Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G [REVIEW]

Since this is my first entry, I am going to write a review based on my daily driver.

We all know that Xiaomi is a rapidly growing company that caters and aims for a cheaper, affordable, higher quality phones that has a premium feel.

In this entry, we are going to review the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G.

Despite Xiaomi’s latest release of the Xiaomi Redmi series, which is the Mi 5, it’s older phone are still surviving. The quality and design materials are improving.

Some of the major key features that Xiaomi had implemented into their newer phones are the thumbprint or fingerprint scanner, which takes security to another level.

Nevertheless, the camera on all of it’s phone were the same, the old boring 13MP camera on the back, followed by it’s sibling, the 5MP front facing camera which is used to capture selfies, weefies or whatever they call it nowadays. Until the latest Xiaomi phones that was just released earlier this year, the Xiaomi Mi 5 and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro, which houses an impressing 16MP camera, shoots all the best shots in a vibrance way, followed by an increase of quality in it’s phone.

Also, the designs had change too. From a boring black and dull look, to a polished golden look.

This is just a brief description of the phone. It weighs 185g which is extremely heavy for a phone. It has a Mini-SIM card slot.

Let’s start with the hardware information.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G comes packed with Android Version 4.4.4 KitKat, which has the MIUI layered over. It is quite disappointing to see that the phone does not support Lollipop but it supports Marshmallow, which is an Android Operating System that is loved by many.

It also come with a Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 chipset. It has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) which is a Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7. It’s GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is an Adreno 305. It’s performance was an average rating, as it handles games without lags, but it could misbehave from time to time.

Leaving out the platform information, here comes it’s display information. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G has a 720 × 1280 pixels display, which is equivalent to ~267 pixel density. The display size is 5.5′, just a little larger than your average hand. The display type is a IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.

The display is in the above picture.

The phone’s communication Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi direct and a hotspot support. The phone has a USB, GPS, radio and bluetooth.

The camera on the back of the phone.

Let’s move onto the camera. Well the back camera has a 13MP shooter. It captures satisfactory and decent pictures. Not do overexposed or overly contrast. It aperture f/2.2 aperture. It supports autofocus and it has a LED flash. It doesn’t support 4K recording but it records at 1080p.

The front camera is a 5MP camera that captures good selfies. It’s very useful when you are a king or queen of selfies or a person who is just engrossed in selfies. It records videos at 720p.

The loudspeaker.

Well, the loudspeaker at the back of the phone is fairly loud. It’s not recommended to play music at a noisy place. Other then that, it’s rated satisfactory.

PROS:

√ Affordable Price
√ Camera
√ Data Connectivity
√ Long Battery Life
√ Touch Buttons

CONS:

• NFC Technology
• Long Charging Time

Overall, the phone is rated a 8.7/10.

The Phone: