Xiaomi’s Redmi brand just launched the
Redmi Note 9 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.53-inch Full
HD+ LCD screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Protection, is powered MediaTek
Helio G85 12nm SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, features 4µm graphite sheet for
improved thermal performance and runs Android 10 with MIUI 11 on top. Redmi
claims 21% performance improvements over Redmi Note 8 powered by Snapdragon
665.
It features a 48-megapixel primary rear
camera, 8-megapixel 120° ultra-wide angle lens, 2-megapixel 2cm macro sensor
and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There is also a 13-megapixel camera on the
front. It has an Aura Balance design with 3D curved back, rear-mounted
fingerprint scanner and pack a 5020mAh battery with 22.5W fast charger in the
box and supports 9W reverse charging.
Redmi Note 9 specifications
- 6.53-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 450nit(typ) brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa Core MediaTek Helio G85 12nm processor (Dual 2GHz Cortex-A75 + Hexa 2GHz 6x Cortex-A55 CPUs) with up to 1000MHz ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU
- 4GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 64GB (eMMC 5.1), 4GB / 6GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 128GB (eMMC 5.1) storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD
- Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
- Android 10 with MIUI 11
- 48MP rear cameras with Samsung GM1 sensor, f/1.79 aperture, PDAF, EIS, 0.8μm pixel size, LED flash, EIS, 8MP 118° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 2MP macro lens and 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture
- 13MP front camera with f/2.25 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor, IR sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, 1216 Linear speaker, FM Radio
- Splash resistant (P2i coating)
- Dimensions: 162.38×77.2×8.95mm; Weight: 199g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
- 5020mAh (typical) / 4920mAh (minimum) battery, 22.5W in-box charger, 9w reverse charging
The Redmi Note 9 comes in Pebble Grey,
Arctic White and Aqua Green colors is priced at Rs. 11,999 for the 4GB RAM with
64GB storage version, 4GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs Rs. 13,499 and
the top-end 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs Rs. 14,999. It will go on
sale from Amazon India and Mi.com online as well as Mi Home and Mi Studio
offline starting from July 24th.
