Redmi Note 4 – Key Specifications

Finally, Xiaomi’s first 10-core-powered smartphone is released. Known as Redmi Note 4 Mediatek, the phone is powered with Helio X20 SoC having 10 main CPUs with processing speed clocked up to 2.1 GHz. On top of that, the device sports 5.5 inches IPS touchscreen display running MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Under the hood, the Mediatek MT6797 Helio X20 is also powered with Mali-T880 MP4 Graphic Processing Unit (GPU). Having all of those together combined with 2GB RAM (Standard edition) or 3GB RAM (Pro edition), the device is surely a real beast among any other Android phones.

About MediaTek Helio X20

The Helio X20 performance has increased 62% compared to Helio X10 yet with 30 % more power efficiency. Let’s take a closer look at MediaTek MT6797 specs for a glance. This chipset is designed to perform extremely efficient multi-tasking jobs when compared to any dual core processors. The chipset consists of with 2x Cortex-A72 @ 2.5GHz as the main processors. The companion ones are 4x Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz and 4x Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz. The Mali-T880 MP4 GPU is clocked @ 700 MHz processing speed empowering a separate graphics processor which is solely intended for the accelerated creation of images to be outputted to a display.

Redmi Note 4 Availability

This Xiaomi’s first 10 cores smartphone is available in two models: the 16GB model and the 64GB one. Just like usual, this phone will be available firstly in China for RMB 899 (around $135) and RMB 1199 (around $180) respectively.

Redmi Note 4 vs Redmi Note 3

Specs	Redmi Note 4	Redmi Note 3 MTK
Chipset	Mediatek MT6797 Helio X20	Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10
CPUs	10 (Deca) Cores	8 (Octa) Cores
GPU	Mali-T880 MP4	PowerVR G6200
RAM	– 2GB – 3GB	– 2GB – 3GB
Storage	– 16GB – 64GB	– 16GB – 32GB
OS	MIUI 8 Android 6.0 Marshmallow	MIUI 7 Android 5.1 Lollipop (upgraded to MIUI 8)
Dimensions	151 x 76 x 8.4 mm (5.94 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)	150 x 76 x 8.7 mm (5.91 x 2.99 x 0.34 in)
Weight	175 g (6.17 oz)	164 g (5.78 oz)
Screen	5.5 inches (~72.7% screen-to-body ratio)	5.5 inches (~72.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Display resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)	1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)
Main camera	13 MP, f/2.2 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps	13 MP, f/2.2 1080p@30fps
Front camera	5 MP, f/2.0, 1080p	5 MP, f/2.0, 1080p
3.5mm Audio jack	Yes	Yes
Wifi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth	v4.2, A2DP, LE	v4.1, A2DP, LE
GPS	A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Battery	Li-Po 4100 mAh	Li-Po 4000 mAh
Dual SIM	Yes	Yes
USB	Micro v2.0	Micro v2.0
Fingerprint	Yes – rear	Yes – rear
Accelorometer	Yes	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes	Yes
4G LTE	Yes – Cat 6	Yes
Compass	Yes	Yes
Color variants	Silver, Dark Gray, Gold	Silver, Gray, Gold

Teaser Pics

Again, this phone is available firstly for China markets and therefore you may want to buy it online from China-based online stores. Otherwise, you might need to wait a little bit longer for this phone to be released officially in your country.

You can either check Gearbest Blog or directly search directly from its main store to find out if this phone is ready for purchase. Also keep in mind that the phone runs MIUI 8 China Stable build with no Play Store on it.