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First of all, I would like to apologize to you, dear readers, for such a long delay in the the preparation of this review. The fact that the original smartphone came to me as early as mid-October, but the model proved to be defective, on the screen with the choice of language could not go, the lower part of the screen just do not respond to touch. As a result, the replacement came only six weeks, and by that time already reached the third generation smart phone.
Content
- Features
- Options
- Appearance, materials, controls, assembly
- Dimensions
- Screen
- Operating System
- Performance
- Work Offline
- Camera
- Wireless interfaces
- Conclusion
Features
- class: the previous generation flagship
- Form factor: candy bar
- Body materials: matte plastic
- Operating system: Android 5.0.2 and MIUI
- Network: two SIM-cards, a radio, supports GSM / EDGE, WCDMA, LTE (microSIM)
- Platform: MediaTek Helio X10
- Processor: eight-2 / 2.2 GHz
- Graphics Processing Unit: PowerVR G6200
- RAM: 2GB
- Memory storage: 16/32 GB memory card slot microSD (supports cards up to 200 GB)
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi (a / b / g / n / ac), dual-band, Bluetooth 4.0 LE (A2DP, EDR), connector microUSB (USB 2.0) for charging / synchronization, 3.5 mm headset,
- Screen: 5.5 ” capacitive, IPS-matrix, 1920×1080 pixels (FHD), automatic adjustment of the backlight, oleophobic coating is present
- Camera: 13 MP, video recording in 1080p (1920×1080 pixels), LED flash
- Front camera: 5 MP
- Navigation: GPS / GLONASS (supports A- GPS)
- sensors: accelerometer sensor position in space, gyroscope, light sensor
- Battery: removable, Li-Ion, capacity 3020/3060 mAh
- Dimensions : 152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
- Weight: 160 g
- Price 12 000
Options
- Smart
- Battery charger
- cable to connect to a PC (also part of the charger)
Phones Xiaomi traditionally delivered in a plain cardboard box, they look simple but tasteful.
Appearance, materials, controls, assembly
What can you say about the appearance of this model? Nothing special, a typical candy bar with rounded edges. Part of the situation is improving various color options for the unit, although most shops are only available models in gray or white. It is important to note that in addition to the color covers, and its material is different. Grey smartphone smoother and the white slightly rough to the touch.
On the front side of the peephole installed front camera, light sensor and proximity, as well as LED notification of new messages .
Below you can see a panel of three touch buttons “Menu”, “Home” and “Back”. It is noteworthy that a short press on the “Menu” is the latest application. In the settings you can change the action buttons. The backlight is red, it is very difficult to see, it is better to use the onscreen buttons.
On the left is the volume rocker and power button, bottom – microUSB-port, top – 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Behind the city’s main camera and external speaker mesh. At last a good margin volume and sound quality.
The back cover is removable, hidden beneath a removable battery, two microSIM slot and a slot for memory cards microSD, supported card capacity up to 200 GB.
The device is perfectly assembled backlash and squeaks are missing.
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Dimensions
| Height (mm) | width (mm) | Thickness (mm) | Weight (g) | |
| Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 | 152 | 76 | 8.3 | 160 |
| Meizu M2 Note | 150.9 | 75.2 | 8.7 | 149 |
| Samsung Galaxy Note 5 | 153.2 | 76.1 | 7.6 | 171 |
| Asus ZenFone 6 | 166.9 | 84.3 | 9.9 | 196 |
In spite of the large screen, at Redmi Note 2 very good size for PHABLET course. It is quite thin and light, but hold it with one hand still uncomfortable.
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Screen
| Feature | Value |
| Screen | 5.5 inches |
| Display resolution | 1920×1080 pixels |
| The value of PPI | 403 |
| Matrix type | IPS |
| protective coating | Glass |
| oleophobic coating | Do |
| Automatically adjusts the brightness of | Do |
| support “multitouch» | There are up to ten simultaneous keystrokes |
Should to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how good the displays were installed in a relatively low-cost devices. In Redmi Note 2 excellent screen with a large range of brightness, excellent color reproduction close to the maximum viewing angles and good behavior in the sun. Separately, I note a qualitative oleophobic coating.
The user can adjust the color reproduction settings.
The only disadvantage of the screen – the poor performance of automatic brightness control, and she tries to reduce the backlight to uncomfortable levels. For the rest, it’s a great display, it can be safely described as one of the main advantages of the device.
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Operating System
The device is running Android 5.0.2 and MIUI 6.x. We have many times talked about this shell, so I see no reason to repeat.
However, there is one very nasty little things about which you should know: the machine out of the box has a very limited support for the Russian language, half of the menu and the settings are not translated, moreover, Russian and English languages different fonts, which also does not look very nice. Of course, experienced users will not be difficult to flash the device, but if you are not, then keep this feature in mind before you buy.
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Performance
| Feature | Value |
| chipset | MediaTek Helio X10 |
| CPU | an eight 2.2 GHz |
| Graphics Processing Unit | PowerVR G6200 |
| Amount of RAM | 2 GB |
| Internal Storage Capacity | 16/32 GB |
| The presence of a memory card | Do |
The MIUI starting with Android 4.0 had a small problem with the performance. All machines that I tested were visible when scrolling podlagivaniya desktop and menu settings. Fortunately, Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 this disadvantage is not.
The device works well as conventional applications, and with the productive toys. But the heating device I do not really like, it is often heated, even with banal scrolling ribbon tweeter or checking mail.
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Autonomy
| Feature | Value |
| Battery capacity | 3020/3060 mAh |
| Battery | A removable, Li-Ion |
With daily use smartphone guarantees just half an hour of the included display (we are talking about web services and the use of mobile Internet), the device is remarkably short period even when the screen is off. I had to regularly recharge your smartphone in the afternoon. The schedule battery indicated that the greatest power was in Android-system and not from any specific application.
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Camera
Resolution main camera – 13 MP, have LED flash, auto-focus tracking in movie mode as well as the ability to shoot and TimeLapse Slow-mo video. Because of the nice features I note the ability to change the exposure for “wheel” focus.
Here – comment by Roman White Quality Camera:
Daily pictures on Redmi Note 2 are of good quality: fairly accurate white balance, more or less normal detail, low noise, good sharpness on the sides of the frame.
In the context of space frames out the average in quality, since the matrix and F2.2 Aperture no longer cope. Appears monochrome noise which is suppressed “shumodava” and is very bad: just smeared pixels. However, the picture is relatively sharp.
When the lighting conditions, such as at night, the sound of “get out” even more, there is even color noise. Of the camera is trying to “clean” image, but, again, the matrix is apparently small, so the photos are lubricated, the focus is “naughty».
About the video virtually nothing to say: FullHD at 30 frames during the day and 15 frames night . The sound is low quality, stereo.
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Wireless interfaces
| Interface | Availability |
| Wi-Fi | there, b / g / n / ac, dual-band, supports Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth | Yes, version 4.0 LE, supports all popular profiles, including A2DP |
| GPS | Cold start takes about 7 seconds |
| Mobile data | GSM 900/1800/1900/2600, 3G, LTE, two SIM-cards |
| USB On-The-Go | Do |
As part of the interface is almost complete gentleman’s set is not enough unless the NFC. I just did not like the work of GPS-module – a smartphone quickly finds satellites, but using the same Yandex.Maps your location constantly “jumping».
Conclusion
This is one of the few machines that worked mediocre earpiece and microphone. And I, and my interlocutors could not hear each other, and the tests were carried out in several different places. Perhaps it is a problem only of my system, but keep them in mind before you buy.
In the Chinese online stores Redmi Note 2 is on sale for $ 150, our salesmen asked him about 12 000 . For the money you get a smartphone with a very good screen, fast and functional shell, but the partial support of the Russian language, with poor battery life and lack of official guarantee.
We in the comments made to praise Xiaomi for affordable yet good smartphones, in fact, it turns a lot of different “but” encountered in vivo use. Commentators usually do not know about them, so their products Xiaomi often looks perfect competitor for any smartphone.
Should I take Redmi Note 2 now? Personally, I save up to and tried new flagship Redmi Note 3, it is, by the way, already in the hands of Artem Lutfullina.
UPD : Our subscribers on YouTube noted that their European and international versions of the behavior of the smartphone was much better, it concerned the battery life, the background discharge.
The author expresses his gratitude to the online store GearBest for providing a test Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 .
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