. It is simply not possible to physically tell the two apart just by looking at them. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since the original looked quite nice and was built well too. The black front face is offset by a shiny white rear shell and very noticeable red icons for the three capacitive buttons below the screen.
The rear shell is a bit difficult to pry off, but the first major difference between the Xiaomi Note twins is visible beneath it. The 4G version of this phone has only a single regular-sized SIM card slot. You still need to take out the battery in order to swap SIM and microSD cards.As far as phones with 5.5-inch screens go, the Redmi Note 4G isn’t all that difficult to handle.