The renewal of the mid-range for this year 2021 has been gigantic, presenting us with great changes for the better that they offer us much more capable mobiles in all aspects. Among them, two of the mobiles that we can most consider buying are the Redmi Note 10 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy A72 , which are going to give a lot to talk about and between which it is not easy to choose.
To help you with the decision, we will never have all its main characters, secondary characters and of course the price. Not every day we buy a new mobile and when we do, especially with a smartphone of an important level such as these two, we must do it safely.
Almost identical design and display
As soon as we see these smartphones we realize that both have a small hole in the center of the screen for the selfie camera, on the back the cameras are located in the same position although with a different camera model. The construction in both cases is based on plastic, although however the Samsung Galaxy A72 offers IP67 protection against water and dust that gives us much more peace of mind than Xiaomi‘s IP53.
In the measurements we find a thickness of 8.4 and 8.1 mm for the Galaxy A72 and Redmi respectively, something that is also seen in the weight with 204 grams and 193 grams in the same order. The screen is Amoled technology in both models , with Full HD + resolution and measures 6.7 inches on the screen of the Galaxy A72 or 6.67 on the Redmi. There are changes in the refresh rate, as the Galaxy A72 reaches 90 Hz and the Redmi Note 10 Pro improves it with 120 Hz along with a sampling rate of up to 240 Hz.
Rivals with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
This year Samsung has opted for Qualcomm to bring its mid-range to life, using in this case the Snapdragon 720G while the Redmi Note 10 Pro opts for the Snapdragon 732G. They are two processors with many similarities and an almost equal performance , manufactured in 8 nanometers, with a reference of 2.3 GHz and the Adreno 618 GPU.
The differences are in the memory, where the Galaxy A72 finds itself with 6 or 8 GB of RAM along with 128 or 256 GB of memory. The memory options of the Redmi Note 10 Pro are 6 GB of RAM with 64 or 128 GB, in addition to an option with 8 GB + 128 GB, where both Samsung and Xiaomi allow the use of a MicroSD.
The big fight is on the cameras
After encountering many similarities, the biggest differences appear in their cameras, where the main lens of the Redmi Note 10 Pro outperforms the Galaxy A52 with 108 Mpx against 64 Mpx. Both have a wide angle, but the Galaxy A72 with its 12Mpx does it better than the Redmi Note 10 Pro with 8 Mpx, they are also accompanied by a 5 Mpx macro lens in both cases and a final lens for portrait mode in the Redmi Note 10 Pro, at which point Samsung brings out an 8 Mpx telephoto lens with a three-fold optical zoom that allows you to gain many options.
Ahead, the selfie camera of the Samsung Galaxy A32 with 32 Mpx passes over Xiaomi with its 16 Mpx. Finally, the video recording also leaves us a clear winner, where Samsung shows that it has done better to integrate an OIS stabilizer in its lenses and achieve high-level videos. The resolution and configuration that both terminals can use to record is the following:
Redmi Note 10 Pro:
- 4K at 30 / 60fps
- 1080p at 30 / 60fps
- 720p at 30fps
- Slow motion video: 960 fps
Samsung Galaxy A72:
- 4K at 30 / 60fps
- 1080p at 30 / 60fps
- 720p at 30fps
- Slow motion recording: 120 fps
Battery and connectivity
We make the leap to another key point such as the battery, where although they are different we see few differences, the Redmi Note 10 Pro has 5,020 mAh with 33W fast charge and the Galaxy A72 has 5,000 mAh with 25W fast charge. As an extra point, the Redmi Note 10 Pro offers reverse charging by cable, to use it as a powerbank.
They offer us 4G connection together with GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo technology, as well as NFC for mobile payments on both mobiles without forgetting the audio jack or Bluetooth 5.0. The position of the fingerprint reader changes, placing it on the Redmi Note 10 Por on the side and on the Galaxy A72 under the screen as the high-end does.
Software as added value
We cannot ignore the system, where although both arrive with Android 11, they will not be updated in the same way, Xiaomi offers only two years of updates and Samsung promises us up to three years of updates for the system, which is a key point to enjoy. of the mobile longer. In addition, the MIUI 12 layer of the Redmi has as many additions as One UI 3.1, worse however with less optimization and more common problems at the moment.
For its price … What mobile do we buy?
Finally, it is time to know how much we can buy both models for, where for now the Redmi Note 10 Pro is only available in 6 + 64 GB of memory for 279 euros. Meanwhile the Galaxy A72 with an extra memory that allows 6GB of RAM and 128 GB of memory, offers us all this for 430 euros. A price difference that makes us value everything.
Noting that in the cameras the Galaxy A72 has passed over the Redmi Note 10 Pro, we must recommend buying the Samsung mobile if you solemnly use the camera very often in photos or video since its possibilities make it worth the difference in price. On the contrary, in other aspects they are very even and buying the Redmi Note 10 Pro will be a good idea if we do not mind losing water resistance and finding some optimization problem in MIUI 12.
