OVERVIEW: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 - a powerful stuffing in a metal housing for $ 210

A variety of options for Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 became the most popular Chinese smartphones in 2016. Unable to spoil the statistics even mess with a mass of various modifications. Consumers like this gadget is independent from the processor, amount of RAM and a camera module. What else to expect from a smartphone with high-quality components, good build and price below the basement of copies of European devices - about 8000 rubles?

But the company has decided not to stop there and released a revamped lineup - Redmi Note 4. Novelty has a new design, the processor and the latest version of the operating system. Let's see how it affected the version with 3 GB of RAM and 64 GB of permanent storage cost $ 210.

Characteristics

Appearance and delivery

Packaging design from Xiaomi does not change for a long time. White box with a photo and the name of the device model has become a kind of calling card companies. The same can be said about the meager package. Looking at the success of the manufacturer, even big brands have refused additional accessories and are now offering to purchase them separately.

Sam smartphone has turned to be extremely successful. Finally, Xiaomi refused popular among Chinese brands with huge shell plastic inserts, releasing really stylish device.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is more like HTC or smartphones Xiaomi premium line. Antennas are now hidden on the edges of the body is not for plastic plugs, and in thin dividing boxes. Thus they do not stand out from the general contours of a metal back cover, as in the previous versions.

The location and dimensions of the main chamber and placed beneath the flash and the scanner has not changed. But Redmi Note 4 has received a new form of faces: and cut with a shiny metallic bevel. The solution is very successful: the smart phone in your hand is much stronger.

Speaker grille moved from the rear panel to the lower end of the housing, on both sides of the connector microUSB. at the upper end elements have not changed: the infrared port, headphone jack and a microphone for the implementation of noise reduction.

On the right side face is power button and volume rocker. On the left - a slot for SIM-cards.

Display

This part has remained unchanged, except that the sensor is moved to the left side of the earpiece grille.

Redmi Note 4 screen is very good compared to most competitors. Brightness, viewing angles, the backlight level - all these parameters are what should be in the mainstream smartphone. Of course, this is not AMOLED-panel Redmi Pro: this model is a premium line shows more vibrant colors, deep blacks.

If necessary, you can change the color settings. The operating system provides the user with both the prepared and the possibility of fine-tuning. There is also a night reading mode, when the white light is replaced by yellow.

It protects the screen and the entire front surface of the 2,5D-glass. Official Manufacturer Information is not specified.

Under the glass hidden buttons "Home", "Menu", "Back". Despite the small icons (by the way, with bright yellow illumination), the touch surface is actually much larger. So much so that you can work with the device without accidental clicks.

hardware platform

That processor was the cause of the mass Redmi Note 3 variants. In the updated version of the smartphone Xiaomi engineers in choosing between Qualcomm and MediaTek have preferred the final product.

The basis of Redmi Note 4 has become the once flagship platform MediaTek Helio X20: 10 cores, a good video card, fast memory operation. Multi-core contributes to high energy, slow battery consumption and high speed.

More recently Helio X20 showed excellent results in synthetic tests, overshadowing many other solutions. Now the platform is considerably inferior to these indicators solutions from Qualcomm, but real enough headroom for the next year or two.

None of the modern games can not load the processor to the maximum. Lags and freezes the interface can only occur due to poor quality optimization programs, but not because of a lack of hardware resources.

Another advantage of using the platform from MediaTek is the support of all necessary communication protocols. This is especially true LTE frequencies. Many smartphones Xiaomi does not work in the Band 20. C output Redmi Note 4 of this problem can be forgotten: the smartphone is not limited to support any frequencies used by mobile operators in Russia and CIS countries.

Other wireless interfaces is not worse. There is support for modern standards, Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi in the 2.4 and 5 GHz. The navigation system can work with GPS and GLONASS. And not only is able to - work perfectly, allowing you to use a smartphone instead of the browser.

Unfortunately, a single memory card slot in the Redmi Note 4 is not. You can insert a USB flash drive into one of the slots for SIM-cards. However, here Xiaomi has offered a partial solution. The older model with 3 GB of RAM are now equipped with not 32 GB and 64 GB permanent memory. Buyers younger model with 2 GB of RAM will have on their own risk to do a coincident SIM + flash.

Software

While the official supply Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with a global firmware there - only with the Chinese. At the same time a little trouble delivering the need to unlock the bootloader you need to register on the official website and get permission. Then the machine reflash the global version of the firmware in two clicks.

Officially selling smartphone operating system MIUI 7 based on Android 5.1. But when you first start the device allows you to upgrade to the latest version, with this applies to both the Chinese and global versions firmware.

New MIUI 8 is a superset of Android 6.0. Unlike previous versions, virtually none. All the same unique features to customize all parameters from the screen and sound and ending with the security policy.

In the eye catches only a new curtain: now, instead of the usual two pages it takes only the top part of the screen. Select your desired icons made scrolling strip Quick Launch.

The Chinese version of the firmware is filled with proprietary applications. Unfortunately, the majority of services and Xiaomi MIUI is not available in Russian or in Russian. Strictly speaking, the Russian language in this version of the shell is not available at all, including as a system. Therefore, the transition to the global needs.

Here additional applications smaller, but certain services like MIUI clouds and associated Mi Home application him to control home appliances are available immediately after the reinstallation.

multimedia Features

The smartphone has long ceased to be a communication device and consumer information. Now his task is to create content and with what Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 copes.

The main camera with good lighting can make great shots. Like other smartphones, Xiaomi, have enough opportunities settings in manual mode, up to adjust the exposure and aperture settings. Though not without flaws.

Night Snapshot goes better than the Redmi 3s, but a good shot is still problematic. Lens aperture desperately needs, which is manifested even in the twilight.

The front camera allows you to take selfie can smooth the facial flaws and can detect age - quite a fun feature, which, however, does not prevent discontent bit blurred pictures.

Runtimes

Another important parameter determining the demand of the device. Built-in battery with a 4100 mAh allows Redmi Note 4 to work for a long time. However, until Xiaomi Max and Leagoo Shark 1 results slightly below. But while working on a single charge is still significantly higher than those of competitors.

So, when watching movies on the average brightness over Wi-Fi or internal memory Redmi Note 4 runs up to nine hours.

LTE inclusion (in good reception conditions) reduced this figure to seven hours. If you replace the film on a three-dimensional shooter, such as World Of Tanks, working time will be five o'clock - a very good result.

In mixed mode (using the included wireless interfaces, a few calls, a couple of hours of correspondence in instant messengers and social networks, for an hour of music and video), the device is easy to live up to 20 hours.

conclusions

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 will soon probably become the most popular smartphone company. While it competes with Note 3 Pro - primarily because of the processor and lower cost. As soon as the prices are a little catch up, buy the previous version will be less likely.

On the side of a novelty - an excellent design that differentiate the device from a plurality of clones, and successful hardware platform. Unfavorable long is the price. But using a coupon RedmiMIGB it drops to 173 dollars, and at such a cost of no competition.