Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 is a smartphone developed by
Xiaomi Inc. It is a part of Xiaomi's budget
Redmi
Redmi is a subsidiary company owned by the Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. It was first announced in July 2013 as a budget smartphone line, and became a separate sub-brand of Xiaomi in 2019 with entry-level and mid-range devices, while Xia ...
Note smartphone line. Redmi Note 5 was announced on 14 February 2018 in
Delhi
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,
India
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, alongside the local release of the
Redmi Note 5 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 is a smartphone developed by Xiaomi Inc. It is a part of Xiaomi's budget Redmi Note smartphone line. Redmi Note 5 was announced on 14 February 2018 in Delhi, India, alongside the local release of the Redmi Note 5 Pro.
On 1 ...
.
On 1 March, Xiaomi announced Chinese release of Redmi Note 5 with only 13 MP front camera instead of 20 MP. Redmi note 5 and Redmi note 5 pro will be near End of life still running on Android 9 while it supports treble .
Specifications
Hardware
The Redmi Note 5 runs on
Snapdragon 625 processor. It is a 64-bit architecture-based chipset that has 8x Qualcomm® A53 CPUs with a clock speed up to 2.0 GHz that supports Qualcomm® Adreno™ 506 GPU. This chipset is able to render FHD+ (18:9) display screen.
It comes with a 5.99" full HD+ display, that has an 18:9 aspect ratio, the screen on the Redmi Note 5 has a screen-to-body ratio of 77%. The screen on the device comes with multi-touch support and uses a 2.5 curved glass screen for ultra clarity. The Redmi Note 5 has a ppt rating of 403 and a maximum resolution of 1080x2160, the LCD IPS screen allows for smooth & accurate scrolling.
The main dual-camera setup at the rear of the Redmi Note 5 is located, unlike its predecessors, at the top-left corner on a protruding camera bump that resembles the one present on the
iPhone X
The iPhone X (Roman numeral "X" pronounced "ten", also known as iPhone 10) is a smartphone designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is part of the 11th generation of the iPhone. Available for pre-order from October 27, 2017, it was re ...
. It is composed by a 12 MP image sensor plus a 5 MP depth sensor used in portrait mode to have a bokeh effect in pictures. The 13-megapixel front-facing camera features a front flashlight rated for 4500K color temperatures as claimed by the company.
Redmi Note 5 comes with 3GB or 4GB
RAM
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* Ram (given name)
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and 32GB or 64GB expandable storage memory.
Software
Redmi Note 5 (China) runs on
MIUI 10 based on
Android Oreo
Android Oreo ( codenamed Android O during development) is the eighth major release and the 15th version of the Android mobile operating system. It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2017 and released to the pub ...
8.1.0.
Redmi Note 5 Pro (
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
) and Redmi Note 5 (Global) runs on
MIUI 10.3.1 stable based on Android Pie 9.0
Flash File
Mi note flash file has two versions of the flash file, the global and the Indian version. the flash file gives you the opportunity to solve problems likes Software issues, IMEI issues, Bootloop issues, and Dead issues
Features
The most important thing is that the mobile is secure. smartphones come with a fingerprint reader and other sensors including an accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass. Additionally, include a radio. A lot of people like the audio quality, which is Noise -29.7 dB / Crosstalk -91.8 dB. It's helpful because it's not quite sharp.
Reception
Redmi Note 5 received mostly positive reviews.
TechRadar
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called it the best budget smartphone in the market and rated it 4/5. However lack of NFC and
USB type C port, as well as the camera bump and inclusion of advertisements in the UI has been criticised.
Colors
Redmi Note 5 is available in 5 colors:
# Lake Blue
# Rose Gold
# Gold
# Black
# Red
The most popular of the color being Lake Blue, which was an instant hit among the users. Red is the next best; it was introduced at a later date.
Sales
On 22 February 2018, in the first sale of the phone, the Indian division of
Xiaomi
Corporation (; ), commonly known as Xiaomi and registered as Xiaomi Inc., is a Chinese designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics and related software, home appliances, and household items. Behind Samsung, it is the second largest ma ...
claimed to had sold more than 300,000 Redmi Note 5 (
Redmi 5 Plus) and Redmi Note 5 Pro units in less than three minutes and called it the biggest sale in the Indian history of smartphones.
References
External links
Official Redmi Note 5 website*
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Smartphones
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Mobile phones introduced in 2018
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