Xiaomi Redmi 5 review

29 January 2018
Xiaomi's Redmi line has become synonymous with quality Android experience on a budget with a good reason. It is nearly impossible to beat the up and coming Chinese manufacturer's value propositions, especially if you live in a Xiaomi-covered market.

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  • 23 May 2018

AnonD-747467, 26 Mar 2018Audio was distorted when recording video in noisy environme... moreconsidering audio recording quality depends on the recording conditions the loud and noisy environment is the reason of the bad audio recording, not because of the hardware or the programming itself.

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    • mike
    • nxF
    • 20 May 2018

    Been using this for a month. A brilliant phone, perfect size, 450 is very fast with Miui9, battery is about 7h of SOT, which translates to 2 days of use for me. It's just a perfectly sized phone which delivers everything very good. I could have bought Plus, but 5.7 18:9 is the new 5.2" and i love it.

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      • dudeTH
      • pEq
      • 14 May 2018

      for that prise is good !

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        • AnonD-752666
        • XRD
        • 17 Apr 2018

        Phone battery gets extremely heated if u want to give full charge from empty. My phone get bend while charging due to overheat. But if u charge it at night or early morning, battery don't get overheated. I think this is due to low quality charger and high amp. Except this, the phone is good.

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          • AnonD-747467
          • X}q
          • 26 Mar 2018

          Audio was distorted when recording video in noisy environments such as nightclubs, concerts, etc. I bought the 32/3GB variant and considering the 149 USD price tag it was not an issue for me. If you're a party animal, don't buy this phone.

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            • Tahsin Mim
            • XQZ
            • 13 Mar 2018

            It's cool & smart.

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              • A Gamer
              • t@g
              • 12 Mar 2018

              As a gamer I prefer this version than plus version

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                • NickTheDude
                • tdA
                • 05 Mar 2018

                Thumbs Up Mi you know how to play the game . lower resolution means better graphical performance . that means it should feel faster than redmi 5 plus . because both have almost same gpu and here the resolution is less that means faster ...

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                  • Ankit Jacker Yadav
                  • DkF
                  • 06 Feb 2018

                  I love this phone

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                    • AnonD-26314
                    • pLS
                    • 03 Feb 2018

                    Pasta Strife, 03 Feb 2018Well then go buy a brand new iPhone for less than $200Why? I don't want an iPhone.

                      AnonD-26314, 31 Jan 2018Err, no? I don't think any OEMs have an excuse. They should... moreWell then go buy a brand new iPhone for less than $200

                        AnonD-26314, 30 Jan 2018I think it is inexcusable to launch a new phone on Nougat w... moreThis was launched on December 2017 but yeah still I wish it launched on Oreo..

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tVn
                          • 02 Feb 2018

                          The regular redmi 5 should have had a smaller size screen like 5.5inch.

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                            • AnonD-26314
                            • pLS
                            • 31 Jan 2018

                            Hayaan Mo Sila, 30 Jan 2018Yup. It is OKAY for Samsung to not give Oreo for the Note 8... moreErr, no? I don't think any OEMs have an excuse. They should stop releasing so many variants so that they can support a few core models. This works really well for Apple so they can't say it doesn't make business sense.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • uC0
                              • 31 Jan 2018

                              AnonD-723332, 30 Jan 2018If they used 4000mAh battery instead, the endurance rating ... moreAgreed. Noticed the same thing when I've looked to compare it on the batt life chart. In short, it doesn't like there's much of an excuse for Xiaomi to cut down on the batt pack capacity save for trying to score thinness. Highly doubt anything significant in terms of dollar and cent on the -1000mAh cost reduction.

                              Probably the current shipped software/firmware but it'd be a miracle if the next updates can somehow boost the batt life stats to anywhere >+5 hours.

                                AnonD-26314, 30 Jan 2018I think it is inexcusable to launch a new phone on Nougat w... moreYup. It is OKAY for Samsung to not give Oreo for the Note 8, but is a CRIME for, say Asus, to release Oreo just now for the Zenfone 3.

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                                  • AnonD-26314
                                  • pLS
                                  • 30 Jan 2018

                                  I think it is inexcusable to launch a new phone on Nougat when it is nearly Feb2018!!

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                                    • AnonD-234961
                                    • p$u
                                    • 30 Jan 2018

                                    Battey life is less than ideal, I was hoping for a lot more.

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                                      • AnonD-723332
                                      • Nnv
                                      • 30 Jan 2018

                                      If they used 4000mAh battery instead, the endurance rating would have been 110h. That would have made a phone, already worth buying, even more so.

                                      I really wish they would make a 5" wide screen variant instead. It would be awesome to have a phone that's nice and compact for one hand use.

                                        Anonymous, 30 Jan 2018It would be nice if you could post a photo stacking this on... moreYou can open the Redmi 5 Plus review - the first picture shows the two Redmi 5s together.