We're slowly seeing the Xiaomi/Redmi phones coming out, one after the other, with sometimes nonsensical variants. We take a look at the Redmi Note 8 series, released in the last two months, and go through the differences between the three phones line by line.
Redmi Note 8 | 8T | 8 Pro
Redmi Note 8
Redmi Note 8T
Redmi Note 8 Pro
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
MediaTek Helio G90T
Memory
3/4/6 GB
4/6 GB
6/8 GB
Background
32/64/128 GB
64/128 GB
64/128 GB
Screen
6.3″ IPS LCD FHD+
6.3″ IPS LCD FHD+
6.53″ IPS LCD FHD+
Rear camera
48/8/2/2 MP
48/8/2/2 MP
64/8/2/2 MP
Selfie camera
13 MP
13 MP
20 MP
Battery
4.000 mAh
4.000 mAh
4.500 mAh
Fast download
18 W
18 W
18 W
GSM
LTE band B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40, 41
LTE band B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40, 41
LTE band B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40
Size
158.3 x 75.3 x 8.4 mm
161.1 x 75.4 x 8.6 mm
161.4 x 76.4 x 8.8 mm
Weight
190 g
200 g
200 g
NFC
NINCS
VAN
VAN
Infra
VAN
VAN
VAN
FM radio
VAN
VAN
VAN
WiFi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth
4.2
4.2
5.0
Publication date
September 2019
November 2019
September 2019
The decisions, the decisions
It's a tough choice for anyone trying to choose the phone that's best for them. There are a few questions to be answered about what you do and don't need. Do you need NFC for payments? Do you need a 64 MP camera? Do you need a bigger screen? Ahhh it's hard to decide. But let's think about it. The Note 8 has the same screen size as the 8T, but the 8 Pro has a bigger screen. The 8 Pro has the 64 MP camera and the faster Soc. Battery capacity is not comparable, as the 8 Pro's MTK processor eats up 4,500 mAh of battery in the same amount of time as the 8/8T's 4,000 mAh, so it's not really relevant.
For SD fans, it's not hard to advise you, the few thousand bills are for the 8T, but if you like to flirt with the specials and hope that the initial small flaws will be fixed later, you can go for the 8 Pro. Especially when it comes to gaming, as the G90T scores around 220,000 points in AnTuTu, while the SD665 scores 'only' around 160,000.
Redmi Note 8 prices
Well, pricing is a bit more difficult, I don't know where to look for prices. Since the phone is xiaomishop.hu from our webshop, we use them as a basis.
In addition, you can therefore find other prices, such as official distributors, you can get cheaper ones, but you don't get 2 years warranty and support for that price.
Redmi Note 8T camera test
Video mentioned in the two concert recordings:
Although the Redmi Note 8 Pro has a deeper sound, the recording picture isn't the best. Although they've since added a lamp in the eye, the Redmi Note 8T takes a brighter and sharper picture in darker areas.
You still need a lot of light to take macro pictures, but it only really works well in natural light.
The first picture is a macro taken with the lamp on, while the one on the right is taken with the LED lamp on the back. Although we already know that macro needs a lot of light to be of good quality, only the designers forgot and put LED next to the top sensor and the macro lens is the bottom one.
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To use night mode, you need a steady hand, or at least lean the phone out to take great pictures.
AI mode vs night mode
On the left are pictures taken in AI mode, on the right in night mode.
There's nothing wrong with night shots in the right light, but if you have to shoot in almost total darkness, the image will be a bit blurry. True, there's less noise than in AI mode, but colours fade.
