Redmi Note 13 Pro Review vs Poco X6: Mighty Gadget

Again in January, I reviewed the Poco X6, which is a superb alternative for anybody with a most funds of £300.

In that evaluate, I highlighted that the Redmi Observe 13 Professional is nearly equivalent however has decrease RAM however has a significantly better digicam specification.

I’ve been utilizing the Redmi Observe 13 Professional for the previous couple of weeks to see the way it stacks up towards the Poco X6.

Redmi Observe 13 Professional vs Poco X6 Specification

Design and Construct High quality

The Redmi Observe 13 Professional options nearly an equivalent design to the Poco X6, with a glass back and front with a plastic body weighing 187g. The Poco X6 is barely lighter at 181g and has an identical building however a plastic again. Each telephones carry an IP54 score for restricted mud and water resistance.

When it comes to design, the Redmi Observe 13 Professional appears to be like extra premium with its frosted glass again out there in blue, black, and white colors. The oblong digicam module blends properly into the again panel. The Poco X6 appears to be like extra primary in gray, blue, or black colors with a rougher texture on the plastic body.

The Redmi Observe 13 Professional feels higher constructed, with a wonderful match and end that belies its mid-range price ticket. The flat edges provide a safe grip as nicely. In the meantime, the Poco X6, whereas decently constructed, does have some creaking when strain is utilized.

Each telephones retain a 3.5mm headphone jack however no microSD card slot for storage growth. You do get twin SIM slots on every machine.

Show

As talked about earlier, each telephones have the identical 6.67-inch Full HD+ Samsung AMOLED show with a 120Hz refresh charge, 1200 nits peak brightness in HBM mode, and Gorilla Glass safety.

In on a regular basis utilization, you’d be hard-pressed to note any distinction between the 2 screens. They provide vibrant colors, wonderful viewing angles, and clean scrolling and animations enabled by the excessive refresh charge. Daylight legibility can be spectacular at over 500 nits typical brightness.

The one minor draw back is the mounted 60Hz refresh charge in sure apps that don’t dynamically swap to 120Hz mode. So, you might discover occasional jittery scrolling in these non-optimized apps. Total, although, each Redmi and Poco provide spectacular shows for telephones at this value level.

Digicam

That is the place the Redmi Observe 13 Professional pulls considerably forward, due to its larger decision 200MP Samsung HPX fundamental digicam sensor, paired with an 8MP ultrawide and primary 2MP macro digicam. In the meantime, the Poco X6 has to make do with a extra mainstream 64MP OmniVision fundamental digicam, together with the identical 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro cameras.

In daylight, the 200MP digicam on the Redmi merely captures extra element, particularly if you zoom in on objects. The Poco X6 photographs look first rate however lack tremendous particulars upon shut inspection.

In low mild as nicely, the Redmi Observe 13 Professional produces photos with decrease noise and richer colors and retains higher particulars, due to pixel binning all the way down to 12.5MP versus 16MP on the Poco X6.

The 8MP ultrawide cameras are extra evenly matched, although the Redmi’s photographs nonetheless present a bit extra dynamic vary.

For selfies, each telephones utilise a 16MP entrance digicam that captures first rate photographs.

Video recording goes as much as 4K 30FPS on each telephones or 1080P@60FPS.

Clearly, for pictures fanatics, the Redmi Observe 13 Professional is the superior alternative and top-of-the-line digicam telephones out there on this value phase.

It’s value noting that regardless that the Redmi Observe 13 Professional technically has a greater digicam than the Honor Magic6 Lite, I discovered the Honor was able to producing higher photographs.

Efficiency and Benchmarks

Beneath the hood, each telephones utilise the identical Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 chipset, which is manufactured on an environment friendly 4nm course of and provides wonderful efficiency and effectivity.

In real-world utilization, each telephones deal with on a regular basis duties like net shopping, social media, messaging, calls, and many others, with ease. Multitasking between a number of apps is clean as nicely, due to adequate RAM. Gaming efficiency can be strong for titles like Name of Responsibility and Genshin Affect at medium graphics settings.

For benchmarks, the Poco is barely forward. For Antutu:

• Redmi Observe 13 Professional:
• Poco X6:

That offers the Poco a 7.7% benefit over the Redmi.

In Geekbench, the outcomes had been:

• Redmi Observe 13 Professional: 1030/2984
• Poco X6: 1030/3011

Battery and Charging

Each Redmi and Poco managed to cram in a big 5100 mAh battery into these slim frames, which simply gives 1.5-2 days of utilization per cost. Even heavy customers can get a full day earlier than needing to recharge.

67W quick charging lets you recharge from 0 to 100% in round 45 minutes utilizing the included charger. So you’ll be able to rapidly prime up even whereas preparing within the morning.

Battery life is definitely a robust swimsuit for each gadgets. The Redmi Observe 13 Professional did have a barely higher standby drain in my testing, shedding simply 3% in a single day versus 5% on the Poco X6. So, the runtime is sort of equivalent in follow.

Android 13 / MIUI 14

On the software program entrance, each telephones ship with MIUI 14 primarily based on Android 13. MIUI provides loads of customisation choices through themes and tweaks whereas retaining entry to Google apps and providers.

I’d have most well-liked it if these telephones shipped with Android 14 however as they’re reasonably priced it’s forgivable in comparison with premium priced telephones.

Some helpful options embrace floating home windows, second house, scrolling screenshots, fast ball shortcuts, and an enhanced sidebar for fast entry to apps.

Nonetheless, MIUI does include advertisements in some areas, together with preloaded bloatware. This may be disabled however does result in a extra cluttered preliminary expertise.

However for many mainstream customers, MIUI provides a feature-packed interface with good customisation capabilities on prime of Android 13.

Value and Different Choices

The Redmi Observe 13 Professional has an RRP of £339 and is out there immediately from mi.com.

The Redmi Observe 13 Professional+ is an extra £110 and advantages from 12GB RAM, double the storage at 512GB and sooner storage with UFS 3.1 plus sooner charging. It additionally makes use of the Dimensity 7200 Extremely chipset as an alternative of the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2.

The Redmi Observe 13 has a decrease spec MediaTek Dimensity 6080, decrease spec digicam 108MP  1/1.67″ sensor, slower charging and a barely low spec show. It’s, nonetheless, very reasonably priced at simply £200.

The POCO X6 has a a lot decrease spec fundamental digicam with a 64 MP  1/2″ sensor however has extra RAM and storage with 12GB/512GB. That is then priced at £319.

Lastly, the POCO X6 Professional is principally the identical as the traditional X6 however with a considerably higher MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Extremely chipset.

Out of those 5 telephones, I feel the Redmi Observe 13 Professional is essentially the most interesting as a result of steadiness of value and specs.

For another model, the Honor Magic6 Lite is nicely value contemplating. It’s priced equally at £349. On paper, it’s inferior to the Redmi Observe 13 Professional. The chipset and digicam are decrease spec. It has an impressively giant battery however slower charging. In actuality, I discovered the digicam efficiency higher, and it’s a extra engaging cellphone. Whereas the chipset is decrease spec, it’s fairly a small distinction.

Total

I feel the Redmi Observe 13 Professional is a superb funds cellphone and nicely value the additional £20 over the POCO X6 for the improved digicam, even when you do get much less RAM/storage.

The 200MP digicam can produce wonderful photographs, and it’s superb which you could get a cellphone that’s so reasonably priced however nonetheless has a fantastic digicam.

So, in the long run, for £339, the Redmi Observe 13 Professional hits a candy spot, combining nice digicam {hardware}, quick charging, clean on a regular basis efficiency and lengthy battery life. Making it straightforward to suggest for customers on a funds.

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