Xiaomi launched Note 8 Pro is easily the best-looking Redmi Note till date After sticking to its older design for generations, Xiaomi took a conscious decision to completely redo the aesthetics with the launch of Redmi Note 7 Pro earlier this year. While the Note 7 Pro still looks quite classy, the company has decided to step up the glamour quotient with the Note 8 Pro. A certain competitor may want to take some credit for it, and rightly so.

The curved glass back of the Halo White variant looks extremely elegant and makes the phone look a lot more premium than its price tag would suggest. While the Redmi Note 8 Pro looks to compete with the Realme XT, Xiaomi has opted for an LCD screen rather than going the Super AMOLED route. Despite that, what we have here is an extremely sharp 6.53-inch Full HD+ display (with a drop notch) that also supports HDR. The black levels and contrast aren’t exactly as good as the AMOLED screen on the Realme XT, but the difference in quality isn’t huge either. The screen feels a bit too big though and one-handed operation is out of the question, but those with a ‘bigger the better’ motto won’t be complaining.

Specifications

NETWORK

TECHNOLOGY

GSM/HSPA/LTE

LAUNCH

Announced	2019, August
STATUS	Available. Released 2019, September

BODY

DIMENSIONS	161.4 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm (6.35 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
WEIGHT	200 g (7.05 oz)
BUILD	Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic frame
SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

TYPE	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
SIZE	6.53 inches, 104.7 cm2 (~84.9% screen-to-body ratio)
RESOLUTION	1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~395 ppi density)
PROTECTION	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

PLATFORM

OS	Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10
CHIPSET	Mediatek Helio G90T (12nm)
CPU	Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU	Mali-G76 MC4

MEMORY

CARD SLOT	microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
INTERNAL	64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

MAIN CAMERA

Quad	64 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7", 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro), 1/5.0", 1.75µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
FEATURES	LED flash, HDR, panorama
VIDEO	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS

SELFIE CAMERA

SINGLE	20 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3", 0.9µm
FEATURES	HDR
VIDEO	1080p@30fps

SOUND

LOUDSPEAKER	Yes
3.5MM JACK	Yes

COMMS

WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
BLUETOOTH	5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
RADIO	Yes
USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

FEATURES

SENSORS

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

BATTERY

CAPACITY

Non-removable Li-Po 4500 mAh battery

MISC

COLORS	Black, Red, Blue, White, Deep Sea Blue, Midnight Blue, Electric Blue, Twilight Orange
MODELS	2015105, M1906G7I, M1906G7G