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Redmi 10 review: 90Hz LCD and 50 MP main, sub-$170 entry.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2021·$169
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#30 of 147
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Stereo speakers at sub-$170.

Redmi 10 was a rare stereo-speaker entry-level phone with 90Hz, a 50 MP main, and the right balance of MIUI features. It became Xiaomi's budget bestseller of late 2021.

01Display

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2021 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz
Size6.5 inches
Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2021 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide8 MP, 120 deg
Depth2 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2021 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetHelio G88 (12nm)
GPUMali-G52 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

What works
  • 90Hz at sub-$170
  • Stereo speakers unusual in this tier
  • 50 MP main for daylight detail
What doesn't
  • LCD lacks AMOLED snap
  • Helio G88 lukewarm
  • 2 MP filler cams
Cross-shop it against
POCO M5
$190 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 147-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .