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The Redmi phones – not Redmi Note, not Redmi K, just the base series – is the baseline for Xiaomi phones, a distillation of the most important features wrapped up in an affordable package.<\/p>\n
By their affordable nature, they move slightly behind the times, but the Redmi 9<\/a> is still a major upgrade over what came before it. For starters, the screen now has 1080p+ resolution, no more slumming it with 720p+. Also, the diagonal was adjusted to 6.53” (up from 6.22”) to make better use of the higher pixel count.<\/p>\n Powerful chipsets have proven their ability to draw in potential buyers, so the Redmi ditches the entry-level Snapdragon in favor of a MediaTek Helio G80<\/a>. The G-series is gaming-oriented and while the Mali-G52 MC2 is hardly a beast, it still has more than twice the computing power of the old Adreno 505.<\/p>\n The CPU has two Cortex-A75 cores, which deliver a significant boost in single-core performance (the small A55 cores got a speed boost too).<\/p>\n Xiaomi kept the memory setup the same as before – 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage as base, 4\/64GB as an option. It’s a standard eMMC 5.1 storage we’re looking at here and there’s a dedicated microSD card slot for expanding it.<\/p>\n The Redmi 8 technically had a dual camera, but since the second module was a depth sensor, you really only had one cam. The Redmi 9 corrects that with a quad camera setup (and yes, one of the modules is still a depth sensor).<\/p>\n The main camera has a 13MP sensor, which feels like a downgrade. It has 1.1 µm pixels and sits behind a relatively dark lens with an f\/2.2 aperture – compare that to the 12MP sensor on the old phone with 1.4µm pixels, Dual Pixel AF and f\/1.8 aperture.<\/p>\n However, the new phone packs an 8MP ultrawide (118°) camera as well as a 5MP macro camera, offering more flexibility. Video recording is still capped at 1080p@30fps, there’s isn’t even a 60fps option (even though the chipset supports it).<\/p>\n The battery has essentially the same capacity as before, 5,020 mAh. It supports 18W charging, but the retail package includes a regular 10W charger, so if you want fast charging, you’ll have to buy a separate power brick. This was the situation with the previous model too, so no improvement here.<\/p>\n The Redmi 9 is priced at €150\/$140<\/a> (for the 3\/32GB model) while the Redmi 8 started at $112 or so. Are the more powerful chipset and higher res screen worth it? Or are you sad to see a solid entry-level device get more expensive without a good reason?<\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Peter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Weekly](\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/20\/06\/weekly-poll-redmi-9\/-727\/gsmarena_002.jpg\")
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The Redmi phones – not Redmi Note, not Redmi K, just the base series – is the baseline for Xiaomi phones, a distillation of the most important features wrapped up in an affordable package. By their affordable nature, they move slightly behind the times, but the Redmi 9 is still a major upgrade over what came before … Continue reading Weekly poll: Redmi 9 does more than the Redmi 8, but costs more too – is it worth it?<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading