Redmi A4 5G review: An ultra-cheap 5G entry phone with a 120 Hz screen.
A rock-bottom 5G entry phone.
Redmi A4 5G brings 5G, a 120 Hz screen and a 50 MP camera to just $130 with stereo and a jack. The HD+ LCD and entry SD4s Gen 2 are the cost-cutting tells.
01Display
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2024 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
52/10052/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2024 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
48/10048/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2024 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
82/10082/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.
05Build
60/10060/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.
06Value
66/10066/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.
- 5G + 120 Hz at $130.
- 50 MP + big battery + stereo.
- Jack + microSD.
- Cheapest 5G Redmi.
- HD+ LCD, SD4s Gen 2 slow.
- 18 W charging.
- Token aux camera.
- HyperOS ads.
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 223-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .