Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G review

Display

The Redmi Note 13 Pro has the same display as the Poco X6, or you could say, it's vice versa. Anyway, it's a rather premium 6.67-inch OLED panel of 1,220 x 2,712 pixels or 446ppi. It supports all sorts of niceties - 12-bit color depth, 120Hz refresh rate, 1,920 PWM dimming, and it can playback HDR10+ and Dolby Vision content.

The screen is protected with a Gorilla Glass Victus sheet. There is a small perforation to make way for the selfie camera.

According to Xiaomi's official specifications, the screen supports up to 1,800nits of peak brightness. There is no information on the high maximum brightness, but it should be similar to the Poco X6's - about 1,200 nits.

We've completed our display test, and the numbers are identical to the Poco X6's. We captured 530 nits of maximum brightness when controlling the brightness slider manually. Then, when using the Auto Brightness mode with the Sunlight Boost enabled, the screen became much brighter at 1,331 nits.

The minimum brightness at point white was just 2.3 nits.

Refresh rate

The display supports up to 120Hz refresh rate, and there are two refresh modes - Custom (choose between 120Hz or 60Hz refresh ceilings) and Default (automatic switching behavior).

The screen should support the fixed 30Hz, 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz steps.

The adaptive refresh rate works as expected - it drops down to 60Hz when the screen shows static content. All streaming apps are capped at 60Hz for UI and streaming, too. And, of course, incompatible HFR apps such as the Camera app and Google Maps are always rendered at 60fps.

The only time we saw the screen use 30Hz was for the Always-on Display, which cannot be always-on all the time but appears only for 10s.

HDR and streaming

The Redmi Note 13 Pro comes with Widevine L1 DRM support, and Full HD streaming with HDR10 and Dolby Vision support is available across popular platforms, Netflix included.

Battery life

Our new Active Use Score is an estimate of how long the battery will last if you use the device with a mix of all four test activities. You can adjust the calculation based on your usage pattern using the sliders below. You can read about our current battery life testing procedure here. For a comprehensive list of all tested devices so far, head this way.

The Redmi Note 13 Pro is powered by a 5,100mAh battery, just like the Poco X6. And just like the Poco X6, it scored the same average numbers across all our on-screen tests - video streaming, web browsing, and gaming.

Charging speed

Most of the recent Xiaomi-made phones support 67W fast wired charging, and the latest Redmi Note 13 Pro models are no different. Naturally, they come bundled with the proprietary 67W Xiaomi power adapter and a 6A-rated cable.

The said adapter refilled 49% of the Redmi Note 13 Pro battery in 15 mins and 83% in 30 mins. A full charge took 42 minutes, which is quite fast.

Speakers

The Redmi Note 13 Pro has your typical hybrid stereo speaker setup - a full-blown speaker is placed at the bottom, and the earpiece acts as another one. The top one is quieter, but it has two sound outlets to balance things out.

And it sure does! The audio coming from the setup is nice and balanced. Plus, there is support for the Dolby Atmos enhancement, and it's ON by default.

The Redmi Note 13 Pro scored a Very Good mark on our loudness test. The sound quality is very good - the vocals are great, the high frequencies are well presented, and there is some minor bass presence.

Turning OFF the Dolby Atmos makes a little difference - it offers a slightly richer but less balanced output.