Review on 📱 International Version Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 - 4GB RAM + 128GB Polar White Factory Unlocked Smartphone with 48MP Quad Camera, Hotshot, 5020mAh Battery, 6.53" FHD+ Display, and LTE by Abhey Vohra ᠌

Name: 📱 International Version Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 - 4GB RAM + 128GB Polar White Factory Unlocked Smartphone with 48MP Quad Camera, Hotshot, 5020mAh Battery, 6.53" FHD+ Display, and LTE
Item: 📱 International Version Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 - 4GB RAM + 128GB Polar White Factory Unlocked Smartphone with 48MP Quad Camera, Hotshot, 5020mAh Battery, 6.53" FHD+ Display, and LTE
Rating: 4

December 08, 2022

I like everything, the price and quality are acceptable.

Before that, there was a very budget smart with IPS - much brighter and with a better viewing angle. I was ready for the lack of a led indicator (it was indicated), but it is very, very lacking! I had to try repeated call alerts in the Google dialer and third-party applications for repeated reminders (about missed calls, sms and messages). The cameras are average, but this is enough for a budget employee. The fingerprint sensor is good, but not perfect. Before that, I had not met MIUI, immersion in this environment is a brain explosion! Well, at least I transferred all the usual applications from the old smartphone along with the launcher - I was able to use the usual ones right away. And to understand the MIUI settings is just a quest! Garbage in applications is partially removed, the rest is non-catastrophic. Very annoying themes for the lock screen: to download something else, you need to dig deeper into the miserable MI application with a bunch of ads and not every option will work; changing wallpaper is also an adventure. But these are trifles, like a meager set of system sounds. Worst of all is the forced Google dialer. In the past, I replaced it with a third-party one entirely in the system, digging into the settings. In MIUI, this did not work: the application works, but dialing and receiving calls are only Google. So people who are suffering from putting a record of calls, humble yourself - Google rules! (They are not allowed to register.) And the awakening is very annoying when the upper edge of the smartphone is raised - but I rarely take the phone in my hands)))
In general, the smartphone is very good! The main claims are still not to the device, but to Google and the specific MIUI shell, but there is hope for some ates and habit over time.

Pros

Budget price with decent functionality. Big screen. Smart smartphone, a lot of memory, long work, very fast charging. NFC module. Two full-fledged slots for nano-sim and a separate slot for a memory card on one "sled". Included is a tinted black silicone case, a film is pasted on the screen. High-quality assembly of the case, beautiful (especially the back cover! True, just to look at it). In the system: two battery saving modes (normal and ultra), night (in gray tones without blue light to make it easier to fall asleep later) screen mode with schedule settings, wake up / lock by double tap, system ate function at night.

Cons

IPS brightness is not enough, brightness auto-adjustment, although smooth, is uncomfortable - you always want brighter. Led indicator missing. Very easily soiled and slippery back cover - instantly in dust and fingers, the same thing - in the case from the kit. The protruding block of cameras (this is now a sin of many smartphones). In the system: a bunch of MI garbage (tolerant, partially removable), Google's poor dialer is irreplaceable (!), when the screen is unlocked, the incoming call is not full screen, but hangs in a narrow curtain on top and this cannot be changed (!), forced awakening when the top is raised the edges of the smartphone relative to the horizon, weak personalization capabilities.