Redmi Note 13 series is here with compelling specs & affordable price

Xiaomi has just announced its new, affordable smartphones, the Redmi Note 13 series. As part of it, the company announced three smartphones, the Redmi Note 13, Redmi Note 13 Pro, and Redmi Note 13 Pro+.

The Redmi Note 13 series is now official with more than reasonable price tags

Needless to say, the Pro+ model is the most powerful one. The Redmi Note 13 Pro and Pro+ look basically the same, and also share a lot of their specs. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 is a bit different, but still recognizably a member of the family.

The Redmi Note 13 Pro and Pro+ come with a curved display, thin bezels, and a centered display camera hole. The phones include three cameras on the back, and flat sides all around.

The Redmi Note 13, on the other hand, has a flat display, and also thin bezels, and a centered display camera hole. There are two cameras on the back of this phone, both of which are a part of the same camera island. The sides are flat here too, but that frame is thicker, due to the lack of curvature on the front and back.

Let’s talk about the specs now. We’ll focus on the Redmi Note 13 Pro and Pro+ first, and will then circle back to the Redmi Note 13.

Redmi Note 13 Pro & Pro+

The Redmi Note 13 Pro and Pro+ feature a 6.67-inch 2712 x 1220 OLED display. That panel has a 120Hz refresh rate, and goes up to 1,800 nits of peak brightness. It also supports 1920Hz high frequency PWM dimming, Dolby Vision, and HDR10+. The Gorilla Glass Victus protects this panel.

Android 13 comes pre-installed on both phones, along with MIUI 14. Both devices come with two SIM card slots (2x nano SIM), and you’ll also find an in-display fingerprint scanner on them. An IR blaster is included at the top of both smartphones. Bluetooth 5.3 also comes included on both.

What’s also the same across the two phones are their cameras. A 200-megapixel main camera (Samsung’s HP3 sensor, OIS) is backed by an 8-megapixel ultrawide camera (Sony’s IMX355 sensor), and a 2-megapixel macro camera (OmniVision OV02B10 sensor). A single 16-megapixel camera sits on the front.

That’s where similarities end, though. Their processors, RAM and storage setups, battery packs, and more are different.

The MediaTek Dimensity 7200-Ultra fuels the Pro+ model, while the Redmi Note 13 Pro comes with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 SoC. The Pro+ model is available in 12GB and 16GB (LPDDR5) RAM flavors, with 256GB and 512GB of UFS 3.1 flash storage, respectively. The Pro model comes in 8GB and 12GB (LPDDR4X) RAM flavors, with either 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage, respectively.

The Redmi Note 13 Pro ships with a 5,100mAh battery and 67W wired charging. The Redmi Note 13 Pro+ model includes a 5,000mAh battery, and supports 120W wired charging. Both smartphones do include chargers. The Redmi Note 13 Pro is IP54 certified, while the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ offers IP68 certification.

The pricing for the Redmi Note 13 Pro starts at CNY1,499 ($205), while the pricing for the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ starts at CNY1,999 ($273). The phones will likely come to global markets too.

Redmi Note 13

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 13, on the flip side, has a 6.67-inch flat fullHD+ (2400 x 1080) Super AMOLED display. This panel also has a 120Hz refresh rate, and goes up to 1,000 nits of peak brightness. It’s protected by the Gorilla Glass 5, and does support 1920Hz high frequency PWM dimming.

The MediaTek Dimensity 6080 SoC fuels the phone, while 6GB, 8GB, and 12GB LPDDR4X RAM models are available. Xiaomi offers 128GB and 256GB storage (UFS 2.2) flavors of the phone, and the storage is expandable.

Android 13 comes pre-installed here too, with MIUI 14. There are two SIM card slots included, and an IR blaster too. The phone also has an audio jack, and is IP54 certified.

A 5,000mAh battery sits on the inside, and 33W charging is supported. The charger is included in the box too. A side-facing fingerprint scanner is also a part of the package here.

A 100-megapixel main camera (f/1.7 aperture) sits on the back, along with a 2-megapixel depth camera (f/2.4 aperture). On the front, you’ll find a 16-megapixel shooter. Bluetooth 5.3 is included in the package.

The phone comes in Midnight Black, Sand White, and Time Blue colors. Its pricing starts at CNY1,199 ($164) in China.