Recently, mi released its entry màn chơi Redmi device — the mi Redmi 4A , at Rs 5,999. Could this be the best entry-level điện thoại cảm ứng thông minh out there?
Nimish SawantApr 25, 2017 12:48:27 IST
Xiaomi has been a popular brand in India, & according lớn a recent report, has also become the most preferred brand in the country, over Samsung & Apple. Ever since the launch of the Xiaomi mày 3 back in mid-2014, xiaomi has been consistently releasing smartphones while offering a good lớn unbelievable value proposition.
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Other điện thoại cảm ứng players have also caught on khổng lồ Xiaomi’s strategy, and there has definitely been stiff competition in the last one year, but xiaomi mi still has a star product in most of the under Rs 30,000 price segments. The only annoying aspect is actually buying a xiaomi mi handset. Its flash sales or mở cửa sales are notorious for making you wait weeks before you finally get one handset. After these many years, it is high time mi got this aspect right. It is a pain for smartphone phone buyers khổng lồ wait for weeks before they get lucky in purchasing one handset off the sales.
Recently, mi released its entry màn chơi Redmi device — the Xiaomi Redmi 4A, which is priced at Rs 5,999. Will this be the phone to go for someone thinking of making the switch from a feature phone? Let us find out
Build & Design: 7/10
The volume rocker and power/standby button on the right hand side give good feedback. The SIM card tray is located on the left hand edge. The phone measures around 8.5 mm thick.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A ensures that there are no sharp edges on the phone, thanks to bevelled edges. This also helps in giving a good grip lớn the phone. On the rear of the phone there are fine grooves at the top and bottom, but it’s just a thiết kế element và it is not meant for antenna bands. The 13 MP rear camera is housed inside a metallic ring và is located on the vị trí cao nhất left hand corner with an LED flash unit beside it. The mày branding is prominent on the lower half of the rear side. Towards the base there is a speaker grille section, with a minor chin just below it.
The phone comes with an infrared blaster on the đứng top edge, which also houses the 3.5 milimet audio jack. At the base, you have a microUSB port for charging & data transfer. On the front there is a 5-inch HD display with thick bezels on the top và bottom.
Overall, the build quality at this price point isn’t bad at all. The design is nothing out of the ordinary. The one-hand fit element will certainly attract a lot of buyers.
Features: 7/10Xiaomi Redmi 4A comes with a 5-inch HD display & houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 SoC with a quad-core Cortex A53 processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. The graphics portion is taken care of by an Adreno 308 GPU. The chipset is paired with 2 GB RAM. It comes in 16 GB & 32 GB storage variants. We got the 16 GB model to test, which gives around 10.3 GB of usable space. You can expand the storage using a microSD card by up to lớn 256 GB.
The mi Redmi 4A comes in a hybrid dual SIM configuration (micro SIM + nano SIM), supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, bluetooth không dây 4.1, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS và BDS. It comes with a micro USB port for charging and data transfer, and there is no support for fast charging.
Thankfully it bundles in an FM radio as well. On the camera front, you get a 13 MP rear camera, along with a 5 MP selfie camera. All this is powered by a non-removable 3,120 mAh Li-ion battery.
Display: 7/10
While watching videos, the sharpness & colour reproduction is quite good. Changing viewing angles only affects the brightness to an extent, but I didn’t notice any colour shifting. Sunlight legibility could have been better; you have no option but to boost up the brightness. Overall, the display is quite good for this segment of phones.
Software: 7.5/10The phone comes with app android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8 skin atop it. This was the same combination seen on the recently launched Redmi cảnh báo 4. The MIUI 8 skin has some minor additions over the MIUI 7, such as a smaller clock widget on the trang chủ screen, a redesigned notification & status bar (the status bar looks a lot more artistic on the MIUI 8), redesigned weather app và more.
There aren’t many changes at a functional level, but just a minor revamp on the kiến thiết front. One thing that stood out was the way the screenshot thumbnail floats on the vị trí cao nhất right hand corner of the screen after you take a screenshot. Taking a screenshot (holding down on the volume down và power button) would take a wee bit longer than usual. There is a definite lag one notices with the animations & when launching apps.
It features an tiện ích called Second Space which has been out since last year. The app basically lets you create separate profiles for different use cases. For instance, you can have one mode for work & one mode for office — with different wallpapers, tiện ích icon arrangement, et al. It replicates another instance for you.
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Performance: 6/10This is an entry level phone, so as far as the regular tasks are concerned, it does not falter. The Snapdragon 425 SoC paired with 2 GB RAM fulfills all the needs of an entry cấp độ user. But the software glitches are noticeable on quite a few occasions. For instance, there were many instances when after getting done with a call, despite hitting the red coloured end hotline button, it would require two-three presses for the call to end. The response tends to be a bit delayed at times. I"m sure it"s nothing that a future update cannot resolve.
There is lag when switching between apps & while opening some heavy apps. Gaming is fine for casual games, don’t bother with heavy titles such as Asphalt 8: Airborne. Apart from the lag, it will also take up a lot of space on your phone — remember, you have only 10.3 GB usable. You can add a microSD card, thankfully.
The phone does not heat much, unless you are running heavy apps onboard. At no instance during the testing did we notice any ứng dụng shutting down due khổng lồ overheating.
In terms of benchmarks, there are no surprises here. The call quality is excellent và I faced absolutely no issues with that. The loudspeaker is quite poor though, you will be better off with a pair of good earphones.
Camera: 6.5/10
In terms of image quality, there is definitely a loss of sharpness when you are pixel peeping, & it is prominent around the edges. But for sharing on social truyền thông media websites, the images are good enough. The HDR mode is not on by default, as it is with higher kết thúc Xiaomi phones. HDR mode when on, takes a couple of seconds to lớn process the image.
Also, over processing of images is noticeable in low light conditions, thereby giving them a waxy feel. Shooting post sundown is a challenge và the Redmi 4A is not really able to handle it well. But then again, this is an entry level smartphone, và for this price, you are getting quite a decent shooter, one that can put phones priced at twice the MRP to shame.
Battery: 8/10
There was a time when entry-level phones had not so impressive batteries, but not so anymore. Large capacity battery phones are coming in at increasingly affordable prices. The xiaomi Redmi 4A for instance, packs in a 3,120 mAh battery, which is quite some capacity. The iPhone 7 Plus in comparison packs a smaller battery. Add in the fact that the 4A is powered by a low-power Snapdragon 425 SoC và the fact that is has an HD resolution screen.
Together, this means that you can easily extract a work-day"s worth of battery life out of the Redmi 4A. A battery charged around 12:30 AM lasted me till 6.30 PM on the next day, which is quite impressive. PCMark for android gives around 12 hours 32 mins, which is again impressive.
In fact on a light day I was even able to lớn extract over a day và half worth of battery from the Redmi 4A.
Verdict và Price in IndiaThe mi Redmi 4A is priced at Rs 5,999. At this price point, you are getting a lot of value for your money. The only challenge, rather, an irritant, with mi phones is their online-only open sale mã sản phẩm where phones get sold out in seconds. It is quite annoying that xiaomi hasn’t yet made the process of buying a điện thoại cảm ứng online any easier. That seems khổng lồ be a major roadblock and could easily put off many potential buyers. Xiaomi mi should understand that this isn"t 2013 và that the competition has evolved.
In terms of build quality, display, battery life, etc., the xiaomi mi Redmi 4A is quite impressive. Yes, there is a noticeable lag in the user interface, but for someone who is moving from feature phone to lớn a smartphone, that should not be as great an issue. The camera is great for daylight photographs, but low light shots leave a lot to be desired.
In terms of competition at this price point, you have nothing that offers anything comparable. Sure, there are lots of devices under the Rs 6k price point, but they pale in comparison with the Redmi 4A. So if this is your first điện thoại thông minh purchase, the 4A is definitely recommended.
You"ll just need to get lucky in the sales.
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