Finally, this year's and the biggest launch so far is the first device of the Redmi brand, the Redmi Note 7, which is the first device to be separated from Xiaomi.On a personal note, I like this one the most of all the fashion notshos so far, because the notification bar is finally not covered by a huge sensor island and it provides more data in use than the previous ones.
The Redmi Note 7 carries on the current mobile segment, as its Xiaomi-branded predecessors were designed to do. It's low to mid-range, which is what Redmi phones are all about, but it's also outstandingly the best of the lot. The borderline so far has been between the 6 and 8 Qualcomm Snadragon processors, but thanks to the small success of the 7, this remains the case (MTK processor not to be confused with it). The Redmi note 7 also inherits the most popular 660 processor, which although its performance is below the 8, is not considered inferior. Even in day-to-day use, the difference between the two series is not that noticeable. Already if one starts the test after the 845, as I did, one can feel the small micro lags in the system and in the usual gaming mode very slightly, but still noticeably slow when loading larger data.
The phone fits snugly in the palm of even a small-handed person like me, thanks to the phone's 8.1 mm thinness. The Gorilla Glass 5 glass protection covers both sides of the phone, enclosed in a plastic-covered bezel all around. Preliminary funny tests suggest the phone holds up well, but yesterday a copy tested by an Indian fan folded in half with ease... Don't sit with it in your back pocket, it bends!
Your camera is superb! 48 MP is too much! Well, not that much. If you can fit it in, go for it, the only advantage of the high resolution is that you can enlarge the picture! The other features determine the quality of the image, the size of the pixels in the sensor, the clarity of the lenses, the amount of incident light, etc. If you only click on Facebook, you don't need a camera better than 3 MP. But it also opens up a new opportunity for people who like to take photos with their phone. You don't have to do neck-breaking stunts to get close to the subject. :-)
We'll come back to the camera test in a separate article, with lots of pictures and videos!
After 2 days of using the initial Chinese MIUI 10 Stable V10.2.8.0.PFGCNXM, I tried the multi rom from xiaomi.eu, which has Google services pre-installed and at least 90% has Hungarian language. There was no difference in speed between the two. Antutu also measured only 200 points difference between the two systems, so it really is worth switching for the two differences mentioned above. Otherwise, no. You can delete the excess or put it in a folder and it won't bother you anymore.
The display reflects the price. The brightness is weaker than a Mi series phone or the new OLED displays, although it's not worth comparing. There are visible shadows around the edges of the display, especially around the drop notch. Of course, this is only noticeable on a light background, not on a dark or completely black background. There is no illumination as with the Poco F1. It has a sharp, clear picture, colours are fainter than even the 2 year old Mi5s display. That's what you get for 41.000 forints...
All in all, it's a great continuation of the Redmi range and in the future we'll be able to get an even better, affordable experience at a price that's not quite at the top end. True, it still lacks features to break through to the top, but rumours suggest that the Redmi X will already be such a device. Maybe they'll even beat the Mi series, only then who will buy a Mi phone? It will be an interesting battle, which of course for us fans will only mean a better priced device.
