Video & Photo Gallery: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Phablet First Impressions & Quick Review

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Phablet - Each new Redmi smartphone has many fresh features while still being a Redmi smartphone you all have grown to love. Redmi smartphone line-up deserves to be taken as a model for other smartphones around this budget. Redmi Note 4X reminds us once again why Redmi smartphones are such an asset: stellar performance, modern design, and flagship feel. It treats the metal with colors of champagne gold, platinum silver, cherry powder, frosted black and an exclusive ocean aquamarine, which was inspired by Hatsune Miku — the sound of the future. Great performance and unbelievable battery are values that make Redmi Note 4X a nationally admired smartphone.

Flash Sale Alert! You can buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Phablet from Gearbest.com for only 150.99 USD with free shipping world wide.

Next, watch the first impressions and the experience on MIUI Global 8.1 based on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 firmware.
Firmware tested: MIUI Global 8.1 Stable 
Build number: 6.0.1 MMB29M
Baseband version: -8953_GEN_PACK-1.76289.1.76815.3
Kernel version: 3.18.24-perf-g37635be
Android security patch level: 2016-12-01
Root: Firmware is not rooted.

Available features: Radio FM, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, Tethering, Bluetooth 4.0,  A-GPS, GPS, Beidou, Glonass, Microphone, Camera Flash, USB Host, OTA Sync, Scheduled Power On & Off, Printing, Mi Drop, Mi Mover, Infrared remote controller module, Fingerprint sensor, Mi Cloud.

Sensors available on device: Accelerometer, Magnetic field, Orientation, Gyroscope, Proximity, Light, Gravity, Linear Acceleration, Rotation Vector, Magnetic field (uncalibrated), Game rotation vector, Gyroscope (uncalibrated), Significant motion, Step detector, Step counter, Geomagnetic rotation vector, Fingerprint sensor.

Cameras. Main camera: Sony IMX258 13 MP CMOS BSI with f/ 2.0  aperture & Dual LED Flash and Autofocus. Selfie camera:  5 MP.

Display

Diagonal: 5.5". Type: LCD IPS. Resolution: 1080 x 1920 px. Density: 401 ppi very high density. Others: 1000:1 contrast ratio, 2.5D curved glass screen, 450 cd/m2, 72% NTSC, Capacitive, Multi-touch, NTSC, Scratch resistant, Viewing angle - 178°.

Battery

Capacity: 4.100 mAh. Type: Non-removable Li-Polymer with Fast Charging.

Real Life Benchmark & Tests
In Antutu Benchmark 6.2.7  Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Phablet achieves a very good score, over  61.800 points. 

Wifi Internet speed tested gets also decent values: over 36 Mbps in download and the upload speed was over 32 Mbps. 

In Antutu Video Tester 3.0, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Phablet gets 662 points, it managed to fully play 13 audio & video files, partially supported 2 audio & video files and didn't supported 15 audio & video files.

Conclusion
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Phablet is probably one of the best smartphones out there for about than $150, and the support from Xiaomi Community is incredible, I really like it. The MIUI OS is very smooth and very well customized operating system. Transitions, animations, apps switching and general OS fluidity is just great, I really like it a lot. During our tests, we experienced zero force closes, hangups or stability issues. Google Play and gapps are working without issue. Google Play Services updated no problem. 3rd party apps downloaded and updated without issues.

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