Redmi Note 7 fails spectacularly at an actual durability test

27 February 2019
The phone has plenty of weak build points, despite what some Chinese influencers suggested earlier.

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  • 27 Feb 2019

I'm so tired reading all these comments, mostly indian, praising Xiaomi alot and taking down others' opinion that think other brands are better.

I mean, if you think it's better. Go for it, voice your words. But dont judge other people opinion.

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    • 27 Feb 2019

    Anonymous, 27 Feb 2019This is why Nokia still d king of durability We soon forget about Nokia. They are boring old design and old hardware with luxury brand prices. But now as a new HMD start up company. For me they have lost all the feel i have always had for Nokia. They offer nothing special for higher price then Xiaomi give for me on lower price even. Poco F1 can be bough new for 250 euro in some places even. For 250 euro you get maybe Nokie 6.1/X6 with sd636 chip. These note 7 sd660, sd675 and rumored Redmi 7 with sd710 all under 250 euro.

    So i ask whats so special about Nokia that is stock droid and no unique from the brand of it's own. And they are always late for the market. Xiaomi have new phone in the China market and month later they are already global version with B20 band. And in half a year sickle new up to date facelift models out and same month later with B20 global versions. For Nokia it takes 6 months before they come with new models to Europe and these phones are sold in China/India first. So for me this new Nokia is like any other China/India phone that my market wont get.

      Just asking, 27 Feb 2019Then why he posted video before a day before lunch in India... more"Coincidence".

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        • Anonymous
        • kZr
        • 27 Feb 2019

        Pedep, 27 Feb 2019These test is a pure junk i have few the whole plastic phon... moreThe video makes it pretty clear that the phone is quite durable and will likely stand up to everyday use and abuse, but it can't stand up to extreme abuse, and many of the phones that are tested can.

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          • Anonymous
          • U2T
          • 27 Feb 2019

          This is why Nokia still d king of durability

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            • Anonymous
            • snJ
            • 27 Feb 2019

            " A phone might bend accidentally if sit on it while it is in your back pocket "
            well that's a problem that should be easy enough to solve, at least

              Abunja, 27 Feb 2019The idea is when a phone is subjected to flex, it might get... moreTo be fair, it is his job and it's not like he doesn't do it to any other phone. The part about flexing was really insightful though, thanks for the info. As for the phone, I'll give it a pass because what it lacks in rigidity, it makes up for it in everything else

                Gauron, 27 Feb 2019Metal, at this price point? Get real people. At this price... moreEh, point taken. Nothing a good old case can't fix

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                  • pI@
                  • 27 Feb 2019

                  eryrigthings needs to have pressure plate under his fingers to test how much force was applied to get the bend. And same with any other phone he bends. From this video you can see that it's not bending that easy and is still needing to apply a lot of pressure. But we never know how durable these phones are when we dont know how much pressure was applied to get the bend done.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • LEi
                    • 27 Feb 2019

                    are you

                    are you guys seriously complaining about the build quality of a $150 phone with 8GB RAM and a 48MP camera

                    some compromises had to be made, jesus

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                      • 27 Feb 2019

                      Gauron, 27 Feb 2019Metal, at this price point? Get real people. At this price... moreYear ago come out redmi note 5 that had metal back and sides. As even in the Video he said about it. So dont talk about the price that much as redmi note 5 at first was around 180 euro for 3/32gb version too.

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                        • 27 Feb 2019

                        Pedep, 27 Feb 2019These test is a pure junk i have few the whole plastic phon... moreGo back to the iphone bend-date days, people is dumb and they sit on their phones, pointless for most people, but there is always that person that bents their phones, i have seen people post on how to fix them, regular people.

                          Maybe Redmi Note 7 is not weak maybe JerryRig got stronger and why does he keeps the screen on it annoys me

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                            • U@a
                            • 27 Feb 2019

                            Anonymous, 27 Feb 2019Or realme and asusAsus uses metal frames.
                            Only on the max Pro m2 they used plastic back not frame.

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                              • 3pJ
                              • 27 Feb 2019

                              These test is a pure junk i have few the whole plastic phones and i never bend or broke it and i am sure has been built much much worst like these one. How many people watch that crap a how many decided to don't buy phone? Hmmm it's pathetic and sneaky attempt to misleading people but that's how looks our word today ,true or fake very thin gap between

                                "note 7" always fail

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Fht
                                  • 27 Feb 2019

                                  Owned a Xiaomi , on paper they seem good. Total garbage.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Fht
                                    • 27 Feb 2019

                                    You only buy phones from these cheap brands only once. Never again.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 6p$
                                      • 27 Feb 2019

                                      Anonymous, 27 Feb 2019Thank God he posted video just before launch. Otherwise i w... moreThis clearly shows your carelessness and it is nothing to be proud of.

                                        Just asking, 27 Feb 2019Then why he posted video before a day before lunch in India... moreThere was a lot of request for this bend test from his Indian viewers. So, probably he ordered one from china as its not available internationally yet and he got it today. And he did the test. Its just a coincident. Chill bro...