Is the Redmi Note 9 the perfect entry-level smartphone?

[Redaktion]

In our test, the affordable 150-Euro (~$178) Redmi Note 9 hardly gives any reason for complaint worth mention, considering the price of the affordable mid-range smartphone. However, there is one issue you should consider before buying...  

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Is-the-Redmi-Note-9-the-perfect-entry-level-smartphone.494574.0.html

[Morgan Drenthen]

To be honest, the Note 8 Pro would be way better although it's a year older!

[xpclient]

IPS and no notification LED? Can't be perfect. Either needs notification LED or OLED with AOD.

[Govind]

Redmin note9 is not great. The calling, contact & youtube apps keep failing. 10times in a week. I won't recommend.

[Mike24680]

Great value, but my version has no NFC, model M2003J15SS. My fault for not checking first. The other model does have it. Otherwise very happy with my 4gb ram and 128 GB memory. Battery has improved since purchased 6 weeks ago, lasts easily a whole day with medium use, two days if used only for YouTube, internet and calls.

[neblogai]

No. First reason- not Qualcomm, so no GCam on it- Note 8 is better than Note 9 in that regard. And second- there are are reports of dust gathering under the glass.

[Xoriatis71]

The RN9 doesn't have a slow processor. It's just the many apps are not fully optimized to support the processor. Give it a few months, and the phone will only get faster.