Xiaomi is finally out with its much anticipated and rumored flagship smartphone the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. This smartphone is a mid-range device which was announced in January 2019 by the Smartphone giant.
The smartphone arrives with a jumbo size 6.3-inch FHD+ display, and lots of other great and amazing specifications like the recent Snapdragon 660, powerful 6GB RAM, sharp cameras and a host of other great features that will be mentioned in the course of this review. Stay close and while we find out all the selling points of this new device.
Design
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 sports a whopping jumbo size 6.3-inch Full HD screen. The screen has a 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display and a waterdrop notch display with 1.95mm bezels and a 2.5D glass. The glass is for protection, and it covers both the front and back of this smartphone.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 is a mid-range smartphone, though it arrived with beautiful glass back, shiny gradient both bottom and top. This smartphone has a screen-to-body ratio of 84% and also comes in with a fingerprint scanner that is at the back.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 is coming in available in three different colors which are; Fantasy Blue, Twilight Gold, and the Bright Black colors. This smartphone has a body dimension of 159.2mm height, 75.2mm for width and 8.1 mm for the thickness.
Camera
The Redmi Note 7 arrives with the 1/2? Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM1 sensor, just like other smartphones that feature 48-megapixels primary camera. The camera has an f/1.8 aperture accompanied by four-in-one pixel binning to create a 12MP image with the 1.6?m pixel.
At the front of this smartphone, is seated a dual selfie camera setup which comprises of a 13-megapixels + 5-megapixel secondary camera that arrives with an AI features and is used to take portrait shots. The front cameras are also enhanced with an AI smart beauty, AI face unlock, AI single shot blur, background blur, front HDR, and other features.
Performance
But under the hood, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 uses the Android 9.0 (Pie) OS out of the box, and it’s accompanied by the company’s MIUI 10.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 660 14nm chipset which is which runs at 2.2GHz and on the Kryo 260 cores and is coupled with the Adreno 512 GPU.
When it comes to switching apps smartly and multi-tasking, this smartphone comes in two various storage options and three versions for the RAM. The first storage option which is the lower version is the 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage and the bigger releases that is 4GB / 6GB RAM with a 64GB internal storage.
Most people may not be comfortable with this storage options, but there is no need to worry because the storage of this smartphone can be further expanded up to 256GB with the use of an external microSD card.
Battery
Back to one of the areas to put into consideration when choosing a smartphone, the battery. The Redmi Note 7 houses a powerful 4,000mAh battery. The battery features the Quick Charge 4, 5V/2A charger and USB-C port.
Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun, clearly stated that the Redmi Note 7 would enable 9V/2A charging option which is capable of providing users with 100% battery life in 1 hour 43 minutes. The battery can also offer 251 hours of standby time, 13 hours of video playback, 23 hours of talk time and 7 hours of gaming.
Other Features
- FM ~ Yes,
- 3.5mm Jack ~ Yes,
- Expandable storage ~ Yes.
- Dual Cameras ~ Yes.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Price
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 arrives with an affordable price tag. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 will cost you approximately 998 yuan (US$ 148 / ? 10,391 approx.) for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage configuration. The 4GB RAM / 64GB storage configuration is sold for 1198 yuan (US$ 177 / ? 12,461 approx.). Finally, the biggest storage configuration which is the 6GB RAM / 64GB will cost you 1399 yuan (US$ 204 / ? 14,541 approx.) to obtain.
Verdict
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 wasn’t bad at all when my team and I had to go through this smartphone. The device was able to offer excellent performance, and we hardly recorded any lag during the time of use.
So, if what you want in a smartphone are a long-lasting battery and great cameras, then you should consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.