Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro+ hands-on review

Introduction

The Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+ 5G is Xiaomi’s flagship product in its wildly profitable Redmi Be aware collection. Whereas the Professional+ fashions have existed within the collection for a few generations now, it is solely with the Redmi Be aware 12 Professional+ that the corporate switched to a premium pricing mannequin from what was beforehand a finances smartphone collection.

The Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+ 5G takes issues additional up a notch and is the costliest Redmi telephone to this point. So what do you get for this added premium? The telephone comes well-stocked with a variety of high-end options. A curved show makes its debut on a Redmi collection system with Gorilla Glass Victus safety in addition to IP68 ingress ranking. The principle digicam is a brand new 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP3 and also you get the identical super-fast 120W charging from earlier than with a charger supplied within the field.

Topping all of that off is a customized MediaTek Dimensity 7200-Extremely with an up to date checklist of storage and reminiscence choices, which begins at 256GB and now caps off at 512GB UFS 3.1.

The Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+ 5G begins at INR 31,999, INR 4000 greater than the Redmi Be aware 12 Professional+ 5G and a whopping INR 11,000 greater than the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ 5G launched simply two years in the past. That is fairly the premium however is it justified? Let’s discover out.

Unboxing

The Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+ 5G is available in Xiaomi’s up to date packaging for the Redmi collection, that includes an all-red shade scheme and outstanding textual content on the entrance that replaces the picture of the telephones on earlier packages.

Inside our India-specific unit, we get the telephone, a 120W charger, a cable, and a case. The tender silicone case goes from a transparent design to an all-black shade. Being an opaque materials, you will not get the identical yellowing that you’d with earlier clear circumstances.

New case design

It encompasses a reasonably giant cutout on the prime across the digicam, which exposes far an excessive amount of of the telephone for purely aesthetic causes and is not very protecting. We suggest getting an aftermarket case for added safety.