Xiaomi Redmi Note 5

Impressive 18:9 display ; Great battery life ; Camera creates good pictures ; Value for money

No USB Type-C ; Dated design

There’s nothing wrong with the Note 5 except for the fact that it doesn’t look like an upgrade. It’s more like a tweaked version of the smartphone that made waves last year.

Great battery Solid performance

Weak camera Subject to the usual drawbacks of importing a phone

Between the solid material design and build-quality, performance that swings above its price-bracket and slick software experience, the Redmi Note 5 is a smartphone that’s very easy to recommend.

plenty of CPU and GPU power for the money ; good call quality ; long battery life ; bright and high contrast display ; Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11 ac WiFi ; reasonable surface temperatures under load ; current version of Android ; no throttling

relatively high power consumption ; strong blue tint to the display ; the microphone is frequently too sensitive ; the OS is sometimes restrictive for apps

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