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Redmi Note 14 Pro+ Review: Tough, Smart, and Stylish

September 30, 2024
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In the meantime, with more than 420 million units sold in ten years around the world, Redmi emerges as one of the most trusted brands for technology and economy. During an event celebrating the milestone, Redmi introduced the toughest smartphone ever built in Note series history: the Redmi Note 14 Pro+.

With a diamond structure for added protection, this phone fully guards its eight sides and corners. It has passed the three important waterproof certifications of IP66, IP68, and IP69 all at once, with user safety at its core.

For drop resistance, the Note 14 Pro+ uses Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on the front and Gorilla Glass 7i on the back, improving its resistance by 200% and 100% respectively. The reinforced frame and corner designs helped it pass the 1.8-meter drop test.

In terms of waterproof performance, Note 14 Pro+ integrates 17 kinds of customized parts including the seals for Type-C port, buttons, and display. It achieves top protection against water, heat, and high pressure.

More importantly, Note 14 Pro+ is the very first of its series to feature full-focal-length imaging with a Light Hunter 800 sensor, ultra-wide-angle, and telephoto lenses, while allowing users to take versatile photos. Therefore, this balance of durability and top-notch class sets an entirely new benchmark for the Redmi Note series.

Design

Hence, the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ is literally the most exquisite device ever created within the frame of the Note series. It comes with a sleek design, centered and symmetrically, showing off its four-curvature back cover-pleasingly warm and comfortable to hold-easier to grip naturally in any orientation. It gets further momentum in its refined look from the centered symmetrical camera module, which houses a full-focal-length triple camera setup coupled with a monochrome fill light, ambient light sensor, and infrared sensor-all in the setting of a blackened lens module exuding premium feel.

Redmi Note 14 Pro+

The finely carved texture around the camera module is an act of attention to detail, reflecting Redmi’s commitment to enhancement in both visual and tactile experiences. Power and volume buttons are located on the right side of the device for easy reach.

It sports a 6.67-inch CSOT OLED hyperboloid surface display with symmetrical bezels on the front for a pretty sleek and minimalist look. It comes with a maximum touch sampling rate of 2560Hz, default touches of 240Hz, and a screen refresh rate is 120Hz. The peak brightness of 3000 nits is a massive upgrade over its predecessor. There’s support for eye comfort with Xiaomi Qingshan eye protection technology.

The Note 14 Pro+ will feature stereo speakers, dual noise-cancelling microphones, and the inclusion of a 90W charging kit for fast charging will assure excellent performance and user experience.

Durability

The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ comes with drop resistance and IP66, IP68, and IP69 waterproof certification for the very first time in a Redmi phone; it surely shows strength in durability. Here is how it has been tested:

1. Drop Resistance

The result was intact after a 1.8-meter drop onto a hard marble floor. Indeed, the screen without a scratch or crack, the glass back panel and frame are intact with no lost or deformed paint. It meant that it could bear the accidental drop and did perform well in withstanding most of the usual bumps and knocks encountered during daily usage.

2. Waterproof Performance

During the waterproof test, it stayed completely submerged in 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes. After that, the test worked just fine because one could record uninterrupted video or make calls. Even at 2 meters for 15 minutes, the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ could not stop. Further proving its excellent water resistance is the wet-hand touch sensitivity, which was accurate.

With such impressive durability features, Redmi can confidently offer quite comprehensive warranties such as a one-year screen breakage and water ingress warranty, five-year battery warranty, and 365-day replacement policy for users to enjoy a hassle-free experience with their Note 14 Pro+.

Performance and Games

Hence, Redmi Note 14 Pro+ will be the world’s first smartphone to use the Snapdragon 7s Gen3 mobile platform, fabricated on TSMC’s advanced 4nm process technology. This new AI chip further boosts AI performance up to 30% higher compared with the previous generation, while the CPU, based on the new Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 architecture, sees more significant improvements in overall performance.

Performance Tests:

The tests were performed with a device with disabled memory expansion, and performance mode enabled so it could be under extreme stress.

These tests will indicate that in this class, Redmi Note 14 Pro+ attained the highest overall performance, particularly in durability and protection capability.

Game Testing:

Three popular mobile games were tested for frame rate stability, power consumption, energy efficiency, and device temperature under load.

  1.  Average Frame Rate: 119.49FPS without great frame drops.
  2.  Power Consumption: 3.3W.
  3.  Energy Efficiency: 36.2FPS/W.
  4.  Maximum Body Temperature: 39.1°C.
  1. FPS Average: 54.81FPS in HDR high-definition quality.
  2. Power Consumption: 3.2W.
  3. Energy Efficiency: 17.13FPS/W.
  4. Maximum Body Temperature: 40.5°C.
  1.  The average frame rate in the extreme quality preset is 59.71 FPS.
  2.  Power: 3.36 W.
  3.  Energy Efficiency: 17.77FPS/W
  4.  Max Body Temperature: 38.2 °C.

These tests tend to show how well the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ can keep up with demanding games, manage frames per second without drinking too much power, and balance well with keeping cool during this process.

Camera

The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ is the very first in the Note series to feature a full-focal-length triple-camera module, combining high-end camera technologies from the Redmi K70 Pro. Herein, let’s see what equipment it is loaded with and how it performs:

Camera Specifications:

  1. Primary Camera:
  1. Telephoto Lens:
  1. Ultra-Wide-Angle Lens:

Camera Performance:

Main Camera:

Daytime Photography:

The major camera of Light Hunter 800 never disappoints, even on overcast days, with a native dynamic range of 13.2EV. It clicks rich details with natural colors, and the shots are true to life despite the imperfect lighting.

Night Photography:

It has excellent performance when it comes to night mode with increased noise control and purity. Due to the Xiaomi Imaging Brain, the smartphone will enable users to shoot high-quality night shots by not requiring them to wait through multiple frames synthesizing. Sharp and well exposed photos are captured in just one shot, which is perfect for low-light conditions.

Telephoto Lens:

The telephoto camera shoots quite clearly at 2.5x optical zoom, with reasonably clean floors and no excessive noise. At 5x zoom, details are sharp, with minor evidence of aggressive image processing. Since there is no OIS in the lens, it takes very steady hands to avoid camera shake at this magnification.

Ultra-Wide-Angle Lens:

The ultra-wide lens brings in 8MP with a 120° field of view, ideal to frame expansive scenes of buildings and such. Its resolution is fine unless the picture is zoomed in too much. Unfortunately, strong light sources can overexpose areas of the image, and that is something users need to remain aware of.

The impressive results obtained across all its lenses mean the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ does versatile and quality photography in many scenarios.

Charging and battery life

Inheritance directly from the Xiaomi 14 Ultra is the most advanced battery technology from Jinshajiang with an industry-leading 6% silicon content. This breakthrough enabled this battery to achieve 1.15 times the theoretical limit of the gram capacity of the carbon negative electrode.

Battery Specifications and Performance:

Charging Test:

Given the size of the battery – 6200mAh, this is remarkable charging speed since most phones bearing batteries this big take more than an hour to be fully charged.

Battery Life Test:

By using the professional Battery Dog tool, which simulates real-world usage like CPU-heavy tasks, AI recognition, video playback, and web browsing, starting from a full charge down to 20%, the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ lasted: – **12 hours, 26 minutes, and 59 seconds**. – In other words, if translated to a full discharge, that is approximately **15 hours and 33 minutes** of total battery life.

The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ also ranked in the top ten in the Battery Dog battery life leaderboards and is, until now, the longest-lasting Redmi phone. Even with power consumption in highly demanding scenarios, such as gaming or navigation, it continued to be slow and maintains smooth, long experiences with its user.

The bottom line

Setting new benchmarks in durability, the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ marks the brand’s tenth anniversary in style. This phone withstands IP69, IP68, and IP66 tests, surviving harsh drops and water immersion with ease. Featuring the Light Hunter 800 sensor and triple-camera system, this model elevates its photography to K-series standards. Equipped with the Jinshajiang battery technology, it provides almost 15.5 hours of battery life, perfect for outdoor and frequent travelers. The Note 14 Pro+ offers durability, great imaging, and long battery life—Redmi’s most reliable phone yet.

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