Xiaomi Mi 4i review: A 2015 colourful budget Mi with a Snapdragon 615 and dual-SIM 4G.
Xiaomi's 2015 India launch hit.
Mi 4i was Xiaomi's aggressive 2015 India pitch — a slim, colourful Mi at $210 with dual-SIM 4G. The SD615 was the weak spot, but the launch helped Xiaomi enter Indian online retail at scale.
01Display
60/10060/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2015.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2015.
03Performance
50/10050/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2015.
04Battery
68/10068/100 puts it above the 65-point average for mid-range phones of 2015.
05Build
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2015 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
64/10064/100 puts it above the 59-point average for mid-range phones of 2015.
- Slim 7.8 mm with cheerful colours.
- Dual-SIM 4G LTE.
- FHD display.
- Aggressive Indian launch.
- Snapdragon 615 throttled.
- No microSD.
- Mono speaker.
- 2 GB RAM.
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 42-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .