Xiaomi Redmi 4 is the company’s latest model in the sub-Rs. 10, 000 segment. Unlike premium smartphones, budget phones seem to have a shorter life cycles, and the Redmi series is the perfect example of this. The Xiaomi Redmi 3S ( and Redmi 3S Prime) launched in India in August last year, and the company claims that they are the highest selling smartphones in the online segment, having sold four million units in just nine months. Despite this, the all-new Xiaomi Redmi 4 will soon replace the popular Redmi 3S( and Redmi 3S prime) .
Xiaomi has so far seen a string of successes with its Redmi range, with most models finding place in our periodic lists of the best budget phones. This new Xiaomi Redmi 4 will not only have to take on the competiton, but also live up to its predecessor in a lot of ways, and it when it comes to specifications. Let’s find out whether the phone is worth your time and money in our Redmi 4 Review:
Xiaomi Redmi 4 design
When the Redmi 4 arrived at our office for the first time, we mistook it for a ’lite’ or smaller variant ofcthe Redmi Note 4. You can see pelenty of design similarities between the two. Jai mani lead Product Manager at Xiaomi told Technical Channel 4 you which is my channel on youtube at a pre-launch briefing that the Redmi 4’s looks are consciously more in sync with the bigger Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 ( Review) . The all etal back of the Redmi 4 is polished and make this phone look more premium than it’s predecessor. However, it makes the phone slightly slippery, and we nearly dropped it a couple of times while trying to take photos during the review period.