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

Xiaomi took a flagship and a mid-range smartphone, combined them and got the Mi 9T Pro. And that's not a bad thing.

Camera, Portrait Mode rivals the Pixel, There's a headphone jack!, Incredible battery life, Much cheaper than it should be

Not available in the US, No waterproofing, No wireless charging, MIUI 10 Dark Mode still has some issues

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.

So, just like the with our experience with the K20 Pro, we were satisfied with the Mi 9T Pro’s design, performance, display, cameras, and battery. It’s even better now since it has a Global ROM with Google Play services, is officially available in the Philippines, so there’s a local warranty, is now...

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi might be leading in India, but the company is largely known as a budget brand and has failed to sell premium phones multiple times. The Redmi K20 Pro is an effort at breaking that image and delivering a phone in the more premium price segments.

Its time for another specs comparison! We have two smartphones here, similarly priced and specs are very close ...