The Redmi Note series remains popular for
Xiaomi, introducing two new models this year. While there are actually three, we'll
focus on two now: the Redmi Note 13 Pro with 5G and the Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus,
also with 5G. Despite similar displays, they differ
slightly and nearly share the same name. These two smartphones are expected to be
Xiaomi's top sellers in 2024. Let's explore what distinguishes the
Redmi Note 13 Pro from the Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus to help you decide which one to
purchase. Let's get to it! First up is the design. We're looking at a somewhat different
appearance between these two models. So, you'll notice that fingerprints are
visible on the back of the smartphone, but it's not really an issue. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro will have
sharper edges, while the edges here are rounded. Overall, I find it slightly more angular
here, especially around the screen due to its flat design. The Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus also features
a more angular screen, while we have a curved screen here. It all comes down to personal preference. Personally, I like both; the curved screen adds a bit more
immersion. By the way, I don't know if you like it,
let me know in the comments. But I'm also quite a fan of the flat
screen, I like both so it's hard for me to choose between them on that. You'll notice that the edges are still
relatively thin on both sides. Xiaomi did a good job on that, so that
works for me too. There's a difference in design. Of course, these smartphones come in
various colors. But beyond that, there's really a
consistency you'll find with the Note 13 Pro. While the Plus will have a slightly
shinier, more matte look, even though in both cases, they're still glossy. The Pro will be a bit lighter than the
Pro Plus. 6. 6 ounces versus 7. 2 ounces. It's almost the same weight. In both cases, you get a fingerprint
sensor for very easy unlocking. It's convenient, it's fast. In both cases, you have Corning Gorilla
Glass Victus on the front, so it's extremely durable. And you have exactly the same screen,
which is a 6. 67-inch AMOLED panel that goes up to a
120 Hz refresh rate. So you choose, either you keep it at 120
Hz all the time, which will use more power, or you set it to 60 Hz, or you
leave it on automatic mode. It's probably best to let it choose
automatically. And here, Xiaomi is announcing a peak
brightness of 1800 nits. Always more, 1800 nits is huge. Of course, 1800 nits when you're in full
sunlight, why not? But it's going to drain your battery,
which isn't great. However, what we take away from this is
that we have a bright screen. You can crank it up to the max if you
want. I wouldn't recommend it. Just keep it a bit below the maximum. That'll be really, really good for your
smartphone's battery life. But what I like here is that we've got an
AMOLED screen, and AMOLED means OLED technology with deep blacks, infinite
contrasts, and when you have a black pixel, it's a turned-off pixel, which
means it won't use power, and that's once again good for your smartphone's battery
life. But Xiaomi doesn't stop there; they've worked on a bunch of technologies
they've had certified to ensure once more that your smartphone won't harm your
eyes. Look, you go into your settings, we'll go
to display, and you'll see something I've activated, it's the reading mode, I
recommend you turn it on. Your reading mode, what does it do? It tints your smartphone's screen a bit
more yellow, which is definitely better for the comfort of your eyes. Then, what I recommend is setting it to
the circadian cycle option. That means it'll sync with your natural
circadian rhythm, a bit whiter in the morning, a bit more yellow in the
evening. You can set it to classic and choose your
color temperature. Personally, I leave it on automatic, and
it suits me just fine. They've also worked on making it
flicker-free so that when you dim your smartphone's brightness, you won't get
that flickering effect. It's not visible to your eyes, completely
imperceptible, but it's a kind of shimmer that can really tire your eyes out. Similarly, you'll have 1920 Hz PWM
dimming. Loaded with technologies designed to
prevent eye strain. It also emits less blue light. In short, there are quite a few little
things that are good from a technological standpoint that Xiaomi has thought of. And that, to me, seems pretty standard
today. On the audio side, it's interesting. There's a difference between these two
smartphones, namely that, of course, you have stereo speakers on one side and on
the other with an inevitable asymmetry since your main speaker will be the right
speaker, and the left speaker will be there for support, as reinforcement. It's not magic—we're discussing a
mid-range smartphone, so nothing extraordinary. What's intriguing is that with the Pro
model, not the Plus, you get a headphone jack. So, if you have wired headphones, you can
plug them in. However, the Pro Plus lacks a headphone
jack, likely due to space constraints. This trend of removing headphone jacks
from high-end models is becoming common among manufacturers. It may be disappointing, but that's the
current trend. Keep in mind, there's a distinction to
note. Bluetooth 5. 2, Bluetooth 5. 3, Dolby Atmos. In short, they've done their homework
with the audio, and that's a good thing. It brings us to an extremely important
point, which is multimedia. Since we're dealing with large 6. 67-inch AMOLED screens, these displays
are fully optimized for watching movies and series. With the 120 Hz for gaming, it's a very
versatile smartphone for all things multimedia and gaming. For everyday use, there's no problem at
all. Now there's another point that interests
us. Look, it's happening right here. The discussion revolves around
performance and battery life, which are intricately connected. The Pro model boasts a Snapdragon,
referred to as SNAP, 7S Gen 2. Meanwhile, the other option offers
Mediatek with a Dimensity 7200 Ultra chipset. In both instances, we have 5G processors
etched at 4nm. Interestingly, the Pro model is expected
to be less potent than the Pro+ model, with AnTuTu scores of 601,789 and
738,492, respectively. Starting the tests simultaneously, it's
evident that the Pro+ outpaces the Pro, advancing swiftly. And you can see that the Pro isn't
lagging behind, but it's a lot less efficient. There's a real difference here, and it's
not necessarily obvious in terms of usage because both are suitable and responsive. But still, the Snapdragon 7S Gen2 will be
less efficient than the MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra. On top of that, there's another thing
that really changes the performance. There's the processor, but it's not just
the processor. You're also going to have the RAM
technologies. In both cases, you have either 8 or 12GB
of RAM. However, the technologies are not the
same. On the Pro side, you have LPDDR4X, which
is generally pretty good, but for the Pro Plus, they've gone much further with
LPDDR5. This will allow for a faster smartphone,
but it will also help improve battery life... That's an extremely important point. Another really cool thing is that in both
cases you get either 256 or 512GB of storage. Right here, just there. 256, 512. And once again, we're not dealing with
the same technologies. You've got UFS 2. 2 on the Pro model, while on the Pro
Plus, you have UFS 3. 1 which will be faster in terms of read
and write speeds and will also contribute to your smartphone's battery life. And that's just as important. So whether it's the processors, the RAM,
the ROM, it's inevitably going to affect the battery life, performance, and
overall experience. And another interesting point is that you
have here a 5100 mAh battery, on the other side a 5000 mAh battery. It's the same thing. Overall, the battery life is good, a day,
a day and a half, it'll depend on you. But the really interesting thing, and
what fewer and fewer manufacturers are doing today, is including chargers. And that, to me, is also super important
because with the Pro model, you get a 67-watt charger which is really quite impressive. And with the Pro Plus model, if you look
inside the box, you've got a 120-watt charger. And that's very, very cool because you
can charge it up to 100% in just 19 minutes with 120 watts... So it's extremely fast. That means on either side, you're getting
fast charging. 67, 120 watts in both cases, it's going
to be super quick. And there's another thing that's really
cool. What Xiaomi did here is they thought,
"Okay, it's great to have fast charging, it's great for it to be quick, but we
don't want to damage the battery. We don't want the charge to be too fast
and potentially harm your smartphone's battery. " So they did something pretty smart with
the battery options. You can dig into the settings, You can speed up charging by connecting
the provided charger to boost charging when the screen is off. So, we can further optimize charging
here. "Battery Saver" if you want, we can save
battery life. "Ultra Battery Saver" when you're really
low on battery, you press it and then you're set for 80 hours, no worries. But we're not going to do that because
it's really not the best experience for us here. So, you see, you only have three apps
available to make calls. We could add another one here, but we're
not going to get very far with that. Okay, we'll leave that. Then you come here and choose, like,
balanced mode, performance mode, battery saver mode. Basically, you set the slider wherever
you want. You're thinking, I know I can charge
later today, no problem, I want performance, I want to play games, I want
it to be fast. Of course, this is within what your
processor, your RAM, and your ROM can handle. I want maximum performance. But if I know I can't charge it until
tonight or tomorrow, what I do is I say no, no, I want security, I prioritize
battery life. So, I move the slider towards more
battery life to ensure I have a battery that lasts as long as possible. So, they've done some pretty interesting
work from a software perspective as well. Today, it's MIUI 14. We're not on HyperOS yet. The new experience that's going to expand
more and more, which I think we'll see on these Redmi Note 13 Pro or Redmi Note 13
Pro Plus. But as it stands, the software is quite
successful and pretty interesting. Knowing that if your storage isn't full,
you have 12 GB of virtual RAM that will make your smartphone a bit more powerful,
just a bit more. All that's interesting, but what I'm
really into is the camera part. And you'll see that in photography, it's
really the same thing. You get the same setup. A 200-megapixel wide-angle lens with
"Pixel Binning" technology. You're combining 16 pixels to create one
big pixel. It's good for low-light photography. It's good for... getting a bit more detail. It's quite interesting. I like it. They're mainly announcing a 4x lossless
zoom here. Let's take a look. Then you have an 8-megapixel ultra-wide
lens, sure, why not. And you have macro here, right there. You see, 2-megapixel macro. Well, overall, I'm not interested at all. Don't forget the selfie cameras. They're hidden right here. 16-megapixel selfie cameras. You can obviously record up to... 4K at 30 frames per second. Now, should you record with this
smartphone? I'm not convinced. Camera section I've got my ultra-wide angle right here. What they tell me at Xiaomi is that I'm
going to have, so I see this, it's a 200-megapixel sensor so I'll zoom into
the sensor. They claim a 4x lossless quality because
I'm actually zooming into the 200-megapixel sensor. And then I can zoom up to... 10x. That's the maximum. You can see the stabilization isn't bad. I have essential tremor, so it's actually
not too bad. It works. Of course, the selfie camera that's right
here, it seems to work well. And then I have a variety of modes
available, including video, 200-megapixel, portrait, night, short film, and some
extra options to explore and experiment with. When it comes to photo modes, I'll delve
into the camera assistant, macro, AI camera, and various other modes that are
great for shooting and having fun with. I'll show you the photo results. Even though we have the same sensor and
lens setup, the processors are different. They're not going to process the images
in the same way. So look, this is a photo taken with the
Redmi Note 13 Pro, and this is one taken with the Pro Plus model. Notice, the sky here is more purple,
while it's bluer over here. This significant difference in color
rendition is also apparent on the building facades. See here, it's a bit whiter, here it's a
bit more yellow. So there's definitely something a bit
different from one model to the other, showing that we have the same lenses. Then we move on to the ultra-wide angle. Well, the ultra-wide angle is going to be
a bit more purplish on the Plus model, a bit less on the Pro model which will lean
more towards blue. It's also going to be a bit more yellow
on the Plus model. Then we zoom in 2x and since we're using the main sensor
to zoom into the image on the 200 megapixels, we'll find pretty much the
same thing, see in terms of the sky between here and here, whether it's more
purplish or not. Now we're on the 4x, they tell me it's a 4x zoom without any
loss of quality. Overall, when I look at it like this, it
seems pretty good, honestly. Then we go up to... x10 zoom, but right away the AI starts to
compensate more. Look, there's a lot of noise, it's not
great, we'll avoid that. Now I'm backlit. Pro model, Pro Plus model, we immediately
see more purple on the Pro Plus, I find it really, really amusing. It struggles with the HDR, the image is
overexposed, here it's a bit clearer but you can't see anything in front. Well, once again, we're dealing with a
mid-range smartphone, so we shouldn't expect it to work wonders here. At 2x, you see, at 4x— well, it's not good, but that's hardly
surprising once again. Moving on here with a bit more greenery. Wide angle at minus 1, see the difference. For the photo, I almost preferred the
Pro, which I find better than the Pro Plus in terms of detail, I'm not sure, it's a
bit odd. The ultra-wide angle, look, it
struggles—honestly, it really lacks sharpness, but it's an ultra-wide angle,
nothing surprising at this price range. Some little salads, we're a bit more
saturated on the Pro Plus model, here the processor will work a bit harder like
this... the exposure will be a bit stronger here
than on the Pro model as well. Continuing on here, look, my salads are
really very green, there they are less vibrant. A real difference in processors, it's
really interesting to look at it like this. And when we zoom in all the way, in
either case, it's not really usable. You can really see the difference in
color and exposure as well, just a bit, it's not extraordinary. We continue here, once again. So here the Pro Plus isn't bad, the
processor works a bit better because, you see, it brings out the shadow areas here
around the tree more effectively. That's the Dimensity, while the
Snapdragon is a bit less so. So the Dimensity is indeed superior in
terms of processing for these shadow areas and for handling HDR, it's definitely
better. Well, the ultra-wide angle that I'm
switching to is not good on either side. Here we zoom in on the little squirrel
box we have here, which is going to be better on the Dimensity with the details. That's really where you can see the
difference in the processor. It's quite... quite impressive because, although... Well, you see, we quickly reach the
maximum. Then we see all these little artifacts
that we find here. It struggles a bit, but once again,
that's pretty normal given the optics and the processor in the smartphone. It's a mid-range, it's not very
high-performing either. Here, similarly, I might prefer the Pro
Plus here after all maybe in terms of colors, it's a bit more vibrant, even if it's a bit more purplish
overall. And that's a flaw, but once again, it's
not a camera phone; it takes pictures, so we can't expect it
to be very good. The job is done, it's done correctly. Now for the selfie camera, I find that
the Pro does a little better, it's quite strange with the skin tones. I'm moving to a different angle. Ah, that's pretty good, the Pro Plus
looks quite natural in terms of skin tone, the image isn't overly smoothed out. It's actually quite decent. The Pro model is going to struggle more,
the Pro Plus will be a bit better... And here we go on a bit more, with the
sun here. Well, there you have it, it's not great
on either side. Here I feel like the Pro handles the HDR
better compared to the Pro+. But you see neither is really great, but overall,
what we do see is that the Pro Plus is a bit ahead in terms of photography
compared to the Pro model... I'll show you some macro, even though I'm
not a big fan. This is a macro shot taken with the Pro. I didn't do both because macro is
pointless. It's very noisy. It's hard to find the right distance. The quality just isn't there. There's something unnatural about it. Look at that in the back. It's not good at all. But once again, on smartphones like this,
manufacturers add a third lens because you've got to have three lenses. But we could really do without this macro
because the output is just not great. You can look from every angle. It's full of flaws, and I can't recommend
it. Really not... Both of these smartphones have NFC for
contactless payments, so if you use Google Pay, there's no problem. That's still pretty good. There's a difference in certification,
with the Pro model being IP54 rated. The Pro Plus will have IP68, which is a
bit more resistant. Overall, we should avoid throwing them in
water and they should be fine... There's also a difference in Wi-Fi
technologies. On the Pro model, you get Wi-Fi 5,
supporting up to Wi-Fi 5. On the Pro Plus model, it supports up to
Wi-Fi 6. Both smartphones are available for sale,
as expected if you're interested. Find the link in the description for the
8 plus 256 or 12 plus 512 on the Pro model. I'll be at $435. That's a pretty good rate. And for the 12-256, I'm at $490. That's for the Pro model on one hand, and
on the other, for the Pro+, I'll naturally be a bit more expensive. I'll be at €469. 90. Except right now, as we speak, I'm not sure for
how long, but currently on the Xiaomi website, it's a bit cheaper at €429. 90. I'll put the links in the description for
you. And over here, I'll have it at €499. 90. And over here, I've got it for $499. 90. Not bad, quite appealing. For the Pro Plus model, Xiaomi is
positioning itself against Samsung, against the upcoming Galaxy phones. Galaxy A54, Galaxy A34... That's kind of how we see it and where we
place it here. These are interesting smartphones. Why? Not everywhere. These aren't the most high-performance
smartphones. That's expected. We're in the mid-range, so we're not
going to get something that's absolutely extraordinary. What's interesting is the screen quality,
which is good and gets the job done. These are smartphones that perform well
without overdoing it but are quite efficient with a good battery life. What's interesting, once again, is the
very fast charging you find on the Pro model or the Pro Plus model. Either 67W or 120W, but in both cases,
it's fast and charges quickly. And especially the fact that the chargers
are included in the box. So that's also a really great deal, and
that's interesting... Lots of little extra technologies that
Xiaomi is offering us. So you'll see, I'll let you check out the
camera features. There are filters and little options,
very fun to discover. It's not revolutionary, but it's quite
amusing. You can use them, why not. The screen is also pretty well
calibrated, and there are quite a few technologies that take care of your eyes,
which is nice too. This means these smartphones are honest,
well-priced, and I can recommend them to you. Of course, if you're interested, I've put
some affiliate links right down in the description. And, by the way, I've been talking about
technologies that take care of your eyes. Well, I've actually made a video about
that. It's right here. These are the 7 mistakes we all make that
end up damaging our eyes. Because it's great to have smartphones
that take care of our eyes, but if we don't pay attention ourselves, it's not
so good. Go check out this video; it'll save your eyes.
