Anonymous, 19 Jun 2020This looks like a downgrade from redmi note 8. Especially i... moreSeriously? Redmi Note 8's display is just as bad especially with the screen ghosting issue.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • PE3
                    • 19 Jun 2020

                    how does it compare to iphone se ? Whats the reason iphone se get 4.5 while this get 3 ?

                      So the g85 offers better battery life of the 730g on the mi note 10 lite

                      This LCD is pretty bad

                      The only manufacturer in the whole world that's giving high quality LCD panels .. sharp

                      They are globally releasing the Aquos R5G

                      Hdr10 support, 1000nits, pro IGZO LCD panel hopefully GsmArena gets a review unit

                      As it is the only phone presently that can represent LCD properly

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Njd
                        • 19 Jun 2020

                        This looks like a downgrade from redmi note 8. Especially in terms of display camera speaker and build quality. Redmi note 8 had one of the best speaker and display in its midrange/ low end phones

                          Helluva lot of expectations from a 150euro phone..In Europe they want 50-100euros more for it?Good luck to them...

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                            • Anonymous
                            • tZk
                            • 19 Jun 2020

                            Alex 94, 19 Jun 2020Underpowered soc for the class? Rly gsmarena? What about Sa... moreUmmm u forgot the amoled part. Samsung traded performance for better screen, hence the same price. Should the performance be the same, the amoled screen is reason enough for the price to increase

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                              • AnonD-641645
                              • Kx1
                              • 19 Jun 2020

                              Watch out Xiaomi, you've got competition. From yourself.

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                                • LilPhone
                                • xZI
                                • 19 Jun 2020

                                Strawhat, 19 Jun 2020Fortunately I bought RN9PRO (nfc, 64mp). The vanilla RN9 wi... moreOf course, because that extra money gives you extra quality.

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                                  • LilPhone
                                  • xZI
                                  • 19 Jun 2020

                                  Strawhat, 19 Jun 2020Yep rn7 and rn8 face ghosting issue too. But the rn8pro Did... moreCorrect. This is what made me quite surprised. Well I have a friend who owns the RN8 Pro and has screen issues, but probably not ghosting. The issue isn't too serious.

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                                    • Qwerty2020
                                    • Kif
                                    • 19 Jun 2020

                                    LilPhone, 19 Jun 2020Screen was an Achilles heel in the Redmi Note 8 was well. L... moreAll current line-up of Helio G series share the same specs; the difference is ONLY in CPU & GPU clock speed.
                                    Therefore, no meaningful differences should be observed.

                                    The problem is, if new Geekbench 5.1 was more accurate than previous version, 4cores A73 are still more powerful than 2cores A75; in other words, ALL SD675, SD710, and SD712 are actually overpriced for what they're worth.

                                    On the other hand, 3 years old SD660 actually still better for its price; it has 4cores A73, Adreno 512 which support up to QHD resolution (compared to Adreno 610 which only supports FHD+), and relatively-efficient 14nm fabrication.

                                    No wonder Nokia keep re-use SD660 for their mid-range lineup, instead of newer SD675 or SD71x series; they are just a bunch of overpriced SoC with overblown hype propaganda.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Tui
                                      • 19 Jun 2020

                                      Alex 94, 19 Jun 2020Underpowered soc for the class? Rly gsmarena? What about Sa... morethe helios is a fine chipset for this price range

                                        Underpowered soc for the class? Rly gsmarena? What about Samsung a51 with their exynos 9611 for 300€, which is even behind this soc in power? Yes, there are better deals in the same price range, mostly from the same Xiaomi, but saying that this is underpowered soc for the class is irrelevant.