Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G First Impressions: Is Xiaomi’s Popular Series Still Worth It?

The brand new Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ 5G has simply been launched in India, priced beginning at Rs. 20,999 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The opposite choices are 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage for Rs. 22,999, and 8GB of RAM with 256GB of storage for Rs. 24,999. This marks a big change for a sequence that we’re used to pondering of as providing nice worth for lower than Rs. 20,000. There’s additionally the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional, which is priced at Rs. 17,999 and Rs. 19,999 for 6GB or 8GB of RAM respectively. Each variants have 128GB of storage.

Final yr, the one distinction between the Redmi Be aware 10 Professional and Redmi Be aware 10 Professional Max (Evaluate) was a greater main rear digital camera. This time, the brand new Redmi Be aware 11 Professional and Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ 5G have totally different processors, totally different community assist, and in addition barely totally different digital camera setups – although not in a approach you may be anticipating. Learn on for all the things it’s essential know.

Xiaomi now has an enormous portfolio of merchandise in India, however annually’s Redmi Be aware Professional sequence refresh often reminds us of how this firm first began out – with smartphones that provided much better specs than anybody anticipated for the worth. The Redmi and Redmi Be aware sequence helped solidify Xiaomi’s place in India, focusing on a technology of entry-level and aspirational consumers respectively. Now, with costs rising throughout the business, we have stepped into the next bracket of the market. Let’s have a look at whether or not there’s nonetheless good worth available, and whether or not followers will nonetheless be capable of discover what they’re on the lookout for. 

At first look, the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ 5G appears fairly plain and easy. The physique is fairly rectangular with rounded corners and flat sides. The sculpted ‘Evol’ design of the earlier technology has been succeeded by ‘Evol Professional’, however all the things has been smoothened out to the purpose that nothing actually stands out about this telephone. We had the same opinion of the not too long ago launched Redmi Be aware 11S (Evaluate). The entrance face is all black, and the shiny silver ring across the embedded entrance digital camera is the one approach you’d know which finish is the highest and which is the underside when this telephone is mendacity flat on any floor. Nevertheless, identical to with final yr’s fashions, I discover it very distracting.

Flip this telephone over and you may see the place the design aptitude is available in. My Mirage Blue unit has an intriguing sample of diagonal traces that seem like waves on the floor of a pool if you tilt this telephone below the sunshine. I truly discovered it a bit arduous to focus my eyes on the sample, which is one way or the other utilized beneath the extraordinarily reflective rear panel. It definitely stands out, and in my transient time with this telephone, I used to be pleasantly shocked to see the rear would not decide up smudges simply. The opposite two choices are Phantom White and Stealth Black, which each have plain, frosted textures.

The digital camera module within the higher left nook stands proud fairly a bit, in a two-step design that makes the first 108-megapixel digital camera look particularly outstanding. The facility button on the suitable has an embedded fingerprint sensor despite the fact that it is fairly small, and the amount buttons are proper above it. There are grilles for the earpiece speaker on the highest, together with a 3.5mm audio socket and Xiaomi’s trademark IR emitter. On the underside, you may discover the first speaker, USB Sort-C port, and hybrid dual-SIM tray.

The Mirage Blue end has a singular sample and catches gentle just like the floor of water

Weighing 202g, the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ is a bit heavier than common. It additionally is not probably the most snug to carry and use in a single hand, because of its flat, boxy design. The physique is claimed to have a splash-resistant nano-coating, and the SIM tray has a rubber seal to assist stop water ingress. A protecting movie comes adhered to the entrance.

On the within, Xiaomi has gone with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 SoC which is comparatively highly effective and helps seven 5G bands. You get both 6GB or 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and both 128GB or a whopping 256GB of UFS2.2 storage, which suggests you almost certainly will not want so as to add a microSD card and sacrifice a second SIM. You get a 5000mAh battery and 67W quick charging, with the required charger and cable within the field. Xiaomi guarantees a “full day’s cost” in quarter-hour.

The 6.67-inch Tremendous AMOLED panel has a full-HD+ (1080×2400 pixel) decision and 120Hz peak refresh price. Xiaomi has used Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for the show. Xiaomi claims 1200nit peak brightness however there isn’t any point out of HDR. You get stereo audio system, Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi ac, GPS, and the same old sensors.

On the rear, there is a 108-megapixel main digital camera with a Samsung HM2 sensor and f/1.9 aperture and 6P lens, matching the specs of the Redmi Be aware 10 Professional Max. This telephone additionally has an 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle digital camera and 2-megapixel macro digital camera. The entrance digital camera has a 16-megapixel decision and f/2.45 aperture.

Curiously, the marginally extra inexpensive Redmi Be aware 11 Professional makes use of MediaTek’s G96 SoC, and as its title reveals, doesn’t assist 5G. That is a daring transfer for Xiaomi on this section, particularly since 5G networks would possibly lastly be accessible to finish customers in India later this yr. The lower-priced sibling has the identical show, battery, and charging options – it even has the identical dimensions and weight. Whereas it has the identical entrance and rear cameras because the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+, it truly has an extra 2-megapixel depth sensor. That is fairly unusual and we stay up for testing the portrait photograph capabilities of each telephones. The Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ can also be accessible with as much as 256GB of storage whereas the Professional tops out at 128GB. As a substitute of the Mirage Blue end, there is a Star Blue possibility with an easier gradient end. 

It does appear that the Redmi Be aware 11 Professional+ 5G is extra future-proof than its near-identical sibling, however when it comes to worth for cash, some folks would possibly nonetheless favor to spend much less after which improve a number of years down the road. Xiaomi has tied up with HDFC to supply a low cost of Rs. 1,000 to cardholders, and a brand new Redmi Loyalty Programme permits these with an older Redmi mannequin to say an alternate bonus. Nevertheless, Xiaomi additionally says that attributable to present international geopolitical and provide chain points, the costs introduced are introductory, and are topic to alter. 

Do keep tuned to Devices 360 for a full overview of the Redmi Be aware 10 Professional+, developing very quickly. We’ll cowl its efficiency, digital camera high quality, show, sound, battery life, charging velocity, software program, ease of use, and way more, that can assist you make a shopping for determination.