XiaomismartphoneLast featured Oct 2022
Xiaomi Mi 9
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
The cheapest full-scale 2019 flagship, with a Snapdragon 855, great cameras and very fast charging for under $500.
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- Price when I covered it
- about 470
- Featured in
- 8 videos · 2019–2022
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- 48MP main camera
- triple camera
- better dynamic range
- bigger battery
- as powerful as OnePlus 7
- versatile triple camera
What I didn't
- confusing lineup around it
- MIUI skin less liked
- best price he found was $470
- superseded by the K20 Pro
- Weakest low-light video
- Aggressive noise reduction makes night photos soft
In my words
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“the me9 was where xiaomi started to really climb in the smartphone camera rankings”
“the Xiaomi phone uses very aggressive noise reduction”
“the cost of super soft looking images”
“the me 9 is a bit of a mess”
“really happy with that that's really good battery performance”
“I gotta say I'm really impressed with the me 9”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
11:39I bought EVERY Xiaomi Phone. 😱A big camera step up with a triple camera setup, where Xiaomi started to climb the camera rankings.
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6:06Top 15 BEST Smartphones of 2019 (Under $500)Cheaper and as powerful as the OnePlus 7 with a versatile triple camera, but not worth buying now given the Redmi K20 Pro.
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0:04Redmi K20 Pro vs OnePlus 7 vs Xiaomi Mi 9 Camera Test Comparison!Good daytime and ultra-wide camera, but the weakest in low light with soft, over-processed night shots.
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0:27OnePlus 7 vs 7 Pro / Zenfone 6 / Pixel 3a XL / Mi 9 Battery Life DRAIN Test.Lasted the shortest at 5 hours 47 minutes, but he was happy with that given its small battery and slim body.
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0:13OnePlus 7 Pro vs Samsung S10 Plus / iPhone XS Max / P30 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9 Battery Life DRAIN TESTImpressed him by coming second despite a small battery, helped by its smaller, lower-resolution display.
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1:16Lenovo Z6 Pro...The 100 Megapixel Smartphone?Mentioned as the rival the Z6 Pro's price would threaten and its benchmark would beat.
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6:15Top 15 BEST Smartphones of 2019 (Mid Year).The cheapest full-scale 2019 flagship, with a Snapdragon 855, great cameras and very fast charging for under $500.
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0:00Xiaomi Mi 9 UNBOXING!A well-built, fast and well-priced flagship with a solid triple camera and the slickest software he has tried, though battery capacity is on the low side.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Camera nerd
“can you see how there's more background separation”
▶ 12:32 - Battery hero
“I gotta say I'm really impressed with the me 9”
▶ 5:20 - Value king
“the cheapest full-scale 2019 flagship you can buy right now”
▶ 6:21 - Value king
“a fair bit cheaper than the likes of Huawei and Samsung”
▶ 5:34
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