Redmi 4A review: The ultra-cheap entry phone with a 13 MP camera.
A $90 entry bestseller.
Redmi 4A delivered a 13 MP camera, IR blaster and jack at just $90 in 2016 — one of the cheapest usable smartphones of its era and a huge emerging-market seller.
01Display
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2016 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
48/10048/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2016 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2016 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for budget phones of 2016.
05Build
56/10056/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for budget phones of 2016.
06Value
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2016 — 6 points above the cohort average.
- Just $90 with 13 MP.
- IR blaster + jack + microSD.
- Light 131.5 g.
- Decent battery.
- 720p LCD, SD425.
- 5 W charging.
- 2 GB RAM.
- Support ended.
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 57-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .