Redmi Note 10 Pro — Review & Full Phone Specifications

when you think of a mid-range phone you probably think of good value for money but you don’t expect the features you’d get on a flagship the Redmi Note 10 Pro turns that sort of thinking upside. the Redmi Note 10 Pro also known as the Redmi Note 10 Pro max in india is a relatively inexpensive phone but even so it brings premium looks and features to the table actually the only things about the Redmi Note 10 Pro that shout midranger are the chipset and the low light camera performance even though the starting price is just (Rs.21,799) but hold on a second

let’s first talk about the build the Note 10 Pro is made from curved glass on the back with a glossy gradient finish i like the looks of the symmetrical camera bump too even though the phone has a plastic frame it doesn’t seem cheap and the tapered edge makes the whole device feel thin and easy to handle on top of that the Note 10 Pro has ip53 rated dust and splash protection something you don’t normally see in phones of this class

the real exciting part comes when you flip over to the front just like you’d find on an expensive flagship the Note 10 Pro has a 6.67 inch oled display with a fast 120hz refresh rate gorilla glass 5 protection and a 1080p resolution high refresh rate screens this class are usually lcds so here you get the advantage of oled technologywith its deep contrasty blacks interacting with this screen feels fluid and responsive not only because of the fast refresh rate but also the fast 240 hertz touchsampling rate

since it’s an oled you can save power by running things in dark mode and the refresh rate is adaptive it’ll dial down to 60 hertz when you’re not interacting with the screen to save even more energy this displaylooks great toothe punch hole for the selfie cam is quite small and unobtrusiveand colors can either pop or be made to be super accurate depending on your color settings brightness is quite respectable as well we measured around 450 nits maximum with the slider and it boosts up to 725 nits in auto mode

Specifications of the Redmi Note 10 Pro

when out in the sun on the audio side of things the Redmi Note 10 Pro has a pair of dedicated stereo speakers their output is well balanced and they scored very good in our loudness test mids and highs sound decent enough but bass is lacking here there’s also a 3.5 millimeter jack for plugging in traditional headphones as well as support for fm radio waking up and unlocking the Redmi Note 10 Pro is done with a side mounted fingerprint reader built into the power button it’s quite fast and accurate and you get 64 or 128 gigs of storage on the device which is expandable via a dedicated microsd slot the interface of the Note 10 Pro is Xiaomi’s miui 12 over android 11.

but even though it is running on top of the new android this is still the familiar miui 12interface we’ve seen on Xiaomi’s recent phones you have the option for an app drawer which can organize your apps into categoriesor you can opt to keep all of your apps on the home screen and you can also choose between a traditional notification shade or split between a notification center and a control center there is support for an always-on display which has plenty of customization options you can even make the phone glow at the edges

when a new notification comes in and there’s an ir blaster too which allows you to use the phone as a remote to control certain appliances with at the heart of the Redmi Note 10 Pro is a snapdragon 732g chipset built on an 8 nanometer processi’ll start off by saying that this isn’t the highest tier of mid-range chipand there’s no support for 5g networkconnectivity and since there isn’t a flagship grade gpu high frame rate gaming isn’t reallysupported but even so the Redmi Note 10 Pro holds its own and does a nice job performance wise for its class regular gaming feels good and the miui interface is as smooth as butter

the whole device is powered by a large 5020 mAh battery and battery life is excellent here is slightly less than last year’s model perhaps due to the high refresh rate but still with the screen set to 120 hertz the Redmi Note 10 Pro earned an endurance rating of 114 hours in our tests you get support for 30 watt fast charging and a 33 watt charger comes in the box with it we were able to charge the Redmi Note 10 Pro from a dead battery to 50 in half an hour

Camera Features of the Redmi Note 10 Pro

now finally on to the cameras the Note 10 Pro has a quad camera setup with a high res 108 megapixel main camera an 8 megapixel ultra wide cam a 5 megapixel tele macro camera with autofocus and a depth sensor the main camera outputs 12 megapixel photos and these are not just outstanding for this class but could even be considered flagship level there’s abundant detail with great looking foliage low noise and true to life colors the dynamic range is excellent and yet not over the top our only nitpick is that some areas look a bit over sharpened portrait shots are taken with the main cam and the dev sensor the quality here is quite nice though the subject separation

while proficient isn’t perfect at times since there’s no telephoto cam zoom is done digitally and you’ll end up with a photo which is soft and lacking in detail due to the upscaling 8 megapixel ultrawide photos come out quite good they are pretty rich in detail with accurate colors low enough noise proficient distortion correction and ok dynamic range the 5 megapixel telemacro camera is used to take close-up shots and these are detailed with livelycolors plus having autofocus means getting a sharp result is relatively painless the contrast and noise levels aren’t very impressive though in low light the main camera suffersfrom not having optical stabilization

while you get bright photos with preserved colors these are quite noisy due to the high iso and around half of your shots will come out blurry or out of focus however the night mode turns things around it takes around 2 seconds to process and it cleans up noise restores some blown highlights and exposes a bit more detail in shadows plus we got fewer blurry photos ultra wide shots taken at night are usablebut not very good the detail and colorretention are enoughbut the exposure is often dark and there’s plenty of noise there is no night mode available here selfies are taken with the 16 megapixel front-facing camwhich has fixed focus these have enough detail with nice colors and excellent contrastvideos can be taken in up to 4k at 30fps with the main camera

footage is great with plenty of detail low noise and excellent sharpness colors and contrast the ultra wide cam can only shoot in up to 1080p at 30fps the quality is outstanding though with rich detail and excellent colors contrast anddynamic range as well as low noiseso that’s the Redmi Note 10 Pro for a pretty reasonable price you get some great featureslike that 120hz amoled display an elegant and splash proof build excellent battery life stereo speakers and standout daytime

photography and video recording like i mentioned earlier the only real corners cut here are with the mid-range chipset and that mediocre camera performance in low light but the chipset is still competitive for the class and it’s just hard to get that nice low light processing outside of atrue flagship overall the Redmi Note 10 Pro is one of the best deals we’ve seen so far this year and if you’re looking for a mid-ranger that really stands out from the rest of the pack i wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this one.

Originally published at https://www.technews20-21.in on April 25, 2022.