Xiaomi Redmi K20 review Or Mi 9T

Xiaomi Redmi K20 review: The redmi K20 is part of a brand new mid-range lineup by Xiaomi and globally is called the Mi 9T. they’ll get it confused with the Mi 9, which came out just a few months ago as a mid-range rather than a flagship. what does this one bring to the table? let’s find out in this Xiaomi Redmi K20 review…

like many premium phones these days, the Xioami Mi 9T is made from glass with an aluminum frame. we like the carbon black model which has a striped pattern lurking beneath the surface, but the dazzling glacier blue is also quite striking. the glass back is curved and these tapered edges give the phone an elegant look.

The accents on the camera and the power button are a nice touch too. the phone is big, slippery and like the regular Mi 9, there is no waterproofing here, so be careful when you’re out by the pool this summer.

One of the Mi 9T’s special features, it is motorized pop-up selfie cam. unlike other similar pop-up modules, we’ve seen this one is accented with eye-catching LED strips.

as if we needed more reasons to play around with it, we’re always wary of movable parts. as these may be easier to break but Xiaomi promises that the mechanism will survive at least 300,000 actuations, and if you drop the phone with a selfie cam out, it’ll automatically retract to try and protect itself as a result of the hideaway selfie camera.

The Mi 9T has a notch free edge to edge display. It’s a brilliant 6.4 inches AMOLED with a tall aspect ratio, and a 1080p resolution content looks great on this screen with this deep AMOLED blacks and a sharp 403 PPI. It supports HDR content too, and colors can be quite accurate based on your color settings.

Like most AMOLEDs, this one has support for an always-on display for your time and notifications, and it has various themes you can choose from too. Beneath the screen is one of the fastest under display fingerprint readers I’ve ever used; unlocking is a breeze, a lot more responsive than plenty of other phones we’ve seen lately.

If you want face unlock, is another option; though, it does require you to swipe on the screen so it’s not as fast. And this feature may not be available in all regions.

Alongside all the cutting-edge features, the Mi 9T still brings a regular 3.5mm  Jack, and FM radio audio. Through, headphones has very good loudness, but we wish the stereo separation was better. The loudspeaker is on the bottom next to the USB_C port, and it is scored a very good mark alongside with the loudness tests sound quality is also very good; Though, there is some distortion in the higher registers at max volume.

SOFTWARE AND APPS:

The Mi 9T runs the latest MIUI over Andoid 9 pie, and it brings quite a few customizations over vanilla Android. One of the biggest differences is that there’s no app drawer here, all of your apps will be kept on the home screen and the test switcher is organized vertically in two rows.

We feel lucky that the apps that came pre-installed didn’t have any ads or banners in them. Some regions will get these by default, and you’ll have to turn them off manually.

You can customize your home screen with different themes, but they’re only available if you set your phone to a supported region like India.

CHIPSET AND STORAGE MEMPRY:

storage you can opt for 64 or 128 gigs built-in, and sadly that’s it there is no way to expand it via microSD. at the heart of The Xiaomi Mi 9T is the most powerful mid-range chipset from Qualcomm (the Snapdragon 730), along with 6 gigs of ram. In benchmarks had tops the charts against the competition, and we didn’t encounter any overheating or throttling.

The flagship Snapdragon 855 will still beat it in graphics performance, but you won’t have any problems playing the latest games in this phone.

BATTERY AND CHARGING ABILITIES:

The Mi 9T 4000mAh battery is about 20% larger than the one inside the Mi 9, and a posted an excellent endurance rating of a hundred hours and the proprietary tests.

it charges really fast – with this 18W charger, you’ll be able to go from 0 to 45% charge in half an hour.

CAMERA AND IMAGES QUALITY:

On the back of the Mi 9T, there’s a triple camera setup: we have a 48MP main camera with a quad-bayer filter, an 8MP telephoto cam, and a 13MP ultra wide cam, and none of these have OIS. The main cameras images are 12MP by default, and we were really impressed by the quality. They have excellent detail, great contrast, true to life colors, and a wide dynamic range.

If you want, you can also shoot in 48MP. resolution it isn’t really worth the extra storage space to take up, and there isn’t that much more detail. when using the telephoto camera zoomed, images look great with plenty of detail, somewhere a bit noisier than the photos from the main cam, but this is one of the better telephoto shooters out there.

Portraits are taken with a telephoto cam – and taking the best shot requires plenty of light if you get it right. The portraits are quite nice and detailed, with excellent subject separation and convincing D focusing.

Onto the ultra wide-angle camera quality is a bit lower than the other two, but the colors are still nice and noise levels are low. If you turn off the automatic distortion correction, you get a sharper image at the expense of some curvature at the edges of the frame.

Moving on to low-light photography regular shots from the main camera turn out just okay. the lack of all is restricts the shutter speed, so exposure is darker than we’d like. The phone must use higher ISO and then reduces the noise with aggressive noise reduction, which takes its toll on the level of detail.

If you turn on the dedicated night mode, shots take a bit longer; but, it is worth it, you get a proper exposure and subjects look a bit more detailed. They are still rather soft; though, if you want to zoom at night, you won’t be shooting through the telephoto cam. Instead you get a digitally cropped and zoomed photo from the main cam.

Nighttime photos from the ultra wide-angle camera aren’t very good due to the aggressive noise reduction dark exposure overall softness, and lack of detail, and you can’t use night mode with this camera.

The motorized camera has fixed focus; but if you get the focus distance, right shots turn out excellent. They have more than enough detail, nice colors and good sharpness. Dynamic range isn’t impressive, but auto HDR does improve things.

The Mi 9T can capture videos in up to 4k at 30fps, and they have electronic stabilization. 4k videos from the main camera are sharp and detailed, there’s low noise nice color rendition and wide dynamic range. The ultra wide-angle 4k videos are softer than the regular ones, and less detailed.  Their color rendition is oversaturated, and the dynamic range is narrower.

If you wanted to take a video with the telephoto cam, sadly it is impossible.! Zoomed videos are just a digital crop from the output of the main cam.

Overall, the cameras of the Mi 9T are surprisingly excellent during the day, but at night don’t expect a lot and better stick to night mode.

So that’s the Xiaomi Mi 9T or Redmi K20, almost every feature is a win in this phone. from the knotch free AMOLED screen as well as a lightning-fast under display fingerprint reader, the solid battery life, fast charging, great cameras, killer chipset, and of course that sci-fi pop-up selfie cam that You can amaze your friends with.

as far as downsides the cameras aren’t that great at nighttime shooting, but they’re all right and your storage is unexpandable, but honestly, there isn’t a lot to complain about.

so overall the Mi 9T is a feature pack upper mid-range device that a lot of people would be happy with. it brings great value and definitely earns most of Tech experts recommendation. 

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Daven Klarsen is a technology writer and researcher. He's also an avid sports fan, especially when it comes to the LAL. When not working, you can usually find him tweaking his Android devices or watching soccer news.