User score

Overall satisfaction
8.6
  • 290
  • 79
  • 18
  • 6
  • 6
399 reviews
  • Screen8.4
  • Performance8.2
  • Camera7.8
  • Connectivity8.6
  • Battery7.6
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Design & Materials

Is it a drop-resistant and scratch-resistant smartphone?
8.0

399 reviews

Do you think it's a nice phone?
9.2

399 reviews

Is it comfortable?
8.6

399 reviews

Can you see it well in the sunlight?
7.7

399 reviews

Performance & Hardware

Does it have good sound?
8.3

399 reviews

Does it work smoothly in everyday use?
8.5

399 reviews

What's your experience been with demanding games?
7.8

399 reviews

Camera

Quality of daytime photos
8.8

399 reviews

Quality of nighttime photos
7.1

399 reviews

Quality of selfies
8.0

399 reviews

Does it have a powerful flash?
7.4

399 reviews

Connectivity

Does it have good coverage for calls?
8.8

399 reviews

Quality of the GPS
8.6

399 reviews

And the WiFi?
8.3

399 reviews

Battery

How long does the battery last?
  • 2%
    Less than half day
  • 12%
    Less than a day
  • 39%
    One day
  • 43%
    More than one day
  • 4%
    Two days or more

399 reviews

Software

Did it come with preinstalled applications?
  • 9%
    It comes with a clean operating system
  • 80%
    It has preinstalled apps but they don't bother me
  • 11%
    It has preinstalled apps that I can't uninstall

399 reviews

Do you regularly receive updates?
  • 5%
    Never
  • 8%
    Once a year
  • 43%
    Every six months
  • 45%
    Every two months or less

399 reviews

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User reviews

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    • 8.5
    • Screen9.0
    • Performance8.6
    • Camera9.2
    • Connectivity10
    • Battery0.0
  • Just another bang-for-the-bucks Redmi

    Let's be real here - at this price point no one should expect anything more than a so-so experience with below to average marks in everything. Have been using it for the last 4 years, and it's pretty laggy if all the MIUI bloats aren't removed, which definitely shows its age. Still useable though, the Snapdragon 665 cannot punch above its weight, but light usage is handleable. A phone this cheap should not have a glass back, but there's one anyway, and this decision baffles me - why includes a glass back if it doesn't need one, especially without wireless charging? Audio and screen are definitely sub-par, same for charging. The main camera is usable, the rest of them are definitely fillers. Still, for this price, I did not regret my decision buying this device.

    • 5.5
    • Screen6.5
    • Performance4.0
    • Camera4.7
    • Connectivity6.6
    • Battery5.0
  • Lack of a good software

    This phone can really give you a good experience for the price if you unlock tge bootloader and installed somthing like paranoid android on it this will make the phone runs far smother than the miui bloat crap
    And in 2023 this phone is giving me 244k in amtutu v9 (paranoid android)

    Pros
    • Camera
    • Desgin
    • Has a big community for roms
    • Sharp screen
    Cons
    • Miui
    • Weak gpu
    • 6.7
    • Screen6.7
    • Performance5.0
    • Camera6.7
    • Connectivity8.3
    • Battery5.0
  • This phone has served me for more than 3 years, introducing me to the world of Xiaomi, one of the best budget phones I had.

    The camera on this Xiaomi phone is phenomenal for a budget phone, it rivals that of many midrange smartphones if not better. The battery on the Redmi Note 8 is average, mine has wore down after more than 3 years of usage to the point that it would restart when watching a video, this has become one of my favorite budget phones.

    Pros
    • Great Camera for its Price
    • Three years of Software updates
    • Gorilla Glass 5 Front and Back
    Cons
    • 4000mah Battery
    • Snapdragon 665 not good for gaming
    • 7
    • Screen7.2
    • Performance5.6
    • Camera7.5
    • Connectivity7.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Pretty much my first phone after becoming someone who likes technology, and gets informed before buying a phone, much before.

    A really good value for the money that it costed

    • 6
    • Screen7.2
    • Performance3.3
    • Camera5.0
    • Connectivity5.3
    • Battery9.0
  • A good cellphone if the performance is not suppressed by MIUI

    • 9
    • Screen10
    • Performance8.6
    • Camera8.0
    • Connectivity9.6
    • Battery5.0
  • It's performance is so good, Camera is so cool. I play a lot of games in it smoothly. There is some issue but overall good phone.

    Pros
    • Processor
    • Camera
    • Design
    • IP Rating
    • Video Quality
    Cons
    • Heating Issue
    • Lag in some hp game.
    • Battery
    • 8.4
    • Screen8.7
    • Performance7.6
    • Camera8.5
    • Connectivity8.6
    • Battery9.0
  • Nice phone

    Good screen
    Good processor
    Good wifi
    Good camera

    • 8.4
    • Screen8.2
    • Performance9.0
    • Camera8.7
    • Connectivity9.6
    • Battery7.0
  • No decepciona para nada.

    Con el precio que tiene creo que es uno de los mejores teléfonos que se pueden comprar sino el mejor (siempre tomando en cuenta estos precios), no decepciona en lo absoluto y tiene un rendimiento buenísimo, aun que la batería me parece que debería de dar un poquito mas pero me imagino que con actualizaciones futuras se podrá mejorar eso.
    Y la cámara es buenísima instalando la GCAM, hace unas rotos expectaculares.

    Pros
    • Rendimiento
    • Sonido
    • Procesador
    • Diseño
    • Densidad de pixeles en pantalla
    Cons
    • Duración de batería
    • Alcance wi-fi
    • Sistema MIUI
    • Brillo en pantalla
    • 7.6
    • Screen6.7
    • Performance8.0
    • Camera7.0
    • Connectivity9.0
    • Battery7.0
  • Based on user's experience

    Cons
    • Not powerful enough flash
    • 8.6
    • Camera0.0
    • Battery10

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Score
  • 6.0 Design & Materials
  • 5.3 Performance & Hardware
  • 6.5 Camera
  • 6.2 Connectivity
  • 5.3 Battery
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  • Hardware and performance
  • Camera
  • Connectivity
  • Battery

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