Redmi 5A review: "Desh Ka Smartphone" — the budget phone India couldn't stop buying.
India's budget phenomenon.
Redmi 5A — marketed as "Desh Ka Smartphone" — sold in the tens of millions in India at $90 with a 13 MP camera, IR blaster and jack.
01Display
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2017 — 11 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 2017 — 9 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 2017 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
62/10062/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2017 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker build results among budget phones of 2017 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
72/100At 72/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2017 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- $90 "Desh Ka Smartphone".
- 13 MP + IR + jack + microSD.
- Light 137 g.
- India bestseller.
- 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 74-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .