The Redmi 9 just popped up on Xiaomi’s
global RF certification page, confirming that the phone exists and its model
number – M2004J19G. This number was also spotted in a batch of devices that
were recently certified by the 3C.
These certifications don’t reveal much. A
related model, the M2004J19C, is listed at the 3C with a 10W charger, though
that would be a weird downgrade – both the Redmi 8 and the cheaper 8A support
18W charging.
Anyway, these will be 4G phones, which
probably comes as no surprise. Previous leaks showed a photo of the quad camera
on the back of the phone, which allegedly has a 13MP main, 8MP ultra wide and
5MP macro cameras plus a 2MP depth sensor.
The Redmi 9 is expected to be fairly large
with a 6.6" screen and to be powered by a Helio G70 chipset. This would be
a massive improvement over Redmi 8's Snapdragon 439 chip and its quad
Cortex-A53 core - the G70 has two A75 cores plus six A55, not to mention the
jump in GPU performance.
