Xiaomi officially announced Redmi 4 the successor for Redmi 3 yesterday(4th November). Comes with 3 variants to cater consumer budget and requirement. Leading the pack is Redmi 4 Prime, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC which is an octa-core 2.0GHz Cortex-A53 processor with Adreno 506 GPU. This is worthwhile upgrade compared to its predecessor Redmi 3S which have Snapdragon 430. Redmi 4 Prime using 5" screen at 1080p for display, while for the storage counterpart comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.

Running Android 6.0 which skinned by MIUI 8.0 make sure it stay on latest tech even for low-end segment smartphone. The battery is 4100mAh, but there is no words yet whether Redmi 4 Prime will support fast charging or not. Other features include dual-sim slots which one of the slot can use as microSD slot, 13MP back and 5MP front camera. and Bluetooth 4.1 support.

The others two variants are Redmi 4A and Redmi 4. Pricing in China are as follow,
Redmi 4A -$74 USD
Redmi 4 - $104 USD
Redmi 4 Prime -$133 USD

Specs:

Redmi 4A
-Snapdragon 425, quad-core 1.4GHz Cortex-A53 processor
-2GB RAM and 16GB storage
-5" IPS screen at 720p
-13MP back and 5MP front camera
-3120 mAh battery

Redmi 4
-Snapdragon 430, octa-core 1.4GHz Cortex-A53 processor
-2GB RAM and 16GB storage
-5" IPS screen at 720p
-13MP back and 5MP front camera
-4100 mAh battery
-Fingerprint scanner

Redmi 4 Prime
-Snapdragon 625, quad-core 2.0GHz Cortex-A53 processor
-3GB RAM and 32GB storage
-5" IPS screen at 1080p
-13MP back and 5MP front camera
-4100 mAh battery
-Fingerprint scanner


Source(in Chinese): http://bit.ly/2eHdYmy
Source(translated by Google): http://bit.ly/2elI7qu

News Coverage:
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_unveils_red...-news-21458.php
http://www.bgr.in/news/xiaomi-redmi-4-with...tions-features/
http://vr-zone.com/articles/xiaomi-announc...ina/116152.html

This post has been edited by flexus90: Nov 5 2016, 09:36 AM

I got no idea why they dont want to use qualcomm chipset in this phone.

In coming Redmi 3 price drop

Pls update the name for Snap625 SoC. It's Redmi 4 Prime/Pro.

Errr... This is for 5" screen. All three variants has Snap SoC.

Maybe you are waiting for the 5.5" Note 4 to have Snap653, which is yet to be found.

This post has been edited by azhar75: Nov 5 2016, 07:45 AM

Snapdragon is from Qualcomm no?

cili sos

seems minor upgrade from redmi 3s...lol, tho that might drive the price down this time

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This post has been edited by puifah: Nov 5 2016, 09:18 AM

Thanks for the reminder.

Got to love the Chinese brand especially Xiaomi.In a year they can launch 6 model for each brand.Its exciting time to play around and really love it.

Are you kidding me? This RM400 phone basically use same processor as RM1799 phone.

er..did u misread me and the processor?

Just ignore him. He is trolling.

The Redmi 4 Prime/Pro is absolutely "under priced". Unless... Qualcomm releases slightly different variant of the Snap625... just like what they did to Snap800/801 last time and the current Snap821...

Quick Charge 3.0 is still mystery... if Xiaomi pays the license for QC3.0, it will be super-yummy...

Yeah, I searched everywhere on their official webpage, but did not find anywhere mentioned any fast charging technology(QC 3.0 in this case).

The only mentioned 5V/2A charge output on the specification page. See here,

redmi4 have sd625 same as MotoZ play which is an upgrade from redmi3s.

redmi note 3 which is higher class than redmi4 also no qc.

There's a redmi note 3 pro which has sd650

guess u really misread.
it's redmi 3s and this redmi 4. no where mentioning bout moto z or any other brand lel

here i help you compare on what i'm saying.
http://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone...0&idPhone2=8419

This post has been edited by GameSky: Nov 5 2016, 11:53 AM


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Which I am using now which doing have QC legally.
If you compare Redmi 4 low version. I talk about the high end Redmi 4 version lel... And I find this interesting because it use sd625 which is used in more than rm1k phone

My hypothesis:
Redmi 4 Prime/Pro will have Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 only.... just like what is in Redmi 3S 32GB today...

Quick Charge 3.0 is reserved to Mi Note and Mi series...

didn't know lower end redmi got qc2 while rmn3 don't have.

redmi series won't have qc ..trust me, that's one way to save cost.

Indian Redmi 3S Prime/Pro is same as international Redmi 3S 32GB.

This post has been edited by azhar75: Nov 5 2016, 02:28 PM

Dunno valid or not....

via the radon kernel right? ampere app reading is not accurate, unless someone use the device amp read. xiaomi never advertise redmi series got quick charge..

So long as after the hack, the charging time is less than 2 hours, it's valid claim I guess...

Even the Google Pixel series also near 2 hours to fully charged...(2.7Ah and 3.4Ah capacity...)



Redmi Note 3 Pro is 4.0Ah ... fully charged in less than 2 hours is a major win worrrr...

This post has been edited by azhar75: Nov 5 2016, 02:45 PM

Brp byk thread nak bukak daaa...
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4038380

haha, this is Redmi 4, totally diff from Redmi NOTE 4

Some people are easily confused.

Great device, How about battery life?

Dua sahaja. Saya adik, satu lagi yang besar abg saya.

Like some Malaysian..
Mudah keliru

sensitive post. reported.

tak baca tajuk betul letew ..owai
should be the same as redmi 3s or so.

not valid. I got note 3. tried with qc charger from my mi5s. normal charge only.

So unfortunate....

My hypothesis:
SOT of Snap625 + 4000mAh + 1080P is more or less similar to current Redmi 3S. This is due to the Snap625 is more energy efficient when it comes to multi-tasking and heavy intensive tasks like 4K@30fps HEVC video capture and playback, gaming and GPS Navi without badly sacrificing performance. There will be "micro-stutter" or "micro-lag" for hyper-intensive tasks but can be "forgiven" in the trade of EXTREMELY low energy consumption. Thanks to the 14nm fab for Snap625.

This post has been edited by azhar75: Nov 5 2016, 11:22 PM

Moto Z Play with similar specs (3500mah battery) has reviewers praising its battery life. With extra 500mah, this redmi should perform better.

Here is the current and voltage Redmi Note 3 Pro with Mi5S QC3.0 charger.






This post has been edited by gogo2: Nov 6 2016, 06:33 PM

Xiaomi remove quickcharge from this phone?

No one know it yet. We dont know does Xiaomi even implement the feature in the first place.

Forgive my broken English

redmi 4 prime is gooding

But number "4" is bad in Chinese tradition... LOL...

That's for superstitious Chinese. There are quite a huge number of atheist Chinese in China.

I'm guessing the SOT should be a lot more since Snap 625 is very energy efficient based on the Samsung C7 battery test done by gsmarena.

The C7 managed to score almost the same as Redmi 3s with 5.7" screen and 700mah less battery.

So, Redmi 3S vs Redmi 4 (Standard) is similar but not the same? Some difference, but not sure correct or not.
- VoLTE support
- Dual LED flash

Infrared port still retain?

I think SOT will be slightly less than 3S. 1080p will have power penalty to battery life, not to mention low fps gaming performance considering GPU is almost same with Snapdragon 430.

I was hoping Pro version come with Snapdragon 650

Xiaomi Redmi 4 Unboxing, Hands On, Camera Review

Redmi 3 feel just come out not long ago

Don't forget the fact that the version with SD625 will also come with Full HD screen Instead of the usual HD for other version of Redmi 4 and Redmi 3. The screen alone might be more than enough to offset any energy savings from the use of SD625. But it will certainly be a lot better with any off-screen task.

there's not much change in the design, just replace the internals with newer components.

already getting tired of all these similar designs in chinese phones.

This is exactly what i want....faster ver of redmi 3...hope snap 625 with 2ghz clock performance par with snap 650....note 3 just too big and heavy...

That's why I compared to Samsung C7 which also has full HD with bigger screen 5.7'' and less 700mah of battery but still managed to score almost similar to Redmi 3s battery performance.

This post has been edited by abz: Nov 10 2016, 01:14 PM

Redmi 4 mobile specification are best ...and cost is also in a range.

No it won't. 650 has dual A72 (big cores) while 625 only have quad high clocked A53 (small cores), for performance cores. Even with high clock & newer process (14nm) it's a far cry of A72 especially in single core performance.
I don't know why it is so hard to put 650 in sub 5"phone

Hopefully quite abit faster than the 3s even if its not 650 performance...

Sd 625is designed for those who want long battery life

Ppl like me... LOL... I don't want hyper-super-bombastic SoC but failed to keep alive until 2PM everyday....

With Snap625 (and higher energy supply)..., I can crank up the screen brightness and can use the phone for many purposes (including Navi - the No. 1 battery killer....) from 8AM till 11:59PM on the same day....But cannot say more as I have not tested any of the Snap625 myself...

But I am not gonna invest in Redmi 4... awaiting LeMoto P2 instead and after that can "throw away" all powerbanks and car charger

where got lemoto ? u mean this ?

I put as capital "L" and capital "M"

LeMoto = Lenovo + Motorola Mobile

Seems like the price of the redmi 4 prime still expensive...699 1gadget....tha is note price territor...have to wair quite a bit to let the price go down...599 seems like fair price for the prime model..

Thanks for letting us know. I didnt realize it have reached here already.

Xiaomi Redmi 4 vs Xiaomi Mi5 vs Mi 5s vs Mi Note 2

i still think redmi4 launch too fast
he actually spoil his own redmi 3s market

Hi all, if im using china rom outside of china, will it still get any ota update? Thx.

DirectD already sold more than 90 units of this phone on Lelong alone. The DirectD`s listing of phone already had 30 000+ pageviews.
Source: http://www.lelong.com.my/xiaomi-redmi-4-st...7-01-Sale-I.htm

In a nutshell this phone have very high positive reception in our country.

Xiaomi should officially bring this phone to Malaysia ASAP.

Xiaomi.EU Weekly ROM is Out : Xiaomi.eu_multi_HM4Pro_6.11.17_v8-6.0.zip

Hi all, I'm using it (sd625) for one day already, the battery life is very good, more than 12 hours medium usage. Good value compare to many higher price models out there. Performance wise is good , maybe I don't play games on it. So far content as this maybe good for two years or more usage.

First confirmed Redmi 4 user in this forum. Thanks for your feedback.
Hope your can share more of you experience with this phone later.

Ive used to own redmi 3s....i bought it becuz i wanted a smaller ver of rn3p...long story short...ive sold it only a week with it becuz it is simply slow....so i really hope this redmi 4 prime performance near to rn3p...wih a53 clock at 2ghz, i hope it can buck up to superior 1.8ghz a72 on the 650...

This post has been edited by Punish: Nov 20 2016, 10:23 PM

Pls share ur opinions after using Snap625 in R4 Prime...it should be better than R3S experience...

9hrs SOT with heavy gaming....? Thanks to Snap625....

Wow, that is decent. If not my bad it was build on 10nm process technology.

hi guys, is there anyone using 4A here?

just wanna know, is 4A body plastic or metal?

So this is my few days experience with redmi 4 prime. If nothing like these happened, then it is a really good phone for the price. Battery tahan 99. Performance is good not great as we all know. Midrange processor like this lo..
Mine got battery indicator bugs, and not showing charging unless restart phone.
On latest CHINA STABLE ROM.
battery show 100 % never drop unless restart phone. then it shows the correct battery percentage.
sometimes it doesnt charge regardless what charger I am using.
done factory reset, seems nothing changed.
there was even one time phone stuck at mi logo reboot continuously.
only several days i got this phone. please solved these bugs XIAOMI. Thanks.

This post has been edited by drummer23: Nov 23 2016, 01:54 PM

wow..that is considered very huge bug for a xiaomi phone. Hope they can fix it ASAP.

Anyway, the quality or price of a phone is not only about it's SoC only. There are a lot of factors to look into. Such as the build quality, memory chip speed, glass screen type and camera quality.

XiaoMi is cheap because their camera are usually bad. Especially their redmi range of phone. For example, Redmi 4 prime vs Asus Zenfone 3. One phone is RM699 and another is RM1499 but using same SoC. But look at the build quality of Asus and the camera. Those 2 itself already justify the higher cost. Anyway you guys get my point.

Still, it is really cheap for people who do not mind some of the features that xiaomi sacrifice to get to that price point. That is the market segment that xiaomi is aiming with their redmi series. But seems like their Mi flagship series are also getting some really bad sacrifice such as camera which became worse from good quality in Mi5 to bad quality in Mi5s and worst in Mi Note 2.

Anyway...snapdragon 625 is a good midrange SoC for people who want a balance between price over performance.

Yea bro i agreed what u said. I hope this is rom issue and not isolate case. God bless me. Haha.. maybe later suddenly become normal again. Hopefully.
About build quality, this is good for the price.
Camera is just soso but complete basic tasks.
For Battery life. u can work heavily on this phone 12 hours but i don play games.
I feel ok/good for its performance maybe that i came from sd800 lg g pro 2. Though nothing to complain for lg. Its also good. I needed a compact dual sim phone for job purpose so i got this good price phone. Thats all for now. Thx.

Ok i exchanged my unit to another from the seller, if this new one work without all those bugs reported, foe the first unit i am suspecting maybe internal part is faulty,simply problematic unit. Being said, im good to go, will recommend u guys with not much budget or wana save bucks for a good phone.

This post has been edited by drummer23: Nov 23 2016, 09:20 PM

I curious for redmi 4 prime vs rn3p...anybody here mind sharing

About the same performance wise but 650 has better cores and gpu, bigger screen vs smaller. Depends. 625 has even longer battery life ,so... Long battery life and smaller screen. Go redmi 4 prime like i did.

This post has been edited by drummer23: Nov 24 2016, 01:58 PM

Mind to share charging time from 10% to 100% using stock and Qualcomm QC 2.0 charger...?

Both R3S and RN3Pro share the same 2 hours and 30 minutes charging time with Qualcomm QC 2.0 certified charger.

My hypothesis is that R4 shares the same charging rate as well...

This post has been edited by azhar75: Nov 24 2016, 02:00 PM

I didnt test specifically, but review i watched said just abit more than 2 hour for 0 to 100% charge with stock charger. I also heard it actually support qc 3.0.. not sure. Don have one to test though.

Reasonable for 4000mah batt i think..

Well if it does share the same result, then, good news as don't need to buy Qualcomm QC 3.0 certified charger... One charger is compatible to all R3S. RN3Pro and R4...

Can skip certified Qualcomm QC 3.0 charger and jump straight to version 4.0 later...



This post has been edited by azhar75: Nov 24 2016, 07:52 PM

Please update here when global rom is available for redmi 4s prime.

Decided to wait for the global rom before buying it.

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Wow didn't know already available. Is it installed with global rom when you purchased?
Mine sharing from where you bought it?

I duno who flash it. My first unit was pure china rom, this second one they flash it to this rom. Afaik, the wording on the rom can be change. But this is clearly abit different from the china rom.. the way it works. For instance, permission and google things.

Most probably vendor ROM.

Does Customs required us a permit to import this phone?

bro u don need hassle to deal with custom to get it. Buy it here easily.

This post has been edited by drummer23: Nov 25 2016, 08:21 PM