Overview Redmi Note 8 Pro - smartphone with NFC and a 64-megapixel camera

Frameless screen and a fingerprint sensor for cameras

The smartphone is sold in black, white and green coniferous. Judging by the gadget page on the official website, Xiaomi is betting on the last color.

In the photo are dark green back panel looks really interesting, but we live to make sure this was not possible: the editors came model in black. Upon closer inspection, the color appears dark gray.

Front and rear panels are made of glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5 oleophobic coating. Frames are made of plastic.

It comes with a black silicone case.

Redmi Note 8 Pro - a large and fairly heavy smartphone. And if weighty perceived as a guarantor of reliability and does not interfere with the ergonomics, the dimensions may be to the liking of not all.

The camera unit is located in the center - a similar arrangement we have seen in Mi 9T Pro. A strange decision: the fingerprint sensor is also built into the unit. The lower lens is easy to slap a finger when you unlock.

Here installed 6.53-inch screen with a drop-shaped cut-out front-facing camera. Frames are not felt. If you confuse the eye, in the settings, you can add a black curb: hidden recess, and the display will be rectangular.

The screen is IPS LCD technology. It is believed that these inferior OLED-displays options in picture quality, power consumption and contrast. In fact, use Redmi Note 8 Pro is quite comfortable: great affect calibration and high resolution.

Nevertheless screen compromise. He's not a top margin of brightness, and contrast it really gives OLED-display. If this feature is for you the most important, pay attention to a little more expensive Mi 9 Lite or Mi 9T. Or, for example, a scattering of available models from Samsung - screens out there better.

The good news: the display - the main compromise Redmi Note 8 Pro, the rest is much less critical. Most of all they are visible when viewing the video without headphones: not to the best screens added a mediocre sound in mono.

64 megapixel camera and a night mode

Redmi Note 8 Pro got four cameras, but the sheer number of them no more than a marketing trick. The block set 64 megapixel wide-angle lens, which is most images. It is complemented by already classic for the new smartphones ultrashirokougolnym lens. Third eye - depth sensor to help take portraits with bokeh. The fourth lens - macro.

Let's start with the principal - shooting with a resolution of 64 megapixels. This is the rare case when the appropriate mode really comes in handy.

Find the difference between the 16-megapixel and 64-megapixel stills can zoom in on picture. Left - the result of shooting in the normal mode, the right - 64-megapixel.

64 megapixel still photo does include more details. This can be seen even at low magnification. HD-mode icon is located in the most prominent place, and the shooting is instantaneous. Recall: many models with 48 megapixel lens on the corresponding buttons located in the bowels of the menu, and the processor had to "think" before issuing a ready frame. This sin, for example, Mi 9 from the same Xiaomi.

If you do not print photos and careful consideration under the microscope, it is better to shoot in the classic mode. Frames are not bad, but not noticeable without increasing the difference.

In addition, the 64-megapixel pictures can too quickly deplete memory. The volume of such files can be up to 20 MB. And yes, these images are still made using algorithmic tricks and filters. Do not even think that the lens 64 Mn smartphone Compare, e.g., with 24 M of the camera.

In night mode camera Pictures are taken to the main lens in the resolution of 16 megapixels. This function does not always come in handy, even when shooting a night city: aperture lens may be enough and without additional configuration. But you can use night mode, to make the color a little more contrast, light sources - clear, and the picture - bright.

Ultrashirokougolnaya camera is not very much. She whimsical to the light and makes the mediocre shots.

Makrokamera worse. A similar lens - also on the 2 megapixel - set to Honor 20.

According to the first sensations, macro Redmi Note 8 Pro works better than Honor 20. But still bad enough that he had never used.

Shooting with the automatic mode and 64 M, and the night mode implemented perfectly. Without ultrashirokougolnogo and macro lens could do: they manage no better than overhead lenses from AliExpress.

Front camera resolution - 20 Mn. There is a portrait mode with adjustable blur level.

The camera can shoot video in 4K, the maximum frame rate - 60 FPS. It also supports video shooting slow. Stabilization works only when shooting at 720p and 30 FPS.

Powerful processor with liquid cooling

In Redmi Note 8 Pro installed new processor MediaTek Helio G90T with water cooling. At the presentation of Xiaomi shows how some mysterious liquid is poured into the tubes, hidden in the depths of the smartphone.

It so happened that the Snapdragon processor, which typically uses Xiaomi, advanced users are trusted more than iron from MediaTek. Therefore, liquid cooling - it's just a marketing ploy, does not affect the experience with a smartphone. Redmi Note 8 Pro heated not less than other moderately high load.

Helio G90T not top-end processor, and Redmi Note 8 Pro is noticeably inferior leader in synthetic tests. But the performance reserve enough as the system in multitasking mode and on heavy game or, for example, smart shooting 64-megapixel camera. Most users of CPU and 6GB of RAM will suffice.

Battery at 4500 mAh and a half days without recharging

In standby mode, Redmi Note 8 Pro can last a very long time: a couple of days that the smartphone lying on the bedside table, the charge level has not changed. With the active use of the device will live a day at a moderate - 1.5-2 days.

It comes with quick charge to 18 watts. Since it is possible to fully charge the smartphone approximately 2 hour.

Specifications

• Colors: black, white, green.
• Display: 6.53 inch, 1080 × 2340 pixels, IPS LCD.
• CPU: MediaTek Helio G90T (2 × 2,05 GHz Cortex-A76 + 6 × 2,0 GHz Cortex-A55).
• Graphics processor: Mali-G76 MC4.
• RAM: 6 GB.
• Built-in memory: 64/128 GB + slot for microSD-cards up to 256GB capacity.
• Rear camera: 64 M (main) + 8 Mn (ultrashirokougolnaya) Mn + 2 (macro) + 2 Mn (depth sensor).
• Front-camera: 20 Mn.
• SIM card: two slots for nanoSIM (one hybrid, suitable for microSD).
• Wireless interfaces: Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, GPS, Infrared, NFC.
• connectors: USB Type-C, 3,5-mm audio jack.
• unlock: fingerprint, face, PIN.
• Operating system: Android 9.0 + MIUI 10.
• Battery: 4500 mAh supported fast charging.
• Dimensions: 161.4 × 76.4 × 8.8 mm.
• Weight: 200 g

results

If we discard the whole marketing tinsel, the Redmi Note 8 Pro still will be an excellent and competitive smartphone. He has the NFC, capacious battery, good processor and camera, outstanding quality images. A little pumped up the screen - and is the only objective reason to choose another smartphone in the price segment up to 20 thousand rubles.

Xiaomi continues to win positions in the selection of the best smartphones in terms of price and quality. Redmi Note 8 Pro can even bypass hit Redmi Note 7: Novelty stands at 4000 rubles more expensive.

The version with 64 GB of internal memory can be purchased for 17,990 rubles, and 128 GB - over 19 990 rubles.

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The author expresses his gratitude to the company Xiaomi for providing the test device.