Earlier this year Xiaomi unveiled Redmi Note 5 Pro packed with incredible specs and featured which became the top recommended budget smartphone. The handset packed by a paired camera on the rear side with a beasty performance and best-in-class features at a pocket-friendly price-point, which made it the best selling mobile phone in its respective price bracket. Now its time to its successor to rule the affordability in the smartphone market. The new Redmi Note 6 Pro which will launch in India on November 22and available in the sale the very next day on its dedicated site mi.com and Flipkart at 12 pm.
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Xiaomi after nine months of Redmi Note 5 Pro launch, now it has unveiled the Redmi Note 6 Pro. Where the new handset shines with the handful of improvements which took an upgrade over its predecessor.
Redmi Note 6 Pro: What remains same?
The new Redmi Note 6 Pro continues with same battery unit that is 4,000 mAh. The battery should easily last more than a day for regular users like we saw with the previous variant. It comes in same RAM configuration and runs on the same old tried and tested Snapdragon 636 octa-core chipset.
Redmi Note 5 Pro was a stable phone, and a good performer in the mid-budget category and Redmi Note 6 Pro will likely continue this trend.
Well, Coming to memory configuration it seems that Xiaomi is expected to launch a 4GB RAM+64GB storage variant as well as it did earlier. It still continues with the micro-USB charging port at the bottom, though it has support for Qualcomm’s Quick-Charge 3.0. The SIM tray continues to be the dual-hybrid one with nano-SIM + MicroSD slot or a micro-SIM + nano-SIM option.
Redmi Note 6 Pro: What Upgrade do New variant Take?
The upcoming Redmi Note 6 Pro comes with major upgrades in the camera and display front. The new device comes with a bigger display with a big notch placed at the face of the smartphone. The notch houses the newly developed dual-lens camera for selfies, earpiece, light sensor, and the notification LED. If you’re not a fan of the notch, there’s an option to hide it.
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The Redmi Note 6Pro sports a bigger 6.26-inch display but with the same Full HD+ resolution. Redmi Note 5 Pro has a slightly smaller 5.99-inch display but the overall size the on the new one is smaller in size. It also gets a wider 19:9 aspect ratio. The Redmi Note 6 Pro, however, feels much lighter and compact. You’ll also notice this design change where there’s this bump in all four sides.
The noticeable change the new handset got is its software. Redmi Note 6 Pro ships with the latest MIUI 10 based on Android Oreo. The new Xiaomi skin is colorful and comes loaded with tones of software features. MIUI 10 also gets gesture-based navigation that allows you to control the user interface with some cool gestures instead of on-screen keys.
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The company has also added a new Game Speed booster mode that tweaks the phone’s various settings to offer a seamless gaming experience.
The key selling point of the device here you go, This is the first Redmi phone ever to sport dual front camera lens. On the front, There is a 20MP primary camera is paired with a 2MP depth sensing shooter. The setup captures good quality images and the company has also thrown some impressive post-processing editing tools that add value to the overall camera output.
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At the rear, the dual-camera setup comprises 12-megapixel and 5-megapixel sensors. This is the same setup found in the Redmi Note 5 Pro which gives the best clarity images and proved to value for money category.
Verdict
The Redmi Note 6 Pro launch looks a bit early but the company concluded everything with its upcoming smartphone. The new handset took a lot of things from its predecessor leaving display and camera setup. However, with rising input costs and the rupee depreciating, Xiaomi, like a lot of other brands, is struggling to add value while keeping prices low. Even though Xiaomi took a great step offering new handset upgrades to the display and the camera set up while holding to on everything that we loved about its predecessor.