Redmi Note 4 review: A budget bestseller defined by its huge battery life.
A budget legend remembered for its battery life.
The Redmi Note 4 sold in huge numbers on the strength of its battery and price. It is a legacy budget device today.
01Display
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2017 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2017 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
32/10032/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2017 — 19 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
72/10072/100 puts it above the 69-point average for budget phones of 2017.
05Build
58/10058/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for budget phones of 2017.
06Value
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2017 — 13 points above the cohort average.
- Enormous battery life from the 4,100 mAh cell + efficient SD 625.
- A global budget bestseller.
- FHD display and microSD at a rock-bottom price.
- Aluminium build.
- Entry-level performance even for 2017.
- microUSB; mono speaker.
- Software ended at Android 7.
- Discontinued — a vintage device.
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? .