Xiaomi has beaten OnePlus at its own game with the Mi 9T Pro – and for £100 less than the OnePlus 7. While the Xiaomi lacks stereo speakers and packs a clunkier UI, it betters the OnePlus with a triple camera, headphone jack and a notch-free screen. If you’re looking for an affordable flagship and don’t need wireless charging or waterproofing, the Mi 9T Pro just leapfrogged to the front of our recommended list.

Excellent value; Great battery life; Has a headphone port;

No stereo speakers; No wireless charging; No water resistance;

At £100 less than the Mi 9, the Mi 9T Pro is an impressive phone with the same flagship processor inside and a quirky pop-up camera that allows for a truly full-screen display.

Excellent value; Great battery life; Has a headphone port;

No stereo speakers; No wireless charging; No water resistance;

The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro has a lot to recommend it, and shows Xiaomi really getting into its stride. It's not the best phone out there, but it's close.

Excellent price point, Impressive camera, Very nicely designed

No waterproofing, Screen sticks to 1080p, Xiaomi's version of Android has its flaws

There’s very little to complain about when it comes to the Mi 9T Pro; its killer design and screen are paired with excellent across-the-board specs. The fact it clings onto the headphone jack will please many, and while there’s no wireless charging, water resistance or stereo sound, given the...

Premium design, Great battery life, Flagship specs

No waterproofing, UI won’t be for everyone, Mono speaker

Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro: It’s hard to use the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro for an extended period and not conclude the price was a typo

Lovely design, As fast as Android devices get, Incredibly priced

Xiaomi’s Android skin isn’t great, The Pixel 3a’s camera is marginally better

Xiaomi has done it yet again - the maker has launched another market disruptor. Sure, it isn't called a Pocophone, but it doesn't matter really. The Redmi K20 Pro, or Mi 9T Pro, is a spiritual successor to a rare smartphone blend known as flagship killers, a series that OnePlus may have conceived,...

Excellent notch-free AMOLED screen, Ultrafast under-display fingerprint reader, Attractive design with Gorilla Glass protection, Top-notch battery life, fast charging, Flagship Snapdragon 855 chip and performance, Class-leading camera experience, great quality all day long, Rich video recording...

No Xiaomi Mi 9 killer. The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro, like its sister model Mi 9T, has a motorised pop-up front-facing camera to aid in the pursuit of the highest possible screen-to-body ratio.

borderless design, accurate GPS, decent OLED panel, 3.5 mm jack, good cameras, good system performance, fast in-display fingerprint sensor

only Widevine L3-certified (Redmi K20 Pro), slow Wi-Fi, poor LTE coverage (Redmi K20 Pro), low maximum manual brightness, 27 W charger not included in the box

The smartphone you see before you represents everything good about reading tech news today. It’s very easy to get wrapped up in believing the best phones only come from the most visible brands – Samsung, Apple, etcetera – but that’s not always true.

Great industrial design, Decent cameras, Full frontside display, Headphone jack and NFC, Low cost for high value

Not officially available in USA, No water/dust-proofing, Mono speaker