Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G review

Triple camera setup with a 200MP main cam

As already mentioned, the Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G is nearly identical to the Poco M6 Pro with one major exception - the main camera. The Redmi swaps the 64MP main snapper of the Poco for a 200MP one. It is still OIS-enabled, which is always nice to see.

Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G camera specs

• Wide (main): 200 MP Samsung ISOCELL HP3, f/1.7, 23mm, 1/1.4", 0.56µm, Super QPD(multi-directional PDAF), OIS; 1080p@30/60fps
• Ultra wide angle: 8 MP OmniVision OV08D10, f/2.2, 120-degree, 1/4.4", 1.0µm, fixed focus; 1080p@30/60fps
• Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4, fixed focus.
• Front camera: 16 MP, f/2.4, 1/3", 1.0µm, fixed focus; 1080p@30/60fps

You might see that other than the main camera, this setup sounds surprisingly similar to the one on the Poco M6 Pro.

Night mode is available on the main camera, the ultrawide, and even the selfie.

Daylight camera quality

The 200MP main camera captures binned photos in around 12.5MP by default. These look pretty good overall but do have their shortcomings. The level of captured detail is good, but upon closer inspection, fine geometrical detail and some surfaces do appear a bit soft. That is hardly noticeable unless you zoom a lot, though, and the amount of sharpening applied to the frame is well-balanced and makes up for that nicely.

Colors are nice and true to life. The dynamic range could be a bit wider and is merely okay as things currently stand. A solid showing overall.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera samples

In case you were wondering, here is how the main camera on the Poco M6 Pro captured the same scenes. We would say that the Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G and its 200MP main camera offer a definite upgrade in overall quality compared to the Poco's 64MP snapper.

Poco M6 Pro: 16MP main camera samples

You can force the main camera to capture in its full 200MP resolution, although the sensor is not really meant to be used this way. Still, the only real downsides to using 200MP mode are the occasional moire fringing on fine geometrical patterns and the huge file sizes. Other than that, the Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G is surpsingly speedy when it comes to capturing these stills. They also have a lot more fine detail and look much sharper overall. Colors are equally great.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 200MP main camera samples

The Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G lacks a dedicated telephoto but does have plenty of resolution on its main camera to do good digital zooms. The camera UI features toggles for 2x and 4x zoom. Photos at 2x zoom look about as good as the regular 1x ones. There is plenty of detail. Colors look great as well.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera 2x zoom samples

Once again, if you really start pixel-peeping, you will notice that some surfaces and finer details are a bit blurry and soft, but that's only visible if you zoom in a lot.

At 4x zoom, you start to notice the surface softness a bit more, but even these photos are perfectly usable and presentable when looking in at them 1:1.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera 4x zoom samples

The main camera does an alright job with portrait shots.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera samples

Subject detection and separation are dependable, even if not always perfect, and the odd strand of hair can trip the algorithm up. The background blur looks convincing enough, but with a busier background, some errors start creeping up. Nothing deal-breaking though.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera portrait samples

Our extensive photo compare database shows how the main camera stacks up against the competition.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G against the Poco M6 Pro and the Motorola Moto G54 Power in our Photo compare tool

Moving on, we have the 8MP ultrawide camera. It holds up pretty well in daylight conditions. There is plenty of detail in the shots for the resolution we are working with and pretty low noise. Distortion correction is working great, and the only real issue left behind near the edges of the frame is a bit of extra softness, but nothing deal-breaking.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 8MP ultrawide camera samples

Colors are a bit more subdued than those on the main camera. Still, they are not bad in their own right. Dynamic range is about what we would expect from the hardware, which is to say decent.

Finally, on the back of the phone, we have the 2MP macro camera. While it is nothing to phone home about, it still captures surprisingly good stills, given its limited resolution and overall capabilities. Detail is good, and so are colors.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 2MP macro camera samples

Our only real complaint is that the focal plane isn't particularly wide or forgiving, and capturing a perfectly in-focus shot can be a bit fiddly.

We have a similar complaint about the focus plane of the 16MP selfie camera. It is not particularly well-tuned for arm's length shots, and it can be challenging to get the subject perfectly in the focus sweet spot. Still, once you have a good muscle memory for extending your arm as much as you can, it works just fine.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 16MP selfie camera samples

It captures plenty of detail and skin texture with nice skin tones.

Video capture quality

The Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G captures video at up to 1080p resolution. There is no 4K available, which is a bummer. Videos from both the main camera and the ultrawide get saved in a standard h.264/AVC video at around 20Mbps and stereo 48 kHz AAC audio inside an MP4 container. You can, alternatively, choose to capture in h.265/HEVC and save some space.

The main camera captures decent but unimpressive 1080p videos. The level of detail, while not impressive, is decent for 1080p. Colors look very good overall. They are not overly saturated, nor are they too dull.

Contrast could be better, and the same goes for dynamic range, which is quite limited. Shadows, in particular, get easily crushed.

Just like its Poco sibling, the Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G claims to offer some sort of video stabilization. The setting suggests that it only works in Pro video mode. However, looking at the actual footage, we can't really say that there is any additional EIS at play when the setting is toggled on. The phone does do some basic stabilization in its default video mode, which is good enough for small shakes and bumps but largely unimpressive.

Here is how the main camera stacks up against the competition in our extensive video compare database.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G against the Poco M6 Pro and the Motorola Moto G54 Power in our Video compare tool

At 2x zoom, videos look a bit softer, but not by a lot. Colors are still great.

Videos from the ultrawide camera are quite soft and a bit noisy. Dynamic range is also quite narrow. At least there is a decent amount of detail, given the 8MP sensor, and colors look nice.

The selfie camera captures pretty decent 1080p videos. Colors look nice and natural, specifically skin tones. There is plenty of skin texture being captured. Dynamic range isn't all that bad, and the videos aren't even that shaky.

Low-light camera quality

The main camera holds up quite well in low-light conditions. There is plenty of detail, and the colors look nice. Dynamic range is good with nicely exposed darer areas and well-contained light sources.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera low-light samples

At 2x zoom, things look impressively solid and similar to 1x. We expected more image degradation, but the Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G handles low-light zoom like a champ.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera low-light 2x zoom samples

Things start looking noticeably softer at 4x zoom. Still, these shots remain perfectly usable in most cases.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera low-light 4x zoom samples

The Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G applies some form of automatic night mode on its own, and we were quite happy with the consistency of its detection. There is a manual night mode beyond that, and it seems to offer slightly slower capture times with longer exposure and more stacking.

That being said, it doesn't drastically change the look of the photos from the main camera. It cleans up some of the minimal noise left in the frame and boosts detail in shadows just a bit. Here are some samples of night mode at 1x and 2x since those are the presets included in the UI. You can manually zoom beyond that in night mode if you so please.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera night mode samples

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 12.5MP main camera night mode 2x zoom samples

The ultrawide camera's output is subpar in low-light conditions. Surfaces come out looking soft and noisy, dark areas are quite crushed, and light sources are a bit blown out. That being said, we can't realistically expect much better from an 8MP ultrawide camera. Plus, photos from the Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G doo seem to be a bit sharper than those from what is seemingly the same ultrawide on the Poco M6 Pro. Not by a lot, but it is still noticeable.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 8MP ultrawide camera low-light samples

The ultrawide camera arguably benefits the most from enabling the dedicated Night mode. We didn't see much change in the amount of detail in the frame, but night mode does bring up darker areas quite a bit, making everything more visible and pleasant to look at. Light sources and colors look about the same.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 4G: 8MP ultrawide camera night mode samples

Low-light videos from the main camera are surprisingly crisp and clean. There is plenty of detail in the frame and practically no noise.

Light sources are handled rather competently and not blown out too badly, but darker areas could use some work.

At 2x zoom, videos maintain most of the solid quality attributes. A bit of noise does creep in, but other than that, these look very good.

Videos from the ultrawide camera are extra dark and pretty noisy.