Ever since Xiaomi entered the Indian smartphone market, it has achieved great success, especially with its affordable and mid-range smartphones. The Redmi Note 3was a game changer with metal unibody, a Qualcomm hexa-core SoC, and a 4, 000mAh battery. It s successor, the Redmi Note 4 got some incremental upgrades, and that also turned out to be the company s best-selling smartphone in 2017. The success also helped Xiaomi to dethrone Samsung to take the crown as the leading smartphone maker in India.
Now, starting 2018 with a bang, Xiaomi has launched more than one product in India. These include the Redmi Note 5 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The successor to last year s Redmi Note 4, the Redmi Note 5 continues with Xiaomi s philosophy of offering good design and hardware at an affordable price point. With prices starting at Rs 9, 999 for base variant and Rs 11, 999 for the higher storage variant, the Redmi Note 5 brings minor changes compared to its predecessor. It comes with a taller 18: 9 display, a slightly better camera along with more RAM and storage on the base variant. But do these factors make the Redmi Note 5 worth buying?
The Redmi Note 5 will face tough competition with the recently launched Infinix Hot S3, which comes with a 20-megapixel front camera and Android Oreo out-of-the-box. The other competitor is the Honor 9 Lite, which comes with a premium front and back glass design, along with a dual-camera setup both at the front and back. Does the Redmi Note 5 have enough to outshine the competition? Read my detailed review to find out.