Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S 64 GB / 4 GB

New people's favorite?

Meet Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S, also known as Redmi Note 9 Pro in India, a new contender for the title of popular smartphone with a price tag of up to $250. Externally, the global version of Redmi Note 9 Pro is no different from the older model Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, and the technical differences mainly rest on the camera: Redmi Note 9S has a 48 MP Samsung ISOCELL GM2 sensor instead of 64 MP, and the resolution of the front camera has been cut down exactly widow, up to 16 MP. By the standards of its class, the camera looks very good. If we talk about daytime shooting, then it is right up close to the flagships of three or four years ago. For a pipe for 200 evergreens, this is a cool result.

Margin of safety

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor is responsible for the performance of the novelty, which operates at a maximum frequency of 2.3 GHz. The amount of RAM is 4 and the amount of storage is 64GB. Given the support for microSD cards, there should be no problems with quickly filling up the memory. When compared with competitors, the filling is very performant and is unlikely to lag somewhere. It's bad that the processor heats up noticeably in difficult tests like synthetic tests or games.

real phablet

The IPS-screen with a diagonal of 6.67" has a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels and sports a small hole for the front camera right in the centre. The display shows a clear, moderately colorful image. The calibration is adequate, the contrast is moderately high, only a small margin of brightness is missing, so the colours will fade under a very bright sun. At the same time, like all phablets (if you can still call them that), Redmi Note 9S suffers from a mild form of gigantism, which, judging by the comments on the network, does not suit all buyers. This is only partly true, because now every second smartphone has a length of about 16 cm, so the extra millimetres back and forth do not make much difference. It still won't work with one hand.

5020 mAh battery with fast charging

Otherwise, Note 9S gives exactly what you expect from a good low-cost smartphone: modern communication modules, a USB C port, but with a separate headphone output, fast charging and a capacious 5020 mAh battery. It stands out here except perhaps not quite an ordinary fingerprint scanner, which fit in the side button. To complete the picture, the smartphone lacks only an NFC chip, which Xiaomi regularly ignores. But the infrared port, as an integral attribute of Xiaomi mobile phones, is here in the right place.