Snapdragon-powered Redmi Note 4 announced in India with aggressive pricing

Thursday, 19 January 2017 at 03:41

As expected, Xiaomi today announced the Redmi Note 4 in India at their New Delhi event. The Redmi Note 4 is Xiaomi's first India launch in 2017.

With the MediaTek issue going on in India, Xiaomi had no choice but to make the Redmi Note 4 Snapdragon-powered. Which is why, they've gone with the Snapdragon 625. Let's have a look at the full specifications of the Redmi Note 4 for India.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Snapdragon 625 Specifications

Below are the specifications of the Redmi Note 4 (Snapdragon version) according to manufacturers Xiaomi.

5.5-inch 1920 x 1080p display
Snapdragon 625 SoC
2GB / 3GB / 4GB RAM
16GB / 32GB / 64GB ROM
13 mega-pixel f/2.0 rear camera with PDAF
5 mega-pixel front camera
Fingerprint sensor, rear mounted
4100mAh battery
MIUI based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Xiaomi reckon that an MIUI 8 version based on Android 7.0 Nougat will be available soon.

It'll be interesting to see how the Snapdragon 625 version stacks up against the MediaTek-powered variant, that we reviewed earlier.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Price in India

The Snapdragon 625-powered Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is priced fairly aggressively. According to Xiaomi, the Redmi Note 4 will be available for:

9,999 INR ($146; 2GB RAM + 32GB ROM)
10,999 INR ($161; 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM)
12,999 INR ($190; 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM)

However you look at it, it does look like super-aggressive pricing. As far as availability is concerned, the Redmi Note 4 will be available via Flipkart and Mi.com starting 23rd January.