The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 has big shoes to fill - its predecessor became India’s best selling phone online and enjoys great popularity in China. It comes barely half a year since the Note 3 went on sale, but it’s not quite a direct replacement - instead both will live side by side, with the Note 4 being a more premium offering.
The Redmi Note 4 commands a slightly higher price, but a couple of things elevate it from the mid-range status of the Redmi series. First, Xiaomi builds each of these full metal bodies out of an aluminum ingot, something Sony and HTC do for their flagships. And second, not long ago, the Helio X20 chipset was often used to blur the mid-range/high-end line.
As a bonus, the expensive High edition comes with generous 64GB of storage. The quotes are because even the top model is below the €200 price point.
Key Features
Aluminum unibody design
5.5 IPS display of 1080p resolution; 401ppi
MediaTek MT6797 Helio X20 chipset; 2x Cortex-A72 + 4x Cortex-A53 + 4x Cortex-A53; Mali-T880 MP4 at 700MHz
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8 ( Global 8.0.7.0)
Standard edition: 2GB RAM with 16GB of storage; High edition: 3GB RAM with 64GB storage; microSD support, hybrid slot shared with 2nd SIM
13 megapixel rear camera, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, dual-LED dual-tone flash; 1080p @ 30fps video, 720p @ 120fps
5 megapixel front camera, f/2.0 aperture; 720p @ 30fps video
Dual SIM, LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, IR, microUSB
Fingerprint sensor
4, 100mAh battery