[Redmi Note 2 General] megthebest:
Unboxing & Review ( Thanks to Geekbuying for the sample):

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Xiaomi review Redmi Notes 2

Packaging, Content, Aesthetics:

The packaging is a cardboard xiaomi classic elegance that is certainly his best weapon; fairly anonymous and only on the back there is a label with the model and IMEI numbers.

Box contents: Smartphone, 1 AC outlet Use with USB 5V 2A Black (+ pre- EU plug adapter provided by the shop), 1 USB cable, a small instruction manual and a brochure with some features and screens miui (in Chinese).

- External dimensions of the smartphone average of 5.5 cinafonini "; it measures 152 x 76 x 8.3mm for a little more than 157g weight.

- Construction of decent quality, the materials can not give a good feeling to the touch, the plastic back cover reveals the research of the economy, but not too delicate to break ..

- On the left side we find, while on the right side we find the volume rocker on the top and the power button slightly lower.

- On the upper side are the audio jacks, the second microphone for noise suppression technology and infrared to control compatible devices; at the bottom we find the micro USB socket and the main microphone.

- In the back top center we find the camera 13 megapixel f / 2.2 Samsung 5K3M2, slightly below the flash and lower, decentralized to the level of the camera, the speaker.

- In the front we find the earpiece at the top, the camera 5Mpixel f / 2 and the light sensor / proximity.

- The soft touch buttons are external to the screen and are backlit in red.

- The assembly of the back cover is not perfect, leaving a small area on the upper side of audio jacks and infrared, which when pressed shows a crunch, not a sign of perfect adhesion to the body; the grip of the back cover is not great because of the glossy finish, also even fingerprints are captured.

- Outer pane without pre-applied film; seems to have some processing rounded 2.5D and does not seem to have oleophobic treatment, then it holds the fingerprints and is quite reflective.

- Display brightness and good viewing angles; Full HD IPS LCD screen that gives fairly good colors, excellent sharpness for category, good white balance even if it prefers shade slightly yellowish; you can still operate through menu display miui to touch up some parameters ..

- Touch sensitive and comes with multitouch to 10 touches, writing rapidly and with Swype function that you type with two fingers (used SwiftKey keyboard); unlike meizu that I owned, the case typing is exceptional even at the edges of the panel and the uncertainties in the prediction by Swype, seem to be much less frequent.

- Two slots Micro Sim: 4G bands 1,3,7 and 37,38,39,40, 3G 850/900/1900/2100 2G 850/900/1800/1900

- Presence MicroSD slot with capacity tested up to 64Gb.

- Removable battery from 3060mAh declared, the ammeter test we found about 2950mAh, which can cover the busy day with no problems; weight about 57g.

- Android 5.0.2 with Roma Miui v.7 in our case 5:10:29 developer xiaomi.eu

- Open the app and switch between apps very quickly .. Chrome browser that is very rewarding to use and that makes it very quick navigation.

- Excellent management 16Gb of internal ROM that are available in a partition to 12.1Gb for apps and data.

- Fair management 2Gb ram by the MIUI 7 .. around 1Gb of ram vacated after loading some apps into memory at startup.

Connectivity:

WiFi b / g / n with no problem hooking stable, good power perhaps slightly higher than meizu.

BT 4 tested coupling with headphones, smartwatch, cars and other smartphones without problems

OTG: Properly functioning

GPS: good, the outside has fixato cold in 20 seconds, 11 satellites, with an accuracy of a few meters; compatibility GLONASS and Beidou

Camera:

- Main camera Samsung Isocell 5K3M2 13Mpixel f / 2.2 that produces good shots in daylight; Quick focus; Miui camera interface, enhanced by its setting and effects of the famous Roma; the flash of good power allows some shots in most light conditions poor as long as the subject is too far away. Without using the flash, the tightness at high ISO is still decent, only slightly lower than the same camera implemented on Meizu M2 Notes.

- Good performance with FullHD video files to MP4 format

- Secondary camera for Selfie 5Mpixel f / 2 with autofocus and face detection function, video shots and discrete.

Link Photo and Screenshot:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?...lE&usp=sharing

Bench:

Antutu 5.7.1 more than 45000 punti..risultato truly remarkable for the MT6795 CPU 2Ghz.

Geekbench 3 with 4549 points in multi-core test and 823 in the single-core test.

https://browser.primatelabs.com/user/87793

Geekbench Battery Test (over 6 hours and 33 'screen on time, a little low for a 3050mAh but in practice allows at least 4 hours of screen on the busy day of work with active data traffic.

https://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/144626

Audio:

Good sound quality, good volumes of speaker and earpiece (even slightly too high in this case), the other party has no problem and feel the item is free from noise and interference or metallic effect.

Good also the second microphone to suppress ambient noise when using the smartphone in noisy environments.

Position the rear speaker that unfortunately suffers from sound attenuation if we usually place the smartphone on the table.

Good Vibrations (with varying intensity from the control panel miui) and the sound with headphones.

Conclusions:

PRO:

- Price of about 160 € for a terminal with characteristics of high-end 2Gb RAM / 16GB ROM and 5.5 "FullHD.

- Full HD screen that shows excellent brightness, color and viewing angle of the display.

- Good assembly, albeit with less costly materials of the series E4, good weight distribution (158g).

- Excellent reception and also good the audio industry.

- Support MicroSD (tested support up to 64Gb).

- Miui with updates if you use the developer; extensive modding possibilities, given the availability of recovery TWRP and varied rom with basic stock; the TWRP recovery can also be used for the update of miui.

- Notification LED RGB and soft touch buttons outside the screen with red backlighting.

- Battery 3060mAh which will take you from day to end so easily.

- OTG supported.

- Root already available in the security settings if you have installed a ROM developer weekly.

- Availability TWRP custom recovery that allows in addition to the usual backup, also ulpdate package of zip Miui issued by Xiaomi.

- Sensor complete (gyroscope and compass) and excellent.

- Door Infrared for use as a remote control for different devices.

AGAINST:

- Lack of band 20, 800Mhz on 4G, which penalizes the use of Note 2 with Wind (you will not have 4G in most of the areas covered by Wind in Italy).

- Assembling the back cover is not flawless, some crunches at the mating top, nothing earth-shattering, but it is good to specify it.

- Miui that although very complete and updated, has a base Andorid 5.0.2 which is still suffering from some bugs acclaimed as memory leaks and abnormal consumption; There are, however, already some custom based on Android 5.1.1.

- Miui quite demanding in terms of RAM, leaving about 1Gb of RAM at startup.

- Screen little oleophobic and quite reflective.

-Location Speaker on the back side which limits the volume if it resting on a flat surface