Redmi Note 9 Pro review: The 2020 budget bestseller — 5,020 mAh, 64 MP, big screen.
A 2020 budget bestseller.
Redmi Note 9 Pro paired a big 5,020 mAh battery and 64 MP quad-cam with all the extras — jack, microSD, IR, stereo — at $269. The 60 Hz LCD and 4G show its age.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.
02Camera
64/100At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
56/10056/100 puts it above the 50-point average for budget phones of 2020.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.
05Build
68/100At 68/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.
06Value
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2020 — 14 points above the cohort average.
- Big 5,020 mAh battery.
- 64 MP quad-cam at $269.
- Jack + microSD + IR + stereo.
- FHD+ big screen.
- LCD 60 Hz only.
- SD720G + 4G only.
- Heavy 209 g.
- MIUI ads.
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? .