SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi 9T review: Pop-up flagship killer with Snapdragon 730 and AMOLED.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2019·$349
Overall
78/100
Class rank
#1 of 101
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Pop-up flagship killer.

Mi 9T (the global Redmi K20) put a notchless AMOLED, pop-up selfie and a triple cam with optical zoom at $349. It became one of the most recommended value phones of 2019.

01Display

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 11 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, notchless
Size6.39 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Main48 MP Sony IMX582, f/1.75
Telephoto8 MP 2x
Ultrawide13 MP, 124 deg
Selfie20 MP pop-up

03Performance

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 13 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 730 (8nm)
GPUAdreno 618

04Battery

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Capacity4000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • True all-screen AMOLED via pop-up
  • Triple cam with optical tele
  • Great value flagship-killer pricing
What doesn't
  • Mechanical pop-up wear concerns
  • Mono speaker
  • 18W charging modest
Cross-shop it against
Huawei Nova 5T
$430 · score 78/100

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 101-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .