Xiaomi, which has seen sales dip in its home market, is eyeing India as the next big space for its growth. The company claims it crossed $1 billion in revenue in India for the year 2016. For Xiaomi, its budget phones have done well in India; the Redmi series which includes Redmi Note 3, Redmi 3S, Redmi 3S Prime has managed to generate a lot of interest, especially for online buyers.
A large battery life has emerged as the USP of the Xiaomi Redmi Note series, and the same continues with the new Redmi Note 4. The newer phone was launched in China last year, and comes with a 4,100 mAh battery; its predecessor had a 4050 mAh battery. Redmi Note 4 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, which uses the new 14nm FinFET technology. According to Xiaomi, the processor is more power efficient and ensure a better battery performance, compared to the earlier phone which had a more 28nm Snapdragon 650 processor. The GPU is Adreno 506 with this smartphone.
Xiaomi says the new Redmi Note 4 performs 25 per cent better on the battery front compared to the earlier phone. In terms of specifications, the Redmi Note 4 has a 5.5-inch full HD display (1920×1080 pixels) with 2.5D arc glass design, a 13MP primary camera, and 5MP front camera. The rear camera uses a Sony CMOS sensor with 1.12 micron pixel size for better low-light performance. It also supports PDAF, and has an LED flash and f/2.0 aperture
This is the first Xiaomi phone which has a full 2.5D curved glass on the front. There's also a fingerprint scanner at the back, and the phone runs with Android Marshmallow and MIUI 8.0.
Xiaomi says it is testing Android Nougat 7.0 with the device as well, and the beta version of this will be ready to download for those who are interested, once the phone goes on sale.
This will be a dual-SIM smartphone with 4G VoLTE smartphone. It has a hybrid dual-SIM slot with microSD included in it. The Redmi Note 4 has dual speakers at the bottom, instead of speakers at the back like the older phone.
