Two of the hottest affordable mid-range phones of late 2019 is about to land in the Philippines! Announced last August, both the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro will launch locally on October 11th.
Why Redmi Note 8 Series is Highly Anticipated
Xiaomi Philippines has been teasing the Redmi Note 8 Series since October 3. There are two main reasons (among other reasons) why Xiaomi’s upcoming budget smartphones are highly anticipated — cameras and gaming performance.
Both phones come with four cameras to boot, with the Note 8 Pro featuring a massive 64MP Samsung sensor. Furthermore, MediaTek’s gamer-focused Helio G90T is powering the said phone. For those who just want to scroll through social media feeds, there’s a decent Snapdragon 665 on the Redmi Note 8.
Realme 5 (starts at P6,990) and 5 Pro (starts at P11,990) are the clear competition of the Redmi Note 8 Series. The company managed to keep the prices very low and affordable. Hopefully, both Note 8 and Note 8 Pro can do the same thing. In China, the former starts at CNY 999 or P7k(4GB/64GB) while the latter at CNY 1399 or P10k(6GB/64GB).
READ: Realme X2 vs Redmi Note 8 Pro Specs Comparison – The Better 64MP Quad Camera Phone Is?
Redmi Note 8 Pro specs, price, and release date in PH
- Display: 6.53″ Full HD+ IPS LCD teardrop notch
- Design: Glass and metal with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (back & front), splash resistant
- CPU: MediaTek Helio G90T series chip
- GPU: ARM Mali-G76MP4 (800Mhz)
- RAM: 6GB/8GB
- Memory: 64GB/128GB, expandable storage
- Camera: 64MP + 8MP ultrawide + 2MP macro + 2MP depth, 960 ultra slo-mo
- Selfie Camera: 20MP
- Battery: 4500mAH with 18W Fast Charging (50% in 36mins)
- Connectivity: 4G LTE, WiFi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, audio jack, USB Type-C, 2.4Ghz-5.0Ghz Wi-Fi simultaneous switching, NFC
- Security: capacitive fingerprint scanner
- OS: Android 9.0 Pie with MIUI
- Release date: estimated around September 2019 in the Philippines
- Price: estimated around CNY 1399 or P10k(6GB/64GB), CNY1599 or P11.6k (6GB/128GB), and CNY 1799 or P13k (8GB/128GB) before taxes
Redmi Note 8 specs, price, and release date in PH
- Display: 6.3″ Full HD+ IPS LCD teardrop notch
- Design: Glass and metal with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (back & front), splash resistant
- CPU: Snapdragon 665
- GPU: Adreno 610
- RAM: 4GB, 6GB
- Memory: 64GB, 128GB, expandable storage
- Camera: 48MP Samsung ISOCELL GM1 + 8MP ultrawide + 2MP macro + 2MP depth
- Selfie Camera: 13MP
- Battery: 4000mAH with 18W Fast Charging
- Connectivity: 4G LTE, WiFi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, audio jack, USB Type-C, NFC
- Security: capacitive fingerprint scanner
- OS: Android 9.0 Pie with MIUI
- Release date: estimated around September 2019 in the Philippines
- Price: estimated around CNY 999 or P7k(4GB/64GB), CNY1599 or nearly P9k (6GB/64GB), and CNY 1399 or P10k (6GB/128GB) before taxes
When the Redmi note 7 launched, clearly it had a ton of advantages over the Realme 3, this time, it is a very close fight, as you can see they now have the same chipsets, quad cameras. Again, Redmi has made a phone with a build quality that is far from the polycarbonate phone that realme has. Can’t wait.