Xiaomi Mi 9 review
The Xiaomi Mi 9 is a fantastic all-round device, offering many
of the bells and whistles of high-end phones but without the price tag.
FOR
- Affordable price
- Impressive camera setup
- Powerful chipset
AGAINST
- Gets hot rather easily
- Odd-looking UI
- Low battery capacity
Xiaomi is still fairly new to the
mobile market outside of China – the Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro was the first phone
launched in the UK for example, in 2018 – but it’s posing some serious
competition to establish brands with the Xiaomi Mi 9, its newest flagship device.
The Mi 9 looks like a fantastic
jack-of-all-trades device; it has a powerful processor, impressive camera
setup, and supports up to 20W fast charging – and on top of that it’s a whole
load cheaper than phones with a similar spec.
It’s not without drawbacks – Xiaomi
has clearly had to cut some corners to get a fantastic chipset and camera array
into the handset at such a low price, and its attempt at designing its own UI
for the Mi 9 likely won’t please everyone.
Since release competitors to the
Xiaomi Mi 9 have come out, most notably the Huawei P30, a three-camera
photography powerhouse with a sleek design and impressive chipset, and it sits
at a price-point only slightly higher than the Mi 9.
But generally the Mi 9 is an impressive mid-range device, with internals that are surprisingly good for its relatively low price – so are this phone, and the Xiaomi brand in general, a serious threat to established mid-range Android players like Huawei and OnePlus.
source:https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/xiaomi-mi-9