Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro hands-on review

16 February 2018
While some phones are inspired by the ‘less is more’ mantra, Samsung’s Galaxy Note family has always proudly claimed that ‘more is more’. More features, more options, more settings, more ways to interact with your handset, more choice made possible by the use of the best components adding up to the biggest and baddest spec list. To paraphrase a well known...

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Eager about its loudness n sound. Plz describe

    OMGush, 23 Feb 2018I'll wait for next gen MiA1. Can't stand MIUI. Popular model's see a lot of developer love thank to their affordability & I am certain that RN5 Pro will be one of those. So plenty of costume ROM's will be available.

      imRGZ, 23 Feb 2018"The only area we wish Xiaomi would improve is in software.... moreWell Chinese & pretty much almost whole Asia do.
      Xiaomi needs to improve fast and I don't mean visual part but under the hud as things deteriorated fast; MiUI 8 whose worser than 7 & 9 is horrible worse than anything before regarding bug's and battery drain. Further more they need to start updating kernels and patch CVE's more.

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        • imRGZ
        • upf
        • 23 Feb 2018

        AnonD-696542, 22 Feb 2018Well you can't compare a cheap Chinese copy crap with the $... moreFrom an iFan's perspective even $2000 is justifiable. The very same reason why Apple's pricing is outrageous. Just to milk dollars out of their die hard fans. How can you justify this: iPhone8s and Xs support fast charging and doesn't come with a fast charger with the box? Shelling out 150USD more for the sake of fast charger alone apart from 1000USD phone? S8/S8+/OP5T all come with their own fast chargers included in the box. Coming back to iPhone X, whatever you may think, 1k USD is a waste for a Beta Product with buggy OS.

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          • imRGZ
          • upf
          • 23 Feb 2018

          "The only area we wish Xiaomi would improve is in software. MIUI was really cool back when Android looked like something you'll would find on an ATM today but it's not 2012 anymore and we don't even particularly like seeing the iOS UI on iPhones, let alone Android phones. The company needs to rethink its software design strategy and align itself with modern Android design guidelines, current industry trends as well as the tastes and expectations of users outside of China."
          Exactly, an Android phone should look and perform lika an Android Phone does. Nobody wants iPhoneish Android.

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            • Abhi
            • U{Y
            • 23 Feb 2018

            the ist andriod phone which i used was samsung s duos after that phones has been changed prefrences also changed finall after april 2016 i got stablity cox i brought MI 3 S Prime it totally won my heart after that MI note 3 again my heart got captured then note 4 and finally Note 5 pro
            totally bomb blastic
            MI is like my family

            lots of love for MI

              I'll wait for next gen MiA1. Can't stand MIUI.

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                • AnonD-727802
                • f}n
                • 22 Feb 2018

                guys,what's about the sound quality? is it good enough? Both speaker & headphone output

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                  • AnonD-696124
                  • ix9
                  • 22 Feb 2018

                  AnonD-696542, 22 Feb 2018Well you can't compare a cheap Chinese copy crap with the $... morejustifies? What justification? camera?
                  The pixel phones are the best devices to sport camera
                  The oneplus 5T beats every iphone X in terms of speed tests and most android flagship phones beat the poor battery from any iphone.
                  FaceID? lol, even tho faceunlock on the oneplus 5T isn't as secure it's way faster to unlock and it doesn't actually fail.
                  And look at those side bezels and the huge notch.
                  I rather want an overall big clean bezelles phone in my hand.
                  The iphone X is a good phone but don't come here saying 1K is justified. If it wasn't for the carriers, Apple wouldn't sell 10% of their phones.

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                    • AnonD-368020
                    • XQh
                    • 22 Feb 2018

                    Sometimes you don't care or have a product but still you have to put a review because everyone is searching it on internet and you do not want to lose the traffic.

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                      • AnonD-709656
                      • 3Y6
                      • 22 Feb 2018

                      Stop the fight now! Apple iPhone X is not worth it's 1000$ price tag as phones like OnePlus 5T has beaten it in every test and came realllly close on camera test for a price of 500$. I would say, if you are an iOS Fan and want the newest phone, Go for iPhone 8 or 8 Plus although their battery life is really bad.

                      Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro seems good. Great camera, Great Performance and is cheaper than the stupid Samsung Galaxy A8 which is slower than this phone...

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                        • AnonD-80360
                        • vGW
                        • 22 Feb 2018

                        AnonD-696542, 22 Feb 2018Well you can't compare a cheap Chinese copy crap with the $... morewho cares about apple these days.. apple is good at only one thing..... throttling...more throttling

                          AnonD-696542, 22 Feb 2018Well you can't compare a cheap Chinese copy crap with the $... moreThat contains the same Chinese and Korean crap only with Apple pricings for it.

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                            • AnonD-696542
                            • rKK
                            • 22 Feb 2018

                            AnonD-80360, 22 Feb 2018at least one don't have to pay 1000 dollars for a phone..lolWell you can't compare a cheap Chinese copy crap with the $1k iPhone X which justifies it's high price

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                              • vG0
                              • 22 Feb 2018

                              lampshade, 21 Feb 2018Such an iPhone X style ugly camera...at least one don't have to pay 1000 dollars for a phone..lol

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                                • Pumpino
                                • tRq
                                • 22 Feb 2018

                                Anonymous, 21 Feb 2018How does it fare with Mi Note 3? With a little bit extra,... moreThe Mi Note 3 has the SD660, which is slightly more powerful than the SD636, is much shorter (it has a 16:9 display), has a USB-C port and has a superior camera (by all accounts). Why GSM Arena refuses to review it, despite the frequent requests, is surprising. It's a very under-rated phone.

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                                  • AnonD-724726
                                  • fnG
                                  • 21 Feb 2018

                                  Definitely buying it...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 0mU
                                    • 21 Feb 2018

                                    AnonD-590271, 21 Feb 2018I would like to see a performance comparison against the Re... moreThey are about the same regarding real usage, CPU A72 to A73 is the same performance & GPU also. In one test A510 will be a bit faster in another one A509. Still in real usage (playing games) S636's A509 will be faster (up to 25%) as it will be able to contain it's peak performance level's (A510 can't for longer than 15~20 minutes). But all in all it's not a game change for comparison A540 is 3x faster & upcoming A630 is 4x faster (but they also throttle down to 70~75% of peak performance).

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                                      • MG7
                                      • YTd
                                      • 21 Feb 2018

                                      First time heard the shortcomings of miui from gsmarena. It seems gsmarena views have changed about miui after polls. Before that gsmarena seemed to be a fan of miui.

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                                        • Yuvvraajkumar
                                        • Dk0
                                        • 21 Feb 2018

                                        Everything is good here except design, xiaomi must have their own design, they shouldn't copy iPhone design