Redmi note 5 Pro – Tech Raman

9 Reasons why Honor 9N scores over Redmi Note 5 Pro

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 06:27:41 +0000

The plain fact is there is no one best Smartphone, had it been there no one would be buying any other mobiles, right? Every phone has its own plus and minus points that people weigh over when buying their new Smartphone, when their needs matches more with the positives a phone offer, they buy it. Simple. If you are looking for an affordable mid-range Smartphone, the choices narrow between the newly launched Honor 9N and the Redmi Note 5 Pro, while both the phones have their own goodie bags, I list 9 reasons why Honor 9N beats over Redmi Note 5 Pro and if you value these points as priority, you get your right pick too.

Design

Smartphone has become almost an extension of us, most of us can’t live without it and is our integral part. For a device that we carry almost always with us, the ergonomics matter a lot. The phone has to be lighter and get its dimension right for ease of use in our daily life, this is where Honor 9N has a vital advantage. The Honor 9N measures 149.2 x 71.8 x 7.7 mm as compared to 158.6 x 75.4 x 8.1 mm reading of Redmi Note 5 Pro, a few mm does make a huge difference and anything less than 8mm definitely is better. More importantly, the Honor 9N at 152 grams is much lighter than the 181 grams the Redmi Note 5 Pro weighs. Clad in glass body as compared to the more common in the category metal body the Redmi note 5 pro comes and available in exquisite one of the kind robin egg blue color and Lavender purple along side the traditional black and Honor’s special blue shade, the Honor 9N could easily win hands down the most stylish Smartphone in this price category.

Notch Ahead

Smartphone industry keeps evolving when it comes to aesthetics and design, last season it was about the new found love for 18:9 aspect ration which helped the OEMs to bring more real estate to the screen while still managing to keep the phone narrower for grip. Redmi Note 5 Pro embraced the 18:9 aspect ratio and it was well received but there was a quick shift again from the 18:9 aspect ratio to 19:9 aspect ratio with the arrival of notch design. Undoubtedly the ‘notch’ on the top divided the tech community with many of them deriding it but ultimately what matters is the end consumers and when I interacted with many consumers, I found there are lot many people who liked to be one notch ahead. The notch was embraced again, people did like it. So Honor moved in swiftly and the Honor 9N comes with notch. You don’t find any other device in this price range with notch, atleast yet. For those who don’t like notch, the EMUI also offers a display setting to hide notch.

Display

Honor 9N has a 5.84 inches IPS LCD display with a 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution translating to 432 ppi density. On the other hand, the Redmi Note 5 Pro comes with a 5.99 inches IPS LCD display offering a 1080 x 2160 pixels working out a 403 ppi density. 9N is packed with more pixel density and also when kept side by side, the display panel looks slightly more vibrant than the Note 5 Pro giving it a slight advantage.

Game Suite

If you are a hard core gamer like me, you would like the Game suite feature in Honor 9N. Game suite offers three modes: Performance mode: to improve game performance Smart mode: to balance performance and power consumption Power saver mode: saves battery life but reduces game performance. It also offers a DND mode while you are at gaming for an uninterrupted game session. When enabled, all onscreen notification will be muted or hidden except for calls, alarms and low battery alerts. The device will not ring or vibrate for calls and alarms so you can have unhindered gaming.

GPU Turbo – The future proofing

Talking about gaming, we all know the Smartphones performance can deteriorate over a time or atleast when you buy a Smartphone, you are limited to its hardware capability. What works as advantage for Honor Smartphones is the tight integration of software and hardware since they use their own HiSiliconne Kirin chipsets, very few countable OEMs have their own chipset running on their phones. Huawei, the parent company of Honor has their own R&D centers across the world including one in Bangalore. With a talented workforce of engineers and tightly integrated ecosystem, they are pushing a GPU Turbo update to some of their Hauwei/Honor Smartphones and Honor 9N is poised to receive the update in few months, the update promises to increase the gaming performance by 30% and battery life by 20%.

Riding Mode

A recent report states that in India the use of mobile phones while driving claimed 2,138 lives last year. It’s a serious concern which made Honor introduce a Riding mode in their Smartphones including Honor 9N. It can be easily enabled from the quick settings before you start your ride. When you enable the ride mode, the bluetooth and headset will be disabled in case you have paired them, and calls will be automatically answered with voice or sms messages based on your ride mode settings. You can choose to answer by voice message, answer by text or decline calls automatically. The app also features an optional ride tracking which gives you insights on your riding pattern, distance covered and time spend on wheels.

Better Camera Controls

EMUI has probably one of the better camera app offering good number of presets or modes which helps normal users take amazing pictures, something which the MIUI on Redmi Note 5 Pro lacks. Honor 9N offers an extensive array of modes including pro photo, pro video, AR lens, night shot, light painting, and my favorite good food mode. For those who are not comfortable or unsure of handling manual modes, the light painting mode enables them to become ace photographers in capturing the city at dark with trailing lights, shoot silky water like pro. Another area in the camera app where Honor 9N scores over Redmi Note 5 Pro is the rich manual controls the EMUI offers. If you are a pro, you definitely have a better control on the camera with a Honor 9N smartphone. So either way, amateur or pro, the Honor 9N camera offers a better usability and controls.

Fingeprint Sensor – A little more

There is no denying both the phones offer accurate and quick fingerprint sensor and also has app lock feature. But Honor has few more tricks to the fingerprint sensor implementation. You can use touch and hold or slide gestures on the sensor area to do certain tasks like to answer incoming calls, stop alarm, quick access notification panel or browse photos.

Battery modes – last minute survival methods

We all scramble to prolong the battery when it is reaching the fag end, we turn off the connectivity, dim the screen and what not to make sure the battery can last a little longer. The Honor 9N offers a better power saver mode than Redmi Note 5 Pro there is a power saver mode and when you are really left with last few percentage of battery, you can turn to the Ultra power saving mode which turns the screen black, shuts down everything else except to use dialer, messages, contacts, SOS and an option to add two more apps to the home screen. So if you value any of these points above, the Honor 9N definitely should be your pick. What you think of these features, do share your thoughts. https://youtu.be/Ip6zypPW8cg ]]>

Redmi Note 5 Pro FAQ – Specifications, Features and Everything You Need to Know

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:29:07 +0000

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Question: What are the different colors Redmi Note 5 Pro is available?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro will be available in four colors – gold, rose gold, blue and black.

Question: What is the display size and resolution?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro has a 5.99-inch fullview IPS display with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and 18:9 aspect ratio.

Question: What display settings available?

Answer: The display setting has auto brightness, reading mode which is the blue filter mode, contrast and colors settings, text size, double tap to wake.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support double tap to wake?

Answer: Yes, there is double tap to wake option in display settings.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro has Blue light filter settings ?

Answer: Yes, there is blue filter in the display settings and is called Reading mode. The settings also allows you to schedule a particular start and end time for blue filter.

Question: What is the price of Redmi Note 5 Pro? Where can I buy?

Redmi Note 5 Pro is available on Flipart and the Indian pricing is : 4GB/64GB – 13,999 6GB/64GB – 16,999

Question: What size SIM cards Redmi Note 5 Pro accepts? Can I add a microSD card?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro has hybrid SIM slot. Yes, you can add a microSD card in place of one SIM.

Question: Does it have Corning Gorilla Glass protection?

Answer: Yes, it does have a protective layer.

Question: What is the processor used in this smartphone?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro runs on a brand new Snapdragon 636 chipset with a choice of 3GB/4GB/6GB RAM.

Question: What is the internal storage of Redmi Note 5 Pro?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro comes with a 32GB and 64GB internal storage option. It has a dedicated memory card for storage expansion up to 128GB.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro has Gyroscope sensor?

Answer: Yes, it has Gyroscope sensor.

Question: Does it support VR?

Answer: Yes, Redmi Note 5 Pro supports virtual reality (VR) apps.

Question: Is the buttons back lit?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro has on-screen navigation buttons , the navigation settings allows to change the position of menu and back buttons.

Question: What USB type does Redmi Note 5 Pro use?

Answer: It uses microUSB port

Question: Does it have notification light?

Answer: Yes, Redmi Note 5 Pro has pulse notification light.

Question: What are the camera specifications of Redmi Note 5 Pro ?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro has a dual camera setup at the rear with one 12MP camera (F/2.0) and a 5MP camera (F/2.2) and a 20MP selfie camera with a Sony IMX376 sensor.

Question: Does the camera has OIS?

Answer: Yes , it comes with EIS

Question: Can we take 4K videos in Redmi Note 5 Pro?

Answer: As of now the video is capped at 1080p but a software update could see it shoot 4K videos.

Question: What are the connectivity options? Does it support VoLTE?

Answer: Yes, Redmi Note 5 Pro supports VoLTE. Other options include Bluetooth, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro have FM app?

Answer: Yes

Question: How to take screnshots in Redmi Note 5 Pro?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro has a triple finger gesture screenshot feature apart from the basic power button and volume down together option.

Question: Can we take long screenshot in Redmi Note 5 Pro?

Answer: Yes, we can take long screenshot.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support USB OTG?

Answer: Yes, it supports OTG and you can connect the USB drive to it.

Question: What is the battery capacity of Redmi Note 5 Pro?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro has a 4000mAh battery

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support fast charging?

Answer: No, it does not support fast charging. It comes with 5V 2A power adapter.

Question: Does it have power saver modes?

Answer: Yes it has a battery saver mode.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro have IR blaster?

Answer: Yes, there is IR port / sensor in Redmi Note 5 Pro.

Question: Is Redmi Note 5 Pro Waterproof?

Answer: No, Redmi Note 5 Pro is not waterproof.

Question: How is the call quality?

Answer: Call quality of Redmi Note 5 Pro is good.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support one hand UI?

Answer: Yes

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro has fingerprint scanner?

Answer: Yes, it does have a fingerprint sensor

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support App lock?

Answer: Yes, the Redmi Note 5 Pro supports app lock.

Question: What OS does Redmi Note 5 Pro run?

Answer: Redmi Note 5 Pro runs on Android Nougat with their MIUI 9 layered on top of it.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support two Whatsapp in the same phone?

Answer: Yes, Redmi Note 5 Pro support dual apps (App twin) feature.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support call recording?

Answer: Yes, Redmi Note 5 Pro support call recording feature.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro have video call feature in dialer?

Answer: No, there is no video call feature in the Note 5 Pro dialer. Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro support NFC? Answer: No, NFC is not supported.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro has split screen feature?

Answer: Yes it supports multi windows.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro have Dolby Atmos support?

Answer: No, Redmi Note 5 Pro does not have Dolby Atmos but the audio quality is pretty good.

Question: Does Redmi Note 5 Pro have heating issue?

Answer: No, heating is within the limits. REDMI NOTE 5 PRO GAMING REVIEW WITH HEATING TEST VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tiSqlXgI-sE]]>