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Redmi 9 review: Quad-cam budget with 5020 mAh and Helio G80.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2020·$149
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#53 of 118
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Affordable FHD+ workhorse.

Redmi 9 broadened FHD+ to the sub-$150 tier with a sturdy quad-cam and a 5020 mAh cell. It became Xiaomi's entry-level volume driver across India and South America.

01Display

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD
Size6.53 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Main13 MP, f/2.2
Ultrawide8 MP, 118 deg
Macro5 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2020 — 10 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetHelio G80 (12nm)
GPUMali-G52 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity5020 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

What works
  • FHD+ at sub-$150 price
  • 5020 mAh + 18W charging
  • NFC standard in EU variants
What doesn't
  • LCD washed out vs AMOLED rivals
  • Plastic back fingerprints
  • 60Hz only
Cross-shop it against
Huawei Y9 Prime (2019)
$240 · score 68/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 118-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .