All this brings us to this question and makes us stand up – is the specification of the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max worth so much, or will it be justified to choose your Redmi Note 9 Pro instead? We are reviewing the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max to find out all this.
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Design
Xiaomi The biggest and new example of this Redmi series devices are now getting bigger in size Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Is. Its thickness is 8.8 millimeters weight is 209 grams, which is not able to give much good experience in using one-hand. It has a large display of 6.67 inch display, which comes with 20: 9 aspect ratio. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 is protected on the display. There is a thin earpiece just above the display with a white notification light.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner in the power button on the right side of the phone. We were not very happy with the placement of this button, as it is set slightly up. If you are of left hand, you can set your left index finger into it. It does not take much time to unlock the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max.
Another problem that we had to face was the placement of the volume button. They are above this side-mounted fingerprint scanner and it is not convenient to reach them. The introduction of IR Blaster on its smartphones has been a tradition of Xiaomi and the company has retained it with Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. It also has a headphone jack at the bottom along the USB Type-C port.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max has a quad-camera setup. These sensors are set in a square size module. This module is so out that keeping the phone on the table is detected. The rear of the phone has a bright finish and has introduced the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max in three colored options, including intersteler Black, Aurora Blue and Glacier White. For this review, we had an intersteller black variant which looked blue in bright lights. Xiaomi also gives a case in the box of this phone, which can help to give some grip to its slippery body to some extent. Talking about the goods in the box, you also get Redmi Note 9 Pro Max and a 33W charger with the case.
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Specifications
Xiaomi is popular for the priceless ratio of price and performance in its smartphones and the company has also retained it with the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. Here the company has given Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chipset in the phone. Redmi Note 9 Pro and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max come with the same processor, which makes it difficult to differentiate the performance between these two.
However on the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max you will see more RAM and storage. Its variants and its prices are as follows: 6 GB RAM / 64 GB storage is priced at Rs 16,499, 6 GB RAM / 128 GB storage is priced at Rs 17,999 and 8 GB RAM / 128 GB storage is priced at Rs 19,999. We had 6 GB / 128 GB variant for review. It’s price Redmi Note 9 Pro The price of the price of it coincides with the price of many buyers.
Redmi Note 9 Pro is a large display on Max, which is not an AMOLED panel nor does it come with high refresh rate. It may be that Xiaomi has not given these hardware to keep the phone price low, but at this price some contestants offer these features. However, it cannot be called a bad panel. It has good viewing angles and is also quite bright in the light outside. It has a camera hole in the center upwards, which can distract some people. While using the device, we got used to it and later we did not face any kind of problem while watching the content or doing other work.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max has a 5020mAh battery. Note 9 Pro Max is a dual SIM smartphone that includes dual 4G VoLTE and VoYFi as well as Bluetooth 5 support. The smartphone is equipped with dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac and has GPS as well as Navic support.
The smartphone runs on MIUI 11 based on Android 10 and our unit was running on April 2020 security patch. The UI has a lot of customization options and if you have also used the first Xiaomi device, you will not find it different from them. Sadly, many unwanted apps are already installed in it, some of which filled our review unit notification panels with notifications.
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max Performance
The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max can easily handle day-to-day tasks and it also loads the apps immediately. We did not have any problem while scrolling the menu or while multitizing. In this Poco x2 And Realme 6 Pro Like not high screen refrese rate, so it does not seem smooth like these two devices, but it cannot be called bad either.
The phone handles gaming well. While driving the PUBG Mobile, it runs on high settings by default. We could play the game comfortably without any lag, but the phone’s touch was a bit hot after 20 minutes. While its large display is not easy to use with one hand, it is quite good for watching gaming and videos.
We spent a lot of time to watch the video on the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max and the battery performed well. With our use, the smartphone easily took one and a half days in a charge. In our HD video loop test, it lasted for 17 hours and 10 minutes, which is a good score, but the Reality 6 Pro managed to achieve 21 hours in this test, which is much higher than the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max.
You can charge its battery quickly using 33W charger. It charges the phone from zero to 52 percent in 30 minutes. The device gets heated when rapidly charged. Charging is charged with slow gaati after about 75 percent of charge and reaches 90 percent from zero in an hour.
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max cameras
Let’s talk about the camera. Redmi Note 9 Pro Max has a 64-megapixel primary sensor with F/1.89 aperture. The other camera has an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, including an 119-degree field-off-view, a 5-megapixel macro camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. This price has more resolution of its macro camera than other phones.
The camera app is filled with features and has a lot of shooting mode to choose. Photo mode defaults a 16-megapixel pixel-bind shots using a 64-megapixel sensor. If you need, you can also shoot at the entire 64-megapixel resolution. There is also a pro color mode, which increases contrast in photographs and us Oppo And Realme The smartphone includes dazal color and croma boost filters respectively.
There is a small video feature, which creates a clip of up to 15 seconds. It is mainly a helpful feature for users uploading videos on Instagram and Tiktok. In this, you can also recording slow motion video at the rate of 120fps, 240fps and 960fps. The macro camera togle is placed inside a sub-manue and some people may find it difficult to find it.
The pictures taken in the daylight in the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max were good. We made pictures a background as light -filled sky and the smartphone automatically turned on HDR. Pictures look like they have been very sharp, which everyone may not like. If you zoom a picture, you will see that there is no lack of details in the picture, but donations appear in the shadow.
While taking a close-up, AI recognizes the subject and sets the camera according to the scene. The phone adds soft blur (blurring) to the background during the shooting of the subject, which makes the photos beautiful to see. We also used Pro color feature in Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, which slightly increases the contrast in the picture.
There is also a wide-angle camera on the device, which covers a large area, but it reduces the details of photographs taken significantly. Xiaomi has applied wide-angle correction, which prevents barrel distortion (curved edges) in the output and gives a clean touch.
We found that the macro camera is good for close-up, as it has an easily focus on the subject kept at a distance of up to 2 cm. It captures very good details, until sufficient lighting on the subject. Its resolution is more than 5-megapixels, which you usually do not find in other smartphones.
Edge detection in portrait mode performs quite well and the camera separates the subject and background well. However, it could not detect a small gap between a person’s hand and the body, and the area failed to blur, due to which it could not give full experience of DSLR photo.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max can detect low light and improve photos using AI. In this, the grains are also seen very little in the pictures, although there is definitely a lack of details in it. When the night mode is capable, the phone combines multiple exposure together.
We were eager to see if the 32-megapixel selfie shooter makes this device better than the Redmi Note 9 Pro. In the daylight, selfies are good, but they show a lot of softness. The reason for this is to be capable of beautification mode by default. If you are not fond of it, you can close this mode. There is also a portrait mode for the selfie camera, which separates the subject and background and gives the selfie a DSLR -like look. In low light, the performance of the camera declines and the grains are seen when watching the output.
Verdict
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is an upgrade of Redmi Note 8 Pro. After testing this device, we can say that it is in many places Redmi Note 8 Pro is better than. The new Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is more powerful, gives better battery life, comes with good cameras and runs on the latest version of Android. However, there are many places where we cannot call it very good with Redmi Note 9 Pro.
The Redmi Note 9 Pro is priced less than the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max but there are almost the same hardware inside it. After the GST hike on smartphones in April, now the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max starts from Rs 16,499. While the Redmi Note 9 Pro starts at Rs 13,999. The difference between the two can definitely matter to a person with a low budget.
However, if you are ready to pay a higher price, Redmi Note 9 Pro is a better pick. There is a difference of just Rs 1,000 in 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage variants of the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Max models, instead you get high resolution cameras and fast charging, which makes it very easy to choose between the two. Realme 6 Pro And Poco x2 There are other appreciative options at the same price.