Xiaomi is getting good mileage from the Mi 9 series, with us already having reviewed the Mi 9, Mi 9 SE and Mi 9T. Now we have got our hands on the Mi 9T Pro, which is where things start to get confusing. Xiaomi will sell the device as the Mi 9T Pro worldwide but sells it as the Redmi K20 Pro in select markets like China and India. The same applies to the Mi 9T, which also drops the Pro nomenclature for its Redmi-branded version.

It is unclear when Xiaomi will bring the Mi 9T Pro to market in Europe, but Xiaomi managers in Poland and Russia have confirmed that the company eventually plans to do so. Xiaomi’s in-house camera app contains hints that the device is on its way though, with community developers on XDA Developers finding the watermark "Shot on Mi 9T Pro" within its code. Likewise, entries at the WiFi Alliance and the Bluetooth SIG point towards an impending Mi 9T Pro release. Hence, while our review unit is branded as the Redmi K20 Pro, it will serve as our Mi 9T Pro review too. Hereafter, we shall refer to the device as the Mi 9T Pro to simplify matters.

The Mi 9T Pro comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC just like the regular Mi 9, which offers a sizable performance improvement over the Snapdragon 730 in the Mi 9T. The Mi 9T Pro also has a better main rear-facing camera than its non-Pro sibling, with Xiaomi opting for a Sony IMX586 sensor instead of the IMX582 that it used in the Mi 9T. The two devices are indistinguishable aside from the camera sensor and SoC, with them both having a 6.39-inch AMOLED Full HD+ display, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, a 4,000 mAh battery, 8 GB RAM and an optional 256 GB of UFS 2.1 flash storage. Additionally, they both come with a motorised pop-up camera and in the same three striking colours.