Shortly after the highly anticipated Redmi 9 made its official debut in the European market last week, the device is now official in a number of Asian markets including Malaysia where it will go on sale starting June 18th this week.
In the Malaysian market, the Redmi 9 smartphone will retail at a price of RM499 (US$117) and RM599 (US$140) respectively for its 3GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB models. As such, the device is considerably cheaper than the same model in the European markets where it currently comes with a recommended retail price of €149 (US$167) and €179 (US$201) for the 3GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB models.
As a quick recap, the Redmi 9 features a 6.53-inches dewdrop-notch LCD display which boast an impressive FHD+ screen resolution. The front camera will be a decent 8 megapixels sensor for selfies and video-calling purposes.
Over at the back, there will be a quad-cameras setup for photography. These cameras include a 13 megapixels main camera, 8 megapixels ultra-wide lens, 5 megapixels macro camera, as well as a 2 megapixels depth helper.
Under the hood, the device is driven by an octa-core Helio G80 SoC designed by MediaTek. This will be assisted by up to 4GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage in the memory compartment. As usual, the storage capacity could further be expandable by up to 512GB via a microSD card as well.
At the helm, the Redmi 9 will be fitted with a huge 5,020mAh battery which is capable of supporting 18W fast-charging. According to Xiaomi, the colossal battery is able to support up to 171 hours of music playback as well as 19 hours of video playback. On the software-side, the device will be shipped with the latest MIUI 10 based on Android 10 OS.
