Thursday, December 10, 2015
Xiaomi Mi 4i Review: Pros and Cons
Review of Xiaomi Mi 4i at a Glance:-
The Xiaomi always seems aggressive in providing higher configuration in lower price in this series company has launched Mi 4i Smartphone featured with 13 MP & 5 MP camera, Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 1.7 GHz processor, 5.0 inches display, 16 GB ROM and 2 GB RAM, 4G LTE support and 3120 mAh battery. The MIUI 6 of Xiaomi Mi 4i is running on top of Android OS v5.0.2.
When we look over design; it is solid phone in which high-quality plastic is used, power button is on the right side of phone and volume buttons are located just above the power button, as it has 7.8 mm thin with 130 grams of the weight no problem in holding in hands.
Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 processor with1.7 GHz clock speed gives satisfactory performance but doing heavy task for longer time causes heating problem in handset while the heating can be reduced to some extent by MiUi update.
IPS LCD capacitive has protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (scratch-resistant), and display resolution is 1080 x 1920p (Full HD) with 441 ppi display density that makes it sharp and vibrant even the sunlight visibility it is so clear with great Colour reproduction and 178° wide viewing angle.
The camera gives best result in outdoor scenery/ in sufficient lightning conditioning while saturation of camera is a bit higher than normal but picture comes out with 13 MP camera gives good clarity and great details. The low light photographs are not going to impress you. Same case for front facing 5 MP camera.
The 3120 mAh battery is doing good job for battery backup of about 24 hours for heavy user but heating in some heavy task cannot be ignored.
Specification of Xiaomi Mi 4i
Operating System
OS- Android
OS Version- v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Chipset
CPU- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Clock Speed- 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.1 GHz Cortex-A53
Core- octa-core
GPU- Adreno 405
Screen and Display
Type- IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size- 5.0 inches
Display Resolution- 1080 x 1920 pixels
Display Reinforced- Corning scratch-resistant glass
Display Density- 441 ppi
Camera
Rear- 13 MP
Front- 5 MP
Max. Video Resolution- 1080p
Max Video Frames- 1080p@30fps and 480p@120fps
Form and Dimension
Phone Dimension- 138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8 mm
Form- Bar
Weight- 130 grams
Data Connection and Connectivity
4G- LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
3G- HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000
Bluetooth- v4.1
WiFi- 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Headphone Jack- 3.5 mm
Sensors
Proximity- Yes
Accelerometer- Yes
Light- Yes
Gyroscope- Yes
Memory and RAM
Internal (ROM)- 16 GB
External (SD)- N/A
RAM- 2 GB
SIM
SIM Type - Micro SIM
SIM Support- Dual-SIM
Battery
Capacity- 3120 mAh
Stand By-
Talktime- 35 hours (3G)
Phone’s Available Colour- Dark Gray, Black, White, Yellow, Blue and Pink
Pros of Xiaomi Mi 4i
- OTG cable is supported.
- The phone supports 4G on both SIM.
- Good screen display having great auto adjustment brightness system.
- 13 MP camera is good for Outdoor photography.
Cons of Xiaomi Mi 4i
- It doesn’t support external memory card.
- Sometime Proximity sensor doesn’t work during call.
- Back cover and battery is non user removable.
- Night or low light photographs are not impressive.
- Low speaker output volume.
- Sometime data receiving and sending over 3G network doesn’t work.
Solution of Problems in Xiaomi Mi 4i
Heating issue-
The phone has 2 types of mode.
The phone has 2 types of mode.
Performance mode and Balance mode
When you choose performance mode, your battery will be drain faster but games will run smoothly and phone gets overheated.
In Balance mode battery drains slowly but games will run so lagged.
Why to buy and Final words about Xiaomi Mi 4i
This handset is loaded with good features, smart display, camera and battery but heating issue is one of major issue in most of the Smartphone especially in Xiaomi. But if you want fully configuration loaded Smartphone under 12-13K price GO for it.
Price- 11999 INR
