The budget segment is usually where smartphone companies move the most volume, and in order to maintain its dominance, Xiaomi[1] recently launched not one but three new budget Redmi smartphones. Today, we’ll be checking out the Redmi 6 Pro[2], which is supposed to be the most powerful in the new Redmi 6 series, and is the first Redmi phone outside the Redmi Note series to sport the ‘Pro’ moniker.
Usually, Xiaomi uses this designation to indicate powerful hardware, and while the Redmi 6 Pro does have the strongest SoC of the new trio, the main differentiating factor for this model seems to be its notched display. This is also a first for a Redmi phone. Other than that, the Redmi 6 Pro seems to share most of its core specifications with existing Xiaomi models such as the Redmi Y2[3] (Review[4]) and even the Redmi Note 5[5] (Review[6]), which makes us wonder - other than the notch, does the Redmi 6 Pro bring anything drastically new to the table? We're about to find out.
Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro design
Being the most premium phone of the new Redmi 6 family, the Redmi 6 Pro has been given somewhat better materials, in the form of a metal backplate. However, the overall design isn’t too different from what we’ve already seen from Xiaomi at around this price point. This is a fairly thick phone, and it's a bit hefty too, but it’s manageable. The buttons have good feedback without being noisy, and on the left side, you get a single tray which can hold two SIM cards and a separate microSD card. Something worth noting is that the Redmi 6 Pro does not...