SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Redmi Note 4 review: The follow-up budget juggernaut with a Snapdragon 625 and two-day battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2017·$180
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#35 of 74
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The efficiency-king budget seller.

Redmi Note 4 doubled down on the formula with the famously efficient Snapdragon 625 — its 14 nm chip delivered genuine two-day battery life. Another tens-of-millions seller that kept the Redmi Note line atop the budget charts.

01Display

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size5.5 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (FHD)

02Camera

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

Main13 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
Selfie5 MP

03Performance

58/100

At 58/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2017 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 625 (14 nm)
RAM2 / 3 / 4 GB
Storage16 / 32 / 64 GB · microSD

04Battery

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2017 — 11 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4,100 mAh
Wired10 W

05Build

66/100

66/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2017.

06Value

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2017 — 13 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Snapdragon 625 was famously efficient.
  • Two-day battery life.
  • Metal unibody.
  • Fingerprint + microSD.
What doesn't
  • Mono speaker.
  • 60 Hz LCD.
  • MIUI ads.
  • Slow 10 W charging.
Cross-shop it against
Honor 10 Lite
$240 · score 67/100

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? .