Intro
The Xiaomi is a very interesting brand, as if that was not enough to have the 4th largest market share of the world mobile phones (5.7%) still manages to make devices air purifiers, blood pressure meters, gamepads and, among many other devices, most recently camcorders “all-terrain”. It has done so using a model of direct sales to consumers together with low profit margins, thereby succeeded beyond astronomical sales figures, generate a great fan base which among other things ensures a huge support in terms of software for all models Xiaomi smartphones, a true community; covering the high ranges to the lower, and after all, it is in the latter that fits Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 but how can they read, only on price is that this device can be considered a low range.
Hardware
The Redmi Note 2 is made entirely of plastic, a commitment I’m willing to do He helped keep the price of the device softly, as though it is not a plastic would call cheap. The two weeks I used the phone without any cover left no scratch or mark on its back cover.
The look is minimalist, but it’s good to note that the capacitive buttons below the screen are red (REDmi) what makes a funny contrast to the black device front.
The right side features the volume rocker and the On / Off, both plastic and with a very positive feedback when pressed. Unfortunately none of them seem to go that keep well over time
The left side is empty, unlike lower than It has a micro-USB port and the main microphone. The secondary microphone can be found at the top along with the IR emitter and the entrance to a jack 3.5mm. The column is located at the rear where there is also a high small prevents it from being muffled when the phone is placed on its back on a table. When removing the rear can access the battery, the two slot for Micro Sim cards and the entrance to the micro SD.
In this case the Xiaomi does not send headphones and the box can only find, in addition to the device, a USB cable to micro-USB, the plug adapter and an instruction book entirely in Chinese.
The screen displays a realistic color and a good definition as expected (Full HD). In terms of brightness, in my opinion, could be better. At least it is very dark indeed, facilitating their prolonged use in dark locations, but the maximum is slightly short because despite being usable in the sun, always gets the impression that could be better.
Despite not having any water resistance rating, the Xiaomi published on your channel a video where you can see it to be submerged in a container with water, and once removed, to continue working.
Battery
In the two months of daily use went through different ROMs, but the battery was one of those who remained points almost constant, and thank goodness! In my day-to-day with a use consisting of 2D games, view e-mails, surf the internet, Tapatalk and Facebook, about 100 sms’s and 1 hour of calls. With this, I come to the end of my 16-hour day with some spare battery and always spent more 3:30 am with LCD screen on (already for more than one time almost reached 5 am)! According to the MIUI the largest consumer of Bateira is, as expected, the screen; which tells us that the software is well optimized.
GPS
The GPS is one of the highlights of this device, contrary to what is said by the Internet SoCs MediaTek have no inherent problem with GPSs, simply have to be optimized with the software. In all my tests, this time just in the middle of Lisbon, the lock with the satellites was almost immediate and remained until the end of the trip, with only slight delays in most areas covered, but nothing to prevent its use.
Software
The very skin of Xiaomi The MIUI is a case of love or hate, with many people fleeing them and many others to try to install it (and with many success stories) in their smartphones that are not Xiaomi. For our handset is available version 6 of Stable or MIUI 7 in Developer mode, which means that despite having updates every Friday (the international version with Google applications is available only 1 or 2 days later) There may be some bugs.
The MIUI 7 is the Skins more fluid I found and also with the highest page settings, allowing you to control everything to the smallest detail, from the notifications to root access (the version developer comes with pre-root is easily activated and controlled on the smartphone itself, without external applications) to the color temperature or color assigned to each LED notification type. One of the details that you notice immediately is the absence of an application drawer, which are organized similarly to the iOS.
Performance
I can not say that the performance is top-notch, but believe that the Redmi Note 2 is far from the first to let you deem advance of turns. The Mt6795 has a graphic level of the best Snapdragon, but not so that they will be prevented from playing your favorite game; never had issues with Asphalt 8, Real Boxing or Dead Trigger 2. 2 GB of RAM allow a high level of multitasking, that if we are talking about commonly used applications such as Facebook, Messages, Camera, Browser or even games are not too demanding, the experience is always fluid. From the moment they open two heavy games while a few pages in the browser and the aforementioned applications, the situation tends to change the figure, and apart from some delays the more likely it is that the games are closed by the system.
How could it be otherwise, here are the results obtained in AnTuTu in normal and performance mode.
Sound
Since we are talking about a mobile phone should be noted that I never had any problems with the quality of phone calls and the volume may be increased to the point of being uncomfortable. The Bluetooth connection to the car runs smoothly and calls also take place normally.
Although it lacks one of the bands 4G utlizadas in Portugal, at least in Lisbon never noticed, since it has 4G in most places; only in a few buildings noticed the move to 3G. Unfortunately it will not be so in every country, especially away from our urban centers.
The sound quality is as expected from a mobile phone these perfectly satisfactory for anyone provided they do not is an audiophile, whether using earphones or column. But Redmi Note 2 has an asset that many others do not have a music application capable of playing various music files in lossless formats. For those who still like to buy CDs and listen to them without compressions, do it in a mobile phone is a chore because the vast majority of applications does not support these files, believe me, I speak from experience. As there is not all rosy, its interface is of poor quality, it is not possible to choose one artist and then narrow down the results by Album. Or is chosen by Artist, Album or Folder. After all it seemed a lesser evil.
House
The camera presented to us leaves something to be desired at least until we remember how much it cost the phone. To facilitate this analysis I will leave it to the discretion of each side of each photo taken with the Redmi Note 2 (RIGHT) will put a shot with one that is certainly one of the best mobile of the moment cameras, the Samsung Galaxy S6 (LEFT).
Conclusion
Throughout this review I mentioned several times the price of this smartphone, but the truth is that this can vary greatly depending on the store, and therefore for reference I can say that paid for it € 146. That being said I can also say that if he had paid € 178, continue to feel you are on top of smartphone & lt; € 200.
There is a premium offer, is made of plastic, “only” has 2 GB of RAM, the screen is “only” Full HD and the camera is not exceptional; on the other hand has battery for all day use and multitasking result of fluid and quickly, the processor can handle 3D games, GPS does not fail and the software is stable and useful. Moreover as it is a Xiaomi has an active community, always ready to improve it and to help those in need.
It has been my only phone in the last two months, and could not be more pleased with the purchase.
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