Redmi Pro review: A 2016 Redmi with an AMOLED screen and a dual-camera rear.
AMOLED comes to the Redmi line.
Redmi Pro added an AMOLED display and a dual-camera setup to the Redmi value formula in 2016 — alongside a deca-core MediaTek X25. The Helio chip ran warm, but it was an early sign of Redmi reaching for premium features at budget prices.
01Display
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 9 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
58/10058/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.
03Performance
56/10056/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.
04Battery
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2016 — 9 points above the cohort average.
05Build
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
06Value
66/10066/100 puts it above the 61-point average for mid-range phones of 2016.
- AMOLED at the Redmi price.
- Dual-camera depth effects.
- Big 4,050 mAh battery.
- Deca-core Helio X25 + microSD + IR.
- Helio X25 ran warm.
- Mono speaker.
- Limited software updates.
- 5 MP selfie.
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 47-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .