Content
- Video review
- Specifications
- Appearance and equipment
- Software
security
- Cameras
- Performance and Benchmarks
- findings
Continued dominance of the company's chipsetsQualcomm gradually led to the expected result - their consumer qualities began to noticeably suffer. The stability and temperature of work were sacrificed to new records in benchmarks, which is why the same Xiaomi Mi 11 on Snapdragon 888 (review, video review) is naturally uncomfortable to hold in hands in demanding games. Today we will talk about Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro based on the top Dimensity 9000 chipset from MediaTek. We will find out how he behaves in various tasks and what he is sorely lacking.
Video review
Technical characteristics
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Specifications Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro |
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| Network | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G |
| Firmware | MIUI 13 based on Android 12 |
| Screen | 6.67″, AMOLED, 20:9, 3200 x 1440 pixels, 526 ppi, 120 Hz, touch 480 Hz, DCI-P3, HDR10+ |
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9000 (4 nm) GPU: Mali-G710 MC10 |
| Ram | 8/12 GB LPDDR5 |
| ROM | 128/256/512 GB UVS 3.1 |
| SIM and memory card | 2× nanoSIM |
| Camera | Main: Samsung S5KHM2, 108 MP, f/1.9, 1/1.52″, OIS Wide-angle: Samsung S5K4H7, 8 MP, f/2.4 Macro: GalaxyCore GC02M1, 2MP, f/2.4 |
| Selfie | Sony IMX596, 20 MP, f/2.4 |
| Battery | 5000 mAh |
| Charging | USB-C 120W |
| Wireless interfaces | Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2.4/5 GHz Bluetooth 5.3 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, GALILEO Infrared port |
| NFC | there is |
| Biometrics | Fingerprint scanner in the power button Face recognition |
| Sound | Stereo |
| Water protection | IP53 |
| Dimensions and weight | 163.1× 76.15× 8.48 mm 201 g |
Appearance and equipment
It just so happened that a smartphone fell into our hands withoutbranded box and equipment, but the official delivery set includes: a smartphone, a transparent case, a power adapter as much as 120 W, a SIM tray ejection needle and documentation.
The device is presented on the market in black, gray,green and blue colors. According to ergonomics, the device is a "ennobled brick". Significant dimensions are hidden by bevelled corners, which allows you not to experience discomfort during operation. The cover and the front side are made of impact-resistant glass, but the frame is made of plastic. Declared not the most serious certification of dust and moisture protection IP53 (from splashes).
Of the features of the interfaces, it is worth paying attention to the following points:
- The SIM tray holds two nanoSIM cards. There is no memory card slot.
- Multimedia and conversational speakers form a stereo pair. There is no need to talk about complete symmetry, but the quality is very decent.
- The fingerprint sensor is built into the power button. Works accurately, unlocking is fast.
- Infrared port allows you to control equipment.
- There is no 3.5mm audio jack.
- USB-C version 2.0 does not impress with the data transfer speed.
- There is a high-quality Haptic vibration feedback.
Big, 6.67″ AMOLED display pleases WQHD+(3200 by 1440 pixels) resolution, high refresh rate of 120 Hz image and 480 Hz refresh rate of the touch layer. Fair fears about the PWM characteristic of this type of matrix are intended to be dispelled by the flicker reduction function. At 20% brightness, the ripple factor is ≈35% before the reduction is activated, and ≈10% after. Among the nuances, I will only note the fact that by default the display resolution is set to gentle FHD+.
Software
Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro runs on Android 12 inMIUI 13 shell. The smartphone is not officially presented on the Russian market, which is why everyone interested needs to be prepared for the fact that the device will work in English (or in Chinese, if someone is closer) language. In addition, at first you will have to confuse a little with the manual installation of the Google Play Store, the familiar keyboard, and the removal of a bunch of local applications.
MIUI 13
Cameras
The Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro photo block is designed in the forma massive two-level block for three cameras. The Samsung S5KHM2 sensor with a resolution of 108 (-> 12) megapixels and optical stabilization is installed as the main one. To capture wide scenes, Samsung S5K4H7 is used at 8 megapixels. For selfies - Sony IMX596 at 20 megapixels. The shameful 2 megapixel macro sensor is not used for anything (it’s better to crop a photo from the main camera).
Despite the presence of an impressive sensor at 108Mp, there are more nuances in photography than we would like. High-quality, detailed shots with more or less realistic colors can only be obtained in calm scenes without at least some significant contrast. Otherwise, the smartphone, as a rule, overdoes it with the exposure (frames come out too light, and in some places even completely overexposed) and noticeably twists the color rendition (see the first couple of examples). In turn, the wide-angle camera suffers from a noticeable lack of detail, but hits colors much more often.
Main and wide-angle cameras
The large sensor and resolution allow the main camera to show excellent bokeh and decent detail when zoomed in.
Based camera: close-ups
Main camera: portrait and standard modes
Main camera: zoom
Selfie camera: standard and portrait modes
With a lack of light for a wide-angle camera, even the night mode does not help much - there is too much noise.
Main and wide-angle cameras: standard and night modes
Video recording is limited to 4K@30fps formain and 1080p@30fps for wide and selfie cameras. The color reproduction features are the same as when photographing - light areas (signboards, illuminated parts of houses) are often simply “burned out”. You can praise for good stabilization and smart focus. Blame for the limitation of shooting in 4K @ 30fps to eight minutes (after this time the video stops, but you can start writing the next video) and the lack of switching between cameras during shooting.
Original photos and videos
Performance and tests
The smartphone uses the flagship chipsetMediaTek Dimensity 9000, made in 4nm process technology. The Mali-G710 MC10 chip is responsible for the graphics, and 8/12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128/256/512 GB of permanent UFS 3.1 are responsible for working with data. In the settings, you can give at the mercy of RAM up to 3 GB permanent.
As with the recent POCO F4 GT (review,video review), to get the best performance, you should set the performance mode in the battery settings, and also add the game (or other application) to the Game Turbo launcher (in which you should also select the performance preset). Below are the results of various benchmarks in the following order: standard run, battery performance, battery performance + Game Turbo. The greatest effect is noticeable in the CPU throttling test - the first and last runs differ by as much as ≈100 thousand points!
Троттлинг-тест: стандартный, «произовдительность», «производительность» + лончер
Burnout Benchmark
3DMark Graphical Stress Test
In addition to changing device performance, the Game Turbo launcher unlocks the 480Hz touch layer frequency. The rest of the time it works at 240 Hz (which, by the way, is also quite a lot).
Game Turbo
High scores in benchmarks rightly point tothe idea that Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro should also cope with games with a bang. We have conducted a number of gaming tests (video) and regretfully must state that not everything is so simple. Hardware is really capable of producing a high-quality picture with a comfortable frame rate for a long time: Genshin Impact (after warming up, at maximum graphics settings) showed an average of 40-50 fps, COD Mobile (Very High) - 55-60 fps, APEX (Extreme) - 57- 60 fps.
However, many projects lackchipset optimization from MediaTek. So, Tacticool (Ultra) at first pleases with 110-120 fps, but literally after a few minutes of gameplay it starts to give up, gradually rolling down to 30-60 fps at 45 ° on the CPU. Asphalt 9 runs at low resolution even at high graphics settings and does not allow you to set more than 30 fps.
Tacticool
The autonomy of the device is based on the batterywith a capacity of 5000 mAh. As usual, this volume is enough for a couple of days of moderate use, but if the user uses the device more actively, then the following discharge rate should be expected:
- 60 minutes YouTube (Wi-Fi, 70% brightness) - 6%
- 30 minutes Tacticool (Wi-Fi, 70% brightness, Ultra, 120 fps) - 17%
Due to the lack of a complete charger, giveWe can’t give timings, but according to the experience of the Poco F4 GT, a full charge should take around ≈25 minutes. To achieve maximum charging speed, just like in the case of Poco, you need to manually switch the maximum fast charging toggle switch in the battery settings.
Conclusions
Xiaomi Redmi K50 Pro - sensible, but not the bestunambiguous flagship. On the one hand, the device offers a chic 120Hz AMOLED display, a powerful and fairly stable chipset, modern memory formats, a 108MP main sensor with OIS, excellent vibration and stereo, 120W fast charging. On the other, less pleasant side, there is poor chipset optimization in some games, the problems with photo and video shooting described above, as well as the lack of the Russian language of the system.
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