76 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 71
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
Price: £179 from fave.co/2KGtORV
Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 charged straight to the top
spot in both our UK and Chinese budget phone charts
when it first came out, knocking the Mi A2 Lite off its
perch. It was the first handset from newly spun-off
Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi, and as such it marked a
huge departure from Redmi as you know it.
Headlining is a 48Mp dual-lens camera, and
Redmi Note 7 was actually the first Xiaomi phone
to pack such a high megapixel count – though Mi 9
then came along and did it better. There are some
similarities between this budget phone and Xiaomi’s
flagship, but Redmi Note 7 is much more closely
aligned in specs and performance with the Oppo F11
Pro, another Chinese phone that has not yet gone
on sale in the UK (and may not ever do so).
It’s also got a large 6.3in Full-HD+ screen and
promises all day runtime from a 4,000mAh battery
with Quick Charge 4 support. Plus some users will
be very happy to see the inclusion of a traditional
3.5mm headphone jack.
Xiaomi has kept down costs by specifying a mid-
range Snapdragon 660 chip and 3- or 4GB of RAM,
allowing this budget Android to be available from as
little as £179. That’s for the 3GB RAM, 32GB storage
model, while the 6GB RAM, 64GB storage model we
review here costs £199. There’s also a 128GB storage
