Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G review

29 January 2024


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newflesh, 30 Jan 2024Sony phones have some exceptional battery life, 5 and 10 se... moreIt's the software/OS. The less bloat you have, the more efficient it's running. The OS from OEMs like Sony, Asus, Sharp, etc are closer to stock with very minimal bloatware. Meanwhile, the Chinese are putting their own app store, services, bloatware, and heavily customize their skin.

    Not available in Vietnam at this time with 512GB of storage. Otherwise this would be a slam dunk purchase for me.

      potato4k, 30 Jan 2024It's probably due to MiUI. Most Xiaomi phones dont rea... moreSony phones have some exceptional battery life, 5 and 10 series at least, far exceeding everything else on Android and on par with the iPhones best considering its closed ecosystem. I wonder how Sony manage to do that

        newflesh, 29 Jan 2024Wow, the battery life is unimpressive considering 5100mahIt's probably due to MiUI. Most Xiaomi phones dont really have great battery life when factoring their large batteries. Compare them to phones from Asus or Sony with smaller battery yet getting as good or better battery life. It's the software.

          Everything performs well, only the battery but that's because of the high screen resolution. One of the cheap phones with eSIM support, I remember many people asked for it on the Note 12 Pro and here Xiaomi makes it. Maybe there is also a heart rate sensor but it's not in the review.

            ashrobb, 30 Jan 2024Yeah honestly Xiaomi should just have kept the 1080p displa... moreYea I agree. They can use 1220p on X6 pro above.

              Strawhat, 30 Jan 2024The culprit I think the inefficient screen with higher than... moreYeah honestly Xiaomi should just have kept the 1080p display. Easier on the battery and onscreen GPU tasks. MIUI does a weird scaling anyway so you don't actually benefit from such high resolutions.

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                LoneOwl, 29 Jan 2024+impressive(for the class)brightness +impressive(for the c... moreits because of the ads

                expect efficiency from this brand, no way

                it is personal ads viewer brand

                  Anonymous, 29 Jan 2024It's a joke how bad it it, the S23 with a better chip ... moreThe culprit I think the inefficient screen with higher than usual resolution (1220p). S23 series have 1080-1440 but with more expensive and efficient LTPO screen

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                    Yet another piece of Chinese e-waste ! An otherwise decent phone let down by the 8mp tiny ultrawide lens.

                      MarOMG, 29 Jan 2024I don't get all that crying about "only 9 hrs of ... moreWhat your doing is enabling

                      What benefit is there for progress and improvement if we just accept and not criticise

                      Why shouldn't their be more efficiency on the battery?
                      Is it really this horrible thing to do to ask for improvement?

                        MarOMG, 29 Jan 2024I don't get all that crying about "only 9 hrs of ... moreWhat if you're out for the day, using Google Maps, listening to music, watching videos and making calls? People don't always have the option of charging.

                        My Pixel 6a charges painfully slowly, but it gets 15+ hours of web use with a 4,400mAh battery, according to the review. Under 9.5 hours for a phone with a 5,100mAh battery and an ultra efficient chip is ridiculous.

                          I don't get all that crying about "only 9 hrs of web surfing...". You get super fast charging. If you think it won't hold to the end of the day, just charge it for 10 minutes while undressing, showering, eating, actually talking to somebody... It will be almost full. Are you all glued to your phones, you can't put them down for 10 lousy minutes?!

                            Wow, the battery life is unimpressive considering 5100mah

                              Aierlan, 29 Jan 2024Motorola edge neo 40 Redmi note 12 pro+ Samsung a54 Real... moreCorrection taken

                                ashrobb, 29 Jan 2024I have to point with all due respect (and some sadness) tha... moreI would argue that they're "rushing" their reviews a bit, due to the immense amount of phones they have in for review, so they're most likely trying to get rid of the less-eye-catchy and lower-budget phones faster.

                                  I have to point with all due respect (and some sadness) that your reviews are declining in quality... Here we lacked proper GPU tests on GFXBench. They can't still be banned now that the phone has been out worldwide for nearly three weeks. There's also no testing of the EIS video stabilization, which a few reviewers and user have pointed out as a weak point (lots of wobbling and focus hunting at 4K). I don't know if you guys are understaffed or something but I was expecting a little more.

                                  Anyway, I was looking into this but I might hold on for a while until it gets cheaper or something else from the competition catches my eye. With a microSD slot it would have been a winner.

                                    +impressive(for the class)brightness
                                    +impressive(for the class)fast charging
                                    +good for the class speakers
                                    +8/256 base version(for the lack of microsd)
                                    +decent camera

                                    -Android 13 out of the box. Why????
                                    -mediocre at best battery life. Wtf is going on with battery life with recent Redmi devices??? How the hell does Xiaomi 13T get so much better battery life???
                                    -expensive starting price.
                                    -mediocre performance. Why so many mid range phones rival 2021's snap778+?

                                    Redmi devices are becoming less relevant each year.

                                      A quick camera comparison between the Redmi Note 13 Pro vs the older Xiaomi 12 Lite makes for interesting findings.
                                      Both seems to produce the same, accurate, non-blurry, sharp photos.
                                      I like the older 12 Lite has smaller footprint with its more compact design, has a higher megapixel on the selfie camera and has Snapdragon sound compatibility. Other than that the newer Redmi phone still has the newer specs.
                                      But does it still have a more, optimized, natural-looking photos though?

                                        IpsDisplay, 29 Jan 2024I'll gladly take correction show me some please Motorola edge neo 40
                                        Redmi note 12 pro+
                                        Samsung a54
                                        Realme 11pro+
                                        Oneplus nord 2t

                                        All 5 from different brands. I think Iqoo would have some too but they don't seem to review many Iqoo phones especially midrangers. Maybe they are available in too few markets

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