If Xiaomi is Stan Lee, then the Redmi Be aware sequence must be Jack Kirby. Nicely, that is how the corporate’s India journey has been. The Be aware sequence has been proper within the centre, fueling Xiaomi’s development in India through the years. In early 2024, the corporate launched the Redmi Be aware 13 sequence, and earlier than the 12 months ended, now we have the successor already – the Redmi Be aware 14 sequence. Within the product briefing, Xiaomi executives harassed how Redmi Be aware 14 is a giant leap even for the Be aware sequence. The corporate claims to have offered over 420 million Redmi Be aware gadgets globally. Once more, this time, we get three models – a base Redmi Be aware 14, a mid Redmi Be aware 14 Professional and the top-of-the-line Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+. Nicely, I obtained my fingers on the highest trim – Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+. The spec sheet of the machine reads as if it is some flagship from a number of years again, plus some much-needed additions.
At a beginning value of Rs. 29,999, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ seems like an important deal, albeit it packs simply 8GB of RAM + 128GB of storage, which in these occasions feels on the decrease facet. Does the Be aware 14 Professional+ pack all of it to be the most effective sub-Rs. 40,000 smartphone? I reply that in my assessment.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ Design: Elevating the bar
- Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the entrance and Corning Gorilla Glass 7i on the again
- Dimensions and weight – 162.53×74.67×8.75mm and 210.9 grams
- IP68 ranking
In the course of the press briefings, the corporate talked about how the corporate’s flagships encourage the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+. Nicely, at the very least on the design half, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ initially seemed like a smaller sibling of the Xiaomi 13 Professional (minus the digicam housing). In comparison with the Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+, there are a number of modifications in design, a lot in order that they don’t appear like from the identical sequence. The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ design has refined with time and now gives a premium appear and feel. The hand really feel is strong, and the curved edges sit comfortably within the palm.
It is available in Titan Black, Phantom Purple, and Spectre Blue colors
Xiaomi has packed Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the entrance and Gorilla Glass 7i on the again of the Be aware 14 Professional+ for added safety. There’s additionally an IP68 ranking for water and dirt ingress safety. At 8.75mm, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ is not modern and weighs virtually 211 grams. The again panel is slippery due to the glass on the rear. Xiaomi bundles a case within the field that can be utilized every day.
The digicam module on the again has additionally advanced right into a single housing packing all of the sensors and LED flash. The corporate says that Xiaomi’s brand conjures up the digicam housing. Curiously, the digicam housing is surrounded by a steel ring, which can remind some individuals of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch with a rotating bezel. Nevertheless, this one would not rotate else; it could have been a design problem for Xiaomi.
The telephone sports activities Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the entrance
It is available in three colors – Titan Black, Phantom Purple with a vegan leather-based again, and Spectre Blue. I obtained the Blue, and it has glass on the again, which has a mixture of textured patterns within the centre – it considerably seems distinctive.
The bodily buttons are positioned on the appropriate, and there aren’t any points with utilizing these at any level. I beloved the tactile really feel. The SIM tray, audio system, and charging port are positioned on the underside panel. The display dominates the entrance panel and has slim bezels and a punch-hole selfie digicam placement on the high.
It packs a 20-megapixel punch-hole selfie digicam
General, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ design carries the strengths of the Be aware 13 Professional+, like a curved design with an IP68 ranking.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ Show: Higher, brighter
- Show – 6.67-inch 3D Curved AMOLED
- Refresh charge – 120Hz
- Different options – TÜV Rheinland certification, HDR10+, and Dolby Imaginative and prescient
The Be aware 14 Professional+ packs the identical show because the Be aware 13 Professional+. Nevertheless, this one now gives a peak brightness of 3000nits. The 6.67-inch show gives a 1220×2712 pixels display decision and a pixel density of 446PPI.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ sports activities peak brightness of 3000nits
The show is vibrant in real-world utilization, with pictures and textual content showing sharp. The colors pop and provide wealthy distinction. Because of as much as 120Hz refresh charge, scrolling and animations are easy. It is a wonderful show on your multimedia consumption, be it Netflix or YouTube streaming. The telephone comes with Widevine L1 certification, and daylight legibility is just not an issue. I used to be impressed with the responsiveness of the show on the Be aware 14 Professional+, which was extra noticeable whereas gaming on the machine.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ Digital camera: General, first rate
- Triple digicam rear array
- 50-megapixel main accompanied by 50-megapixel telephoto and 8-megapixel ultra-wide
- 20-megapixel selfie digicam
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ packs massive upgrades on the subject of the digicam division. There is a 50-megapixel Mild Fusion 800 sensor, which we noticed within the Xiaomi 14 Civi launched earlier this 12 months. It’s accompanied by a 50-megapixel telephoto sensor. Sure, Xiaomi has lastly introduced a telephoto sensor to its Redmi Be aware sequence. Lastly, there’s an 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and on the entrance, there is a 20-megapixel selfie digicam.
The telephone sports activities an all-new digicam housing, which the corporate says is impressed by the Mi brand
The first digicam on the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ is strong throughout lighting situations. Throughout daylight testing, the samples have been in step with ample particulars, dynamic vary, sharpness and punchy colors, as you possibly can see within the samples under.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ main digicam samples (faucet picture to broaden)
The 8-megapixel ultrawide digicam does the job however is not pretty much as good as the first sensor. In a few of our samples, we might see some particulars lacking; nevertheless, the dynamic vary is ok. The colors are on level principally.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ main ultrawide digicam samples (faucet picture to broaden)
This time, Xiaomi has launched a further multifocal digicam setup of two.5x other than the common 0.6x, 1x, 2x, and 5x. That is nice for framing photographs the way in which you need. On 2x zoom, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ has first rate zoom ranges with no seen loss in picture high quality. The element ranges are wonderful, and the pictures come out properly total.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ pattern with 0.6x lens (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ pattern with 1x lens (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ pattern with 2x lens (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ pattern with 2.5x lens (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ pattern with 5x lens (faucet picture to broaden)
Leaping to portraits, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ can click on some good bokeh photographs. It is a good point-and-shoot digicam for all of your portrait photographs.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ portrait digicam pattern (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ close-up pattern (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ close-up pattern (faucet picture to broaden)
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ barely lacks within the selfie division, the place I seen pores and skin softening regardless of turning off the sweetness mode. This, nevertheless, may go on your social media uploads. After a number of photographs, I additionally noticed inaccurate pores and skin tones in selfies, which is one thing Xiaomi can repair with an OTA replace.
Selfie taken on Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ (faucet picture to broaden)
In the case of low-light samples, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ can click on on some good night time photographs with first rate colors and correct particulars. The telephone packs an evening mode that is instructed to customers when clicking in low-light situations. I might seize good low-light samples with difficult lighting round. The main points take successful in extraordinarily low mild whereas noise crops in. However this reveals that Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ can navigate by tough low-light conditions.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ low-light samples (faucet picture to broaden)
Movies are nonetheless one thing Xiaomi must work on. Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ can click on first rate movies on your Instagram Story uploads, however quality-wise, there’s scope for enchancment. It may file 4K movies at 30fps.
General, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ packs an excellent set of cameras for many eventualities.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ Efficiency: Strong bundle
- SoC – Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Cell Platform
- Variants – 8+128 | 8+256 | 12+512
- Software program replace – 3+4 years
The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ gives unimaginable efficiency credentials for a telephone on this value vary. Whether or not searching, gaming, streaming, utilizing AI options or modifying images on the go, the Be aware 14 Professional+ handles these and extra duties easily. Opening a number of apps and switching between duties can be snappy on the machine.
It runs on Android 14-based HyperOS
All due to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, the 4nm chip, powering the machine, day-to-day efficiency is dealt with easily. The Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 was launched in August this 12 months and is a successor to the 7s Gen 2. It delivers 20 p.c higher CPU efficiency, 40 p.c sooner GPU, and 12 p.c total energy saving than the 7s Gen 2. And might deal with AI efficiency with ease. Because of devoted NPU, the 7s Gen 3 can deal with on-device generative AI capabilities.
The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ is available in three SKUs – 8+128, 8+256 and 12+512. I obtained the highest trim variant for assessment and did not encounter any memory-related points. However one factor positively disappoints – UFS 2.2 on the 14 Professional+ vs UFS 3.1 on the 13 Professional+. It is like a downgrade, as UFS 3.1 is manner sooner than UFS 2.2 for learn and write speeds, making you future-proof. Nicely, this may be attributed to price cuts.
The daylight legibility is nice
Throughout my assessment, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ by no means obtained sizzling beneath stress however did get barely heat. The Be aware 14 Professional+ might load BGMI at HDR graphics and Excessive body charge settings. I didn’t face body drops or stutters throughout gaming periods with COD Cell, BGMI, and Genshin Affect—all due to the brand new Adaptive Efficiency Engine 3.0 and Adreno HDR Quick Mix on 7s Gen 3.
| Benchmark | Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ | Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+ | OnePlus 12R |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 | Dimensity 7200 Extremely | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| AnTuTu v10 | 724,770 | 721,512 | 1,318,278 |
| PCMark Work 3.0 | 14,198 | 12,910 | 13,210 |
| Geekbench Single | 1,168 | 1,122 | 1,987 |
| Geekbench Multi | 3,238 | 2,598 | 4,527 |
| GFXB T-rex | Could not run | 115 | 119 |
| GFXB Manhattan 3.1 | Could not run | 53 | 98 |
| GFXB Automotive Chase | Could not run | 31 | 88 |
| 3DM Slingshot Excessive OpenGL | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Slingshot | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life | 4,599 | 4,255 | Maxed Out |
| 3DM Wild Life Limitless | Maxed Out | Maxed Out | 15,897 |
Leaping to UI and software program. The Redmi Be aware Professional+ runs Android 14 with HyperOS 1.0.2, and Xiaomi guarantees 3 years of main OS updates and 4 years of safety patches. Contemplating that the machine runs Android 14, it ought to get 15 very quickly and can stand up to Android 17. In comparison with the competitors and benchmark set by some manufacturers, that is on the decrease facet, and Xiaomi ought to have provided at the very least 4+5 years of assist. The UI seems and feels acquainted, and that is wonderful except it impacts the whole consumer expertise.
HyperOS brings some new options and refreshes some present ones. The checklist consists of Management Centre, which will get an entire refresh, and the brand new AOD characteristic, which has new animations with lock display customisation. HyperOS additionally means that you can work seamlessly throughout gadgets and pin apps throughout gadgets for simple entry.
The telephone comes with an IP68 ranking
Xiaomi has seen the transition from MIUI days to HyperOS now, however what has not modified is bloatware and app notifications from GetApps. Sure, the variety of functions has barely decreased, however I’ve acquired notifications with out even touching GetApps. This has been a recurring challenge on Xiaomi gadgets for years. The issue is not simply with GetApps but additionally with different preinstalled apps like Themes. I hope that an OTA replace fixes this for Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+.
A screenshot from preinstalled apps
The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ speaker is loud and may fill a medium-sized room. Additionally it is wonderful on your multimedia wants. The telephone can latch onto cell networks in patchy zones. I examined Airtel 5G and Jio 5G networks, and Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ impressed me. The decision high quality was top-notch.
General, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ is a leap ahead in efficiency in its present value vary.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ AI Options
AI has been the most important buzzword for smartphone producers this 12 months, and I do not see this altering subsequent 12 months, both. The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ is touted to pack over 20 AI options, greater than any competitors gives. The checklist of AI options is kind of the identical on the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ that I’ve seen on comparable gadgets. There’s an AI abstract, AI structure, AI proofreading, and AI translation built-in into the inbuilt Notes app. It labored properly more often than not throughout my assessment.
Subsequent up, AI Picture Enlargement, AI Erase Professional and AI Movie are packed inside the Gallery app. The AI Picture Enlargement could make your picture greater with proportional scaling, free scaling, and automated composition. The AI Erase Professional, because the identify suggests, can assist you take away undesirable objects, individuals or different components out of your photos. Lastly, the AI Movie converts your images and movies into brief movies or vlogs – one thing that Google’s Pictures app has been doing for years.
The AI instrument Erase Professional is successful and a miss
The Recorder app additionally has AI options like speaker recognition, AI translation, and AI abstract. This one was extra of a gimmicky characteristic, because it did not give me excellent outcomes. It missed phrases and speaker recognition in a number of recordings I examined. The AI subtitles additionally want polish because it could not provide the best real-time transcriptions. I could not check the AI Interpreter, however it’s meant to interpret face-to-face conversations and name audio. Lastly, there’s Circle to Search, which has lastly landed on Xiaomi gadgets.
General, the addition of AI options is sweet and good to have, however a few of these really feel gimmicky for the time being and might have extra polish.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ Battery: Certainly, massive leap
If there’s one division the place the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ has taken a large leap, then it must be the battery. From 5000mAh on the Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+ to an enormous 6200mAh battery on the 14 Professional+ is simply bonkers. And this does not simply look large on paper however in real-world utilization, too.
The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ simply lasts over a day with virtually 25 p.c cost left with intense use, which incorporates a few hours of gaming, digicam use, full-movie streaming on Netflix, a number of hours of music streaming on Spotify, and common work-related apps like Outlook, Canva, Gmail, Slack, Chrome, and extra open within the background for the complete day alongside apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, X, and Telegram. The 14 Professional+ can last as long as two full days with medium utilization, which implies with out an excessive amount of digicam time.
The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ packs a 6200mAh battery in comparison with 5000mAh seen on the Redmi Be aware 13 Professional+
In our HD video battery loop check, the Be aware 14 Professional+ ran for 33 hours and 51 minutes, which is spectacular.
The Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ comes with 90W HyperCharge assist for quick charging, and the charger is included within the field. In comparison with Be aware 13 Professional+, which got here with 120W HyperCharge, it is a downgrade however not an enormous quantity distinction in the true world.
Moreover, Xiaomi has packed different battery health-related options like Voltage Booster Chip, Low-Temperature Charging, Quick-Time period Multi-Cost Optimization, and Protected Charging Management – vital additions in a market like India, the place some areas nonetheless expertise voltage fluctuations.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ Verdict
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ value in India begins at beneath Rs. 30,000 (8GB + 128GB) – at the very least that is what the corporate introduced throughout the launch, whereas the 12GB + 512GB storage is ready at Rs. 34,999. At this value, the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ continues to be a straightforward suggestion for anybody on the lookout for a smartphone that’s packed to the brim. Nevertheless, I am not too positive concerning the post-launch gives pricing for the smartphone as the corporate has but to return again to me with a response to my question on pricing. It’s the solely telephone available in the market proper now with sturdiness credentials, together with passing a 1.5-metre drop check onto marble and likewise packs an IP68 ranking. It packs a implausible show, can deal with efficiency like a professional, and packs first rate cameras.
Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+ goes as much as Rs 34,999 (web efficient value) for the highest trim 12GB+512GB mannequin
Sure, there are particular areas with scope for enchancment, just like the software program assist for the Redmi Be aware 14 Professional+, which feels on the decrease facet in comparison with the competitors, particularly contemplating that is nonetheless operating on Android 14. Then, the UFS 2.2 for a telephone priced round Rs. 30,000 is disappointing. Then, the bloatware downside nonetheless stays. Although it’s now much less distracting and throws fewer advert pop-ups, it’s nonetheless a part of the general bundle.
Speaking about options at this value, the OnePlus 12R (Overview) is an honest machine. Then, the Xiaomi 14 Civi (Overview) can be obtainable at beneath Rs. 40,000.
