Xiaomi’s claim: The Redmi Note 4X has amazing battery


Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X battery life

Yesterday, Xiaomi revealed some images of the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X, suggesting that the phone will have an above-average battery life and claiming they had a “crazy idea” behind it. Today, they showed us what they were talking about!

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X battery life

In order to verify Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X’s battery life, they made up a crazy challenge: use Note 4X as navigator with its built-in 4100mAh battery without plugging it into the car charger; with it, they had to fully circumnavigate the Taiwan island. To spicy it up, they also added some competitors: the iPhone 7 Plus (2900mAh) and the OPPO R9s (3010mAh).

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X battery life

The challenge begun at 3:00AM on February 5th from the Taipei 101 Tower, after 14 hours 26 minutes and 902 kilometers, they finally came back at the starting point at 5:26PM.

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So, how did it go? Well, as you might have expected, the OPPO R9s died first probably due to the less optimized software, it was then followed by the iPhone 7 Plus, only the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X actually got to the end of the trip with still 18% of battery left.

Albeit the video came from Xiaomi and could have manipulated in some way, we have to admit that the Redmi Note 4X looks really promising, at least on the battery life side of things.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X battery life

Other than the autonomy-pleasing Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 and a 4100mAh battery combo, the Redmi Note 4X sports a 5.5-inch Full HD display and a 13MP rear camera. RAM/storage configurations go from 2GB/32GB, 3GB/32GB to 4GB/64GB, pretty much like with the past Note series phones. Prices will be respectively 999Yuan ($145) , 1099Yuan ($159) and 1299Yuan ($189).

You can check out the full video down below:

What do you guys think about this battery test? Do you find it impressing?

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31 Comments

  1. Wolvie
    February 10, 2017

    Very disappointing because SD625 is more power efficient than SD65x but it is just not enough juice for power user.

    • Jh1
      February 10, 2017

      You were expecting better battery life from this battery and SoC combo? I have to say I have been very pleased with my Redmi 4 prime battery life with the same combination. Routinely able to achieve 12 hours Sot on a single charge.

      • Lazar Prodanovic
        February 10, 2017

        Puff. 40% bigger screen & only 18% bigger battery with S650 Mi Max 3/32 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3ac856f648852aaf28584057243f1e467d5864dbdb21b801c98316bc441669cb.png

        • Jh1
          February 10, 2017

          Very nice. I had a mi max for a while. Was only managing around 8 hours SOT

          • Lazar Prodanovic
            February 11, 2017

            I know peple that achieved 17+h SOT (on regular bases) with Max Prime but not on MiUI.

            • Jh1
              February 11, 2017

              That’s impressive. The most I’ve ever gotten from my 4 prime is around 14 hours

            • Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
              February 11, 2017

              Sure if you do nothing on it or using it like a ebook reader. No way for such numbers in regular usage

            • Lazar Prodanovic
              February 11, 2017

              Well main problem is that every one of us is different & have different views what regular usage is. Yes the guy with that SOT did like to read books on it but did & everything else.

      • William
        February 11, 2017

        My girlfriend has the Redmi S3 Prime, battery life is awesome, I’ve seen 10 hrs screen on time on it with 15% battery life remaining etc. My THL T7 manages 6hrs – 6 & a half tops over a 24 hr off charge period. Where as her S3 prime she regularly gos a day without charging it, and she’s always on that Facebook garbage which is high drain. I’d love the Note 4 if the battery is the same for longevity of charge.

    • Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
      February 11, 2017

      Sorry about you because even Oukitel K6000 Pro with it’s 6K mah battery can’t serve you with more than 13-14h SOT!

  2. eliHd
    February 10, 2017

    Of course its got AMAZING battery! They put 4100mah battery on the phone! If i put 5000mah battery on my phone i bet its better than their 4100mah battery phone?!?!

    • Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
      February 11, 2017

      Yup, kind of stupid comparison in “China OEM” style. lmao

  3. Zero
    February 10, 2017

    Ok… So Redmi Note 4X is the Taiwan version of the Redmi Note 4???

  4. Guest
    February 10, 2017

    Very disappointing because SD625 is more power efficient than SD65x but it is just not enough juice for power user.

    • Jh1
      February 10, 2017

      You were expecting better battery life from this battery and SoC combo? I have to say I have been very pleased with my Redmi 4 prime battery life with the same combination. Routinely able to achieve 12 hours Sot on a single charge.

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      February 11, 2017

      Puff. 40% bigger screen & only 18% bigger battery with S650 Mi Max 3/32

    • Jh1
      February 11, 2017

      Very nice. I had a mi max for a while. Was only managing around 8 hours SOT

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      February 11, 2017

      I know peple that achieved 17+h SOT (on regular bases) with Max Prime but not on MiUI.

    • William
      February 11, 2017

      My girlfriend has the Redmi S3 Prime, battery life is awesome, I’ve seen 10 hrs screen on time on it with 15% battery life remaining etc. My THL T7 manages 6hrs – 6 & a half tops over a 24 hr off charge period. Where as her S3 prime she regularly gos a day without charging it, and she’s always on that Facebook garbage which is high drain. I’d love the Note 4 if the battery is the same for longevity of charge.

    • Jh1
      February 11, 2017

      That’s impressive. The most I’ve ever gotten from my 4 prime is around 14 hours

    • Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
      February 11, 2017

      Sure if you do nothing on it or using it like a ebook reader. No way for such numbers in regular usage

    • Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
      February 11, 2017

      Sorry about you because even Oukitel K6000 Pro with it’s 6K mah battery can’t serve you with more than 13-14h SOT!

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      February 11, 2017

      Well main problem is that every one of us is different & have different views what regular usage is. Yes the guy with that SOT did like to read books on it but did & everything else.

  5. eliHd
    February 10, 2017

    Of course its got AMAZING battery! They put 4100mah battery on the phone! If i put 5000mah battery on my phone i bet its better than their 4100mah battery phone?!?!

    • Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
      February 11, 2017

      Yup, kind of stupid comparison in “China OEM” style. lmao

  6. Zero
    February 10, 2017

    Ok… So Redmi Note 4X is the Taiwan version of the Redmi Note 4???

    So… bands 8, 20 and 28 confirmed?

  7. Lukemo
    February 12, 2017

    A better comparison would of been the lenovo p2 and Motorola z play both these phones battery beasts

    • Lukemo
      February 12, 2017

      Redmi note 4x vs Moto z play vs lenovo p2 next time. if there’s a next time.

  8. Guest
    February 12, 2017

    A better comparison would of been the lenovo p2 and Motorola z play both these phones battery beasts

    • Guest
      February 12, 2017

      Redmi note 4x vs Moto z play vs lenovo p2 next time. if there’s a next time.

  9. February 15, 2017

    nice post
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