The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ stands out with its triple camera. The main module is based on the OmniVision Light Hunter 800, which we also saw on the Xiaomi 14 Civi. It is a 1/1.55” sensor (1.0µm pixels), which boasts 13.2EV of dynamic range and advanced dual native ISO. It sits behind a bright f/1.6 aperture lens with OIS. There is another 50MP sensor, this one behind a 60mm lens (2.5x). This is great for portraits and the high resolution sensor also enables 5x lossless zoom. The lens on this camera has an f/2.0 aperture and can focus on close up objects, as close as 50cm.
There is also an 8MP ultra wide camera
with 120° FoV (f/2.2). The main camera can record 4K video @ 30fps and 1080p at
60fps, plus a 1080p @ 120fps slow-mo mode. Finally, the selfie camera has a
20MP sensor (OV20B) with 1080p @ 60fps video recording. A brilliant 6.67” OLED
display will serve as your viewfinder. This is a 12-bit panel with 68.7 billion
colors and 100% DCI-P3 coverage, plus Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support. It has a
resolution of 1,220 x 2,712px (446ppi) and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The display
has a peak brightness of 3,000 nits and uses 1,920Hz high frequency PWM
dimming.
It is a curved display, as you may have
noticed, which has a reputation of being fragile. Redmi’s “King Kong”
architecture is anything but. The front is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2,
the back by GG 7i (this is the first Redmi phone with dual Gorilla Glass). The
four corners have been reinforced against impact and the internals are
cushioned with a polymer, rubber and/or foam that absorbs the energy of
impacts.
TÜV SÜD gave the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ a
5-star rating on the drop test, which was conducted on a marble floor from a
height of 1.8m. Additionally, to get its IP68 rating, the phone was submerged
under 2 meters of water for a full 24 hours – most IP68 tests usually last half
an hour. The display can detect touches from wet hands, so you can just fish
the phone out of the pool and keep using it. Xiaomi also went all out with the
new silicon-carbon anode battery, which has a massive 6,200mAh capacity. It has
been rated for 4 years of fast charging at 90W and can even survive being
charged in extreme cold conditions (-20°C). The phone is powered by the new
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. It’s paired with 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM or 16GB LPDDR5.
Storage also comes in two flavors: 256GB UFS 2.2 and 512GB UFS 3.1.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro+ launches in
China today. The base 12/256GB model is CNY 1,900 (this includes a temporary 5%
discount). This converts to US$ 270/£ 205/€ 245/₹ 22,500. There is also a 12/512GB
option for CNY 2,100 and a 16/512GB model for CNY 2,300 (note the different RAM
and storage chips!).
