[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheUltrametricSpace:
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

An honest review.

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Hey,

please ask questions if you have any, I gladly will answer.

For the specs of the phone and the shop I got it from look at the following links.

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This review will cover:

- Build quality

- Camera quality

- Day to day performance

- Battery life

- MIUI vs AOSP

- Verdict

Some background information:

Tested for one week ongoing, the Redmi Note 4 replaced the Moto G4 Plus. The Moto G4 Plus is more expensive but not more appealing.

The build quality:

Absolutely great.

Xiaomi does make good phones, they look good, they feel good, the Redmi Note 4 is no exception. It's a solid metal body phone, with a fast unlocking fingerprint sensor on the back. The screen is big, the colors on it are nice and so is the brightness.

The HTC antenna lines (iPhone copied this from HTC), look good on the Redmi Note 4, signal strength is decent. But make sure the phone has your desired 4G bands, before buying.

Camera quality:

I like it.

That's a tricky topic, it's very situational and depends upon opinions. Here is mine: It's good enough, great for the money, but please judge yourself. Later there will be a Redmi Note 4 vs Mi5 vs Moto G4 Plus camera comparison. Click it to make it big.

Link to full size pictures: picture 1 picture 2 picture 3 picture 4 picture 5

Day to day performance:

The Helio X20, a hungry monster if you want it to be.

In Antutu and other the benchmarks the Helio X20 has pretty awesome performance, but such means nothing for day to day use, so how does it perform? It's not a Snapdragon 820 or 821, no that's not what you shall expect.

The flagship MTK Helio X20 is at the level of a SD 617 or 650, it's hard to tell, but doesn't matter. The performance is good enough you won't wish for more throughout the day. But don't have it in performance mode, this mode will eat up your battery fast, very fast!

Battery life:

Just huge, 4100mAh is huge.

Two days of heavy social media and surfing is normal, you don't have to worry about battery backup, quick charging works fine. I do wish all phones start to have huge batteries.

MIUI vs AOSP:

MIUI is feature rich, colorful and gets updates on regular base. But ASOP (that's stock Android) is faster, and will always be the fastest Android available.

Verdict:

Should you buy it, for let's say 165$? -> yes; Should you buy it for let's say 195$? -> yes. (It's on sale right now.)​

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is a sweet little thing, good quality, decent specs on paper. Other phone manufactures will have a hard time to compete, this device is sold very cheap but offers much. Give it a thought and ask a question if you have any.

The last question: Where to buy?

Well that's a good question, there are countless Chinese resellers out. Some are scam, some are nice, some are cheap and bad, some are cheap and good... it's difficult. It sucks that Xiaomi does not sell to international customers directly.

When you decide to buy the phone, you have to decide on a Chinese reseller,

choose wisely

. I did get this phone from Gearbest, shipping was fast, service was good.

Links:

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or for other brands Mod Edit (Bought a Meizu MX5 last fall at Gearbest, was quite please about it.)

Thank you for reading this review, please share your thoughts.