Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro + 5G review

The new redmi note lineup has been released globally and this is the

highest tier model of the bunch the redmi note 11 pro 5g also known in the

indian market as the redmi note 11 pro plus 5g the redmi notes have been some of xiaomi's most solid and popular mid-rangers so the eleven pro 5g has a lot to live up to and will for gsm arena and let's see how it compares in our full review the redmi note 11 pro 5g is a mid-range

phone which has some higher tier features balanced out by some more

budget-oriented ones

it brings a design language that is shared across this year's whole redmi

note series with a flat rather than curved backside while these phones may look like they're

made from metal they have a glass back with a plastic frame the matte finish feels nice in hand and is resistant to smudges plus the redmi note 11 devices have ip53 rated dust and splash resistance though you could also find that on last year's models on the front of the redmi note 11 pro 5g

is a 6.67 inch amoled with a 1080p

resolution gorilla glass 5 protection and a fast 120hz refresh rate the screen is quite responsive thanks to a 360hz touch sampling rate and movements on screen are smoothed out by the 120hz refresh rate unlike more premium phones though the screen refresh rate isn't

adaptive here to save energy this display is quite nice for this

class while you don't get hdr10 support there are deep amoled blacks and

decently accurate colors and it's all pretty sharp with a pixel density of

around 400 ppi

brightness is good too we measured a maximum of 470 nits when using the manual slider and the screen boosts to around 750 nits in auto mode when in bright sun for audio the redmi note 11 pro 5g has a

headphone jack as well as stereo speakers with dolby atmos support the

speakers have a hybrid setup and sound is balanced with loudness that measured very good on our charts sound quality has improved since last year too with rich mids and highs and some noticeable bass for storage the redmi note 11 pro 5g

comes with either 64 or 128 gigs and is expandable via microsd and you can use the fingerprint reader built into the power key to wake up and unlock the phone it's fast and reliable on release the redmi note phones run on xiaomi's miui 13 over android 11. this interface is easy to use and quite familiar if you're used to ui you can check out our dedicated video to

find out more

what sets the redmi note 11 pro 5g apart from its 4g counterpart is the chipset here you get a qualcomm snapdragon 695 5g while the other one has a mediatek helio g96 in cpu tests the note 11 pro 5g is able to achieve better scores than either the 4g model or last year's model gpu-wise

though is not a significant upgrade performance is snappy overall and the

thermals are great but if you're looking

 o play heavy games there are more powerful chipsets in the competition

all of the new redmi note phones have a large 5 000 milliamp hour battery the 11 pro 5g was able to score a 150 an hour endurance rating in our tests which is

just as excellent as last year this is better than the 100 hour rating

scored by the non 5g model and it's probably because there's a more

efficient chipset here

one clear upgrade over last year is 67 watt fast charging where before it was 33 watts we were able to charge the redmi note 11 pro 5g from zero to 74 percent in half an hour whereas last

year's model and charger could achieve 50 now onto cameras the redmi note 11 pro

5g has a high res 108 megapixel main

camera paired with an 8 megapixel ultra wide and a 2 megapixel macro cam

the main camera saves 12 megapixel images by default and these are all

right with enough detail for this class and true to life colors the dynamic

range is good and not over the top however these photos are not ideal with

visible noise and over sharpening and some corner softness

the note 11 pro 5g doesn't have a depth sensor like the 4g model does but that's

no problem portraits are excellent with detailed and sharp subjects and good

separation

8 megapixel ultra wide photos are ok for this price range but nothing great you

get enough contrast and wide dynamic range but they come out soft with a

mediocre level of detail and the colors are a bit off the note 10 pro had a 5 megapixel telemacro camera with autofocus but the new model has a downgraded 2 megapixel

macro shooter with fixed focus its photos are soft with washed out colors but at least the dynamic range is decent

at night the main cam takes good low-light photos there is enough detail realistic-looking

exposure and well-preserved colors the

noise is handled well too

night mode photos are sharper with more

resolved detail and you get a wider

dynamic range with restored clipped

highlights and develop shadows

while the exposure is slightly brighter

the note 11 pro 5g doesn't turn night

and day

the 8 megapixel ultra wide photos taken

at night time are not really usable

they're incredibly dark and noisy

unlike the regular note 11 pro on the 5g

model there's no night mode for the

ultrawide cam you can force hdr on to

get a better result and you will end up

with less noise

selfies come from the 16 megapixel front

facing cam and they're not the sharpest

around but they are still pretty good

there's enough resolve detail good

contrast and exposure low noise and true

to life colors

one major shortcoming of the redmi note

11 pro 5g is that there's no support for

4k video recording which you did have on

last year's redmi note 10 pro

still the 1080p clips from the main

camera are good there is enough detail

and balance sharpening adequate dynamic

range and true to life colors the videos

could be sharper but the softness is

probably a result of the always-on

electronic stabilization

the 1080p videos from the ultrawide

camera are decent too they have enough

detail and you get accurate colors and

tolerable noise levels

so that's the redmi note 11 pro 5g it

has a lot going for it like that sleek

and splash proof design a high refresh

rate amoled nice stereo speakers and

excellent battery life

these were all features you'd find on

last year's model as well but on top of

that now you get a 5g chipset and fast

charging

the problem is that at the same time the

cameras have seen a downgrade and

they're less capable than last year

especially when it comes to video

recording

that makes this year's hike in price a

tough pill to swallow

so overall the redmi note 11 pro 5g is a

decent mid-ranger but you can find

better value elsewhere