Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Review

A Chinese mobile company, Xiaomi has taken budget smartphones to a different level from the day of its establishment. And following the same trend, Xiaomi released another budget smartphone named Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime, the successor of Redmi 1 and Redmi 2. The smartphone was officially launched on April, 2016.

The Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime is completely made up of a metal unibody, however receives plastic in the antenna stripe. The device features non-removable rear panel that touches the metal frame. The rear panel receives slight curves which helps users to hold it easily. Moreover, the device also features 2.5D curved corning gorilla glass.

The top bezel features an earpiece followed by a front facing camera, and various sensors. However, this device lacks notification LED light. The device, further, features the capacitive home, recent app and back buttons at the bottom bezel. However, just like other smartphones of Xiaomi like Redmi 2 Pro, the Redmi 4 Prime too lacks backlit.

The Redmi 4 Prime features a 3.5 mm headphone socket, a secondary microphone and an IR sensor at the top. Further, we can notice the USB port, a speaker grille and a primary microphone at the bottom. The device features main camera on the top-left corner along with the LED flashlight and fingerprint sensor at its back part. The device also possesses power key and the volume alteration keys at the right side and the hybrid SIM slot is placed at the left side.

The Redmi 4 Prime features 5.0 inches IPS LCD screen with 1080 x 1920 pixels full HD resolution and ~441 ppi pixels density. The screen produces vibrant color and texts are also sharp. The viewing angles also are good. The device also features an ambient light sensor which helps users by automatically adjusting brightness according to the environment.

The Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime runs with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and MIUI 8. The device, further, is functioned with Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 chipset, Octa-Core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, and Adreno 506 GPU. The device is equipped with 32 GB internal memory which can later be expanded to 128 GB using a microSD card. The device comes with 3 GB of RAM.

Moreover, the Redmi 4 Prime carries 13 MP, f/2.2 aperture lens and phase detection autofocus main camera and dual tone LED flashlight. The main camera also carries different features like geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, etc. The device also acquires 5 MP and f/2.2 aperture lens front facing camera. Besides, both cameras are capable of shooting full HD videos.

Besides, the Redmi 4 Prime employs 4100 mAh non-removable battery. The device also possesses fast charging support. The battery is good and gives backup for more than two days without charging it more than once.

Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Price in Nepal : Rs. 23,500 (Around)

Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime Specification

Display

Size	5.0 inches
Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels
Color Depth	16M

Processor

CPU Speed	2.0 GHz
CPU Type	Octa-Core

Camera

Video Recording Resolution	1920 x 1080 pixels
Main Camera Resolution	13.0 MP
Front Camera Resolution	5.0 MP
Main Camera Auto-focus	Yes

Memory

RAM	3 GB
ROM	32 GB
External Memory	Yes, Expandable Up To 128 Gb

Network/Bearer^

Multi-Sim	Dual-SIM
Sim Size	Nano and Micro SIM
2G Sim	850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
2G CDMA	800 / 1900
3G CDMA	NA
3G TD-CDMA	NA
4G TDD LTE	NA

Connectivity

ANT+	NA
USB Version	USB 2.0
Headphone	3.5 mm Stereo
Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Direct	802.11 a/b/g/n, Yes
Bluetooth	Bluetooth v4.2
MHL	NA
PC Sync	NA
Location	GPS, Glonass, Beidou
NFC	No

Software

Operating Software

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Physical Information

Color+	NA
Form Factor	Touchscreen Bar
Dimension	141.3 x 69.6 x 8.9 mm
Weight	156 g
Water Resistant/Dust Proof	No

Sensors

Compass/Magnetometer	Yes
Proximity Sensor	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Ambient Light Sensor	NA
Gyroscope	NA
Barometer	NA
Temperature Sensor	NA

Battery

Standard Battery Capacity	4100 MAh
Removable	No

Audio and Video

Video Playing Format	NA
Video Playing Resolution	NA
Audio Playing Format	NA