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GSMArena Team, 6 June 2017

Economy Basic


Xiaomi Redmi 4a review: Economy Basic

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  • User reviews
  • Redmi 4A

1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Hardware, Battery life, Display
  3. 3. Software
  4. 4. Benchmark performance, audio quality
  5. 5. Camera performance
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7.  
  8. Xiaomi Redmi 4A specification
  9. User opinions and reviews
  10. Review comments (41)

Xiaomi Android

Introduction

It is nothing out of the usual to praise Xiaomi for its great value offers. If you can get around the potential caveats of availability and support outside of the brand's traditional Asian markets, the China-based OEM typically has great options worth exploring in every category.

Xiaomi Redmi 4a review

With an asking price of about $100, the Redmi 4a is obviously at the very bottom of the company lineup - which pretty much equals the lowest there is in the smartphone food chain. But, let's get one thing straight right off the bat - a lower price point doesn't necessarily imply top value. For better, or worse, the Redmi 4a provides the perfect illustration of that. Here's what we're dealing with.

Xiaomi Redmi 4a key features

  • Plastic unibody design
  • Hybrid DualSIM/microSD card slot (up to 128GB)
  • 5" IPS display of 720p resolution; 296ppi
  • Snapdragon 425 chipset; Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU; Adreno 308 GPU
  • 13MP f/2.2 main camera; 1080p video capture at 30fps
  • 5MP f/2.2 front-facing camera; 720p at 30fps video recording
  • MIUI 8.1 based on Android 6.0.1 Lollipop
  • 16GB/32GB of built-in, expandable storage, 2GB of RAM
  • 4G LTE Cat.4 (150Mbps down/ 75Mbps up); Wi-Fi a/b/g/n; Bluetooth 4.2; GPS, GLONASS and Beidou; * FM radio
  • IR port
  • Dual-microphone active noise canceling
  • 3,120mAh non-removable battery

Main shortcomings

  • Sluggish entry-level chipset
  • No Gorilla Glass on the display
  • No NFC
  • Some $20 can get you fast charging, a fingerprint scanner, an octa-core CPU

If reputations are made or undone in the flagship category, the Redmi 4a must be well on the safe side being the polar opposite. We don't think this disclaimer is even needed but Xiaomi's entry level should be pretty much under most people's radar. It would've slipped under ours too was it not for a sudden spike in popularity in our charts.

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Xiaomi Redmi 4a in official photos

So, we're dealing with the low-cost alternative of an entry-level phone. Can it get any less exciting than this? Oh well, just to put things into perspective, the Xiaomi Redmi 4a is basically the same package as a Sony Xperia E5 or a Samsung Galaxy J5. You can bet these two sold by the millions, so it's a fair bid by Xiaomi to try and emulate that in emerging markets. And why not - at nearly half the price.

Just for the record, it's not the basic specs or low asking price that get the Xiaomi Redmi 4a the short shrift. And no, we are not dropping our usual in-depth reviews, so don't panic. Our goal is to give you our impressions of the phone in a concise form, without sacrificing the detailed performance review and the full test results. We hope you enjoy it.

Special thanks to HonorBuy for providing the review unit.

Next Page » 2. Hardware, Battery life, Display
1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Hardware, Battery life, Display
  3. 3. Software
  4. 4. Benchmark performance, audio quality
  5. 5. Camera performance
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7.  
  8. Xiaomi Redmi 4A specification
  9. User opinions and reviews
  10. Review comments (41)

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Xiaomi Redmi 4a review: Economy Basic - Reader comments

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  • Anonymous
  • 6p}
  • 10 Apr 2020

2.5 years gone, still giving same performance.

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  • Anonymous
  • DkQ
  • 04 Apr 2020

Good to use, This is fourth year of my use. Still the battery is good, No more mi support is there for MI 4A so last MIUI version is MIUI10. The battery bulged after years of heavy usage per day. Being a low spec mobile with SD425 it can still run F...

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  • Anonymous
  • U{A
  • 27 Oct 2019

Fine of two years still

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