The company’s point can prove to be true, because in 2015 Redmi 2 (And Redmi 2 Prime) And came in 2016 Redmi 3S ,Redmi 3S Prime) Also be successful phone. This smartphone We have been consistently included in our list of best smartphones for less than Rs 10,000.
2017 has been a successful year for Xiaomi, the company within 15 days of launch Redmi Note 4 More than 10 lakh units of Claimed to sell. The Chinese company is expected to maintain this growth with the new Redmi 4A. This phone has pleasures like VoLTE and 13 megapixel rear camera. What new Redmi 4A Will you be able to write a new chain of success for the company? Let’s know in the review.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A Design
You will find it a metal body made by taking Xiaomi Redmi 4A in hand for the first time. While its body is polycarbonate. The rear panel has a separate segment upwards and an antenna band like a redmi model with a metal body at the bottom.
The new smartphone has also designed a large extent like a previous Redmi phone. And customers with this price segment will not be disappointed. With a 5 -inch screen, Redmi 4A is a compact phone and is easy to use with one hand. The volume rocker and power button are on the right side while the left side is a hybrid sim slot. At the bottom is a charging point and upwards 3.5mm radio jack and infrared ammeter.
When looking from the rear, the phone looks like a Redmi 3S. The rear has Me branding and speaker grills, which are similar to the Redmi 3S. Redmi 4A does not have a fingerprint sensor and it is not a shocking thing with this price.
The phone has a little curved edges, although we would prefer the overall shape of Redmi 3S because according to our experience it fits more in the hand and fits better in the hand. The edges in Redmi 4A are just a little rotated. However, the rear panel of the phone comes with matte finish and its grip is good.
With 132 grams weight, the Redmi 4A smartphone is lighter than the 144 gram Redmi 3S. Xiaomi announced at the time of launch in India that Redmi 4A is ‘the lightest Redmi ever’. It is worth noting that both models come with 8.5 mm thickness. Redmi 4A comes in dark gray, gold and rose gold color variants. We got a dark gray unit for review.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A comes with a charger, micro-USB cable, warranty card, user guide and a SIM ejector tool. Like Xiaomi’s second product, there will not be a headset in the Retail Box of Redmi 4A, which may disappoint some users. The retail box comes with the tag ‘Made in India’. At the launch event, the company said that 95 percent of Xiaomi’s phones are now made in India.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A Specification and Software
The Redmi 4A has a 5 -inch HD (720×1280 pixels) display and 296 PPI pixel density. The display is fine and the color reproduction is also good. We had no problem in using the phone in sunlight. Text and photos look sharp while the videos look good. The Redmi 4A comes with a reading mode that improves color for the eyes and can also adjust the color temperature by going to the setting app.
This smartphone has a quad-core Snapdragon 425 processor that runs on 1.4 GHz. Adreno 308 has been integrated for graphics. It has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB inbuilt storage which can be increased to 128 GB via microSD card. This handset has a 3120 mAh non-removable battery. The company has claimed to have a standby time of up to seven days. Apart from 4G VoLTE, the Redmi 4S smartphone has features like Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS/A-GPS and GLONASS.
Users with hybrid SIM slots can use a micro SIM and a nano SIM or a microSD card at a time. On using two SIM cards, the first slot supports 4G calls and data while the second SIM will get 2G network support. The phone has gyroscopes, accelerometer, proximity sensor and ambinct light sensor.
Redmi 4A runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow based MIUI 8. The company stressed during the launch that many features have been designed in the phone keeping in mind the especially Indian users. MIUI supports 13 indic languages including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Marathi, Asami and Bengali.
Talking about the software, the phone has many features seen in the previous Redmi phone. These include dual app features so that user can sign in (eg WhatsApp, Facebook) in one app on the device. Through second space, users can keep business and personal data separately in a phone. Through second space feature, users can also sign with two different Google accounts.
Users in Redmi 4A can scroll screenshots by scrolling, for example you can also save the web page that does not fit on the screen. Apart from this, there is a child mode to lock some other MIUI features such as apps, quick shortcuts for a quick shortcut and one-handed mode to shine the screen on one corner.
The dialer app in MIUI 8 has also improved before before and it shows the collar ID as a default. It is also necessary to mention the Mi cover app, with this you can transfer data to another m phone. The phone has a theme app from which you can use a large collection of wallpaper, ringtone and font. The phone includes many apps such as scanners, mi community and mi pics. Apps like Facebook, Amazon Kindle, WPS Office, Mekkamitrip and Flipkart are already installed in Redmi 4A.
During the launch in India, Xiaomi also previously prevailed the reading messaging app that will make the IRCTus train look different on the ticket screen. That is, when you get a message of confirmation from IRCTC, Xiaomi MIUI 8 will identify it and show it as a real ticket.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A camera performance
The Redmi 4A has a 13-megapixel rear camera with a 5-element lens and aperture F/2.2. It has LED flash and also has modes such as HDR, panorama, burst mode and face recognition. Apart from this, there are many real-time filters. The phone has a 5 -megapixel front camera with aperture F/2.2. The phone has a option of 1080 pixels and 720 pixels video recording at 30 frames per second.
The main calendar of the phone brings good pictures and colors are also fantastic in good light. Photos taken in daylight come with better detailing. We could easily focus on the object, but we saw that the camera has difficulty in taking a close-up shot. Some pictures taken by us from Redmi 4A saw a lot of noise.
The rear camera of Xiaomi Redmi 4A does not work well in artificial lights. And noys are seen in pictures. Photos taken in low light come with good detailing, although they appear to be scattered. Selfie coming from the front camera comes with sharp and detailing that can be shared on social platforms. Quality is slightly bad in low light. You can record 1080 pixels videos from the phone and quality is also good. The camera app is easy to use and we liked to access the mode on a tap.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A Performance
The overall performance of Redmi 4A impressed us. There was no problem during multitasking and we could easily switch to the multiple app. We enjoyed the video streaming and watching the movie on the Redmi 4A. But we admit that the 5 -inch screen looks small due to being accustomed to using big phones.
Playing games in Redmi 4A was also a good experience and we played games like Easfallt 8 and Dead Effect 2 easily. Initially, the game hanged while launching the game as many apps were already running in the background. During our review, we saw almost, 900 MB of memory remains empty all the time and we feel that it could have been good to have more RAM.
Redmi 4A has 16 GB of storage, out of which the user has 10 GB of work. And this means that you have to rely on expandable storage. Many applies such as TV and set-top boxes can be controlled at home and office from infrared ammered in Redmi 4A.
The sound coming from the loudspeaker of the handset for a small room is good. And no sound in this price cannot be expected. Earphones do not come with the unit, so we checked audio quality with our earphones, which was fantastic. In the Setting App, Xiaomi has given many audio options.
This phone has many popular audio formats like HEVC and MPEG 4. Apart from these, PCM, AAC/EAC+, MP3, Flack and WAV are also there.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A supports VoLTE and we did not have any problem in the network even at weak signal places. The call quality was fantastic. We did not see any problem of overheating during our review.
Redmi 4A scored a respectable score in the benchmark test. The phone has a 3120 mAh battery, which supported our video loop test for 12 hours and 35 minutes. During general use, Redmi 4A proved to be a powerhouse and lasted for a full day. It is worth noting that such power saver mode was used without using it.
We used the power saver mode when the Redmi 4A battery remained 20 percent. And after this we got a battery life of up to 8 hours. Fast charging support is not available in the phone and this is not an issue for those who buy smartphones in this price.
Our decision
The new Redmi 4A has definitely set new criteria in this price segment. And hopefully it will prove to be a very popular phone. With Rs 5,999, Redmi 4A has many work features like VoLTE. The camera performance is excellent and the polycarbonate body, 3120 mAh battery and software are also satisfactory.
It will be fun to see how the Redmi 4A smartphone performs compared to the Rs 6,999 Redmi 3S. User can get a metal body, better Snapdragon 430 processor and more battery power by paying Rs 1,000 more, if you buy Redmi 3S.
It seems that the Redmi 4A smartphone has been designed for customers using smartphones for the first time. And this can be a great option for such users.