Redmi 9 Power with 6.53-inch FHD+ display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 6000mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 10999

Xiaomi under its Redmi brand just launched the Redmi 9 Power, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi 9 series as it had promised. The phone packs a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD Dotdrop screen with 90.34% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 662 SoC, 48-megapixel primary rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel 4cm macro sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There is an 8-megapixel camera on the front.

It has a plastic back with Aura Power design and Redmi branding, features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, comes with Stereo speakers and packs a 6000mAh battery that promises up to 26h FHD video playback, 13.5h of gaming and up to 45h VoLTE calling. It has 18W fast charging with 22.5W fast charger charger in the box. The company says that it will last for over 1000 charging cycles so that it will last for over 3 years.

Redmi 9 Power specifications

• 6.53-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD screen with 400 nits brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
• Octa Core Snapdragon 662 11nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 610 GPU
• 4GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) / 128GB (UFS 2.2) storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD
• Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
• Android 10 with MIUI 12
• 48MP rear camera with Samsung GM1 sensor, f/1.79 aperture, LED Flash, 8MP 120° ultra-wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro sensor with f/2.4 aperture
• 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, IR sensor
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Stereo speakers
• Splash resistant (P2i coating)
• Dimensions: 162.3×77.3×9.6mm; Weight: 198g
• Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
• 6000mAh (Typical) / 5900mAh (minimum) battery with 18W fast charging

The Redmi 9 Power comes in Mighty Black, Fiery Red, Electric Green and Blazing Blue colours, is priced at Rs. 10,999 for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version and the 4GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs Rs. 11,999. It will be available from Amazon.in, mi.com and Mi Home Stores, Mi Studios and Mi Stores starting from December 22nd.