UPDATE: We have contacted Xiaomi and they confirm the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 does have a Micro SD card with support for 32GB cards. Battery size is 3060mAh and the lowest screen brightness is 1cd/m². It seems there were a few errors when a few of the images were translated.
The Xioami Redmi Note 2 was unveiled today and what a surprising phone it has turned out to be! To follow on from our launch coverage today, here are some real photos of Xiaomi’s latest (and greatest?).
Take one look at the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 and the phone is unmistakably a Xiaomi phone. With a 5.5-inch display the screen real estate is the same as the original Xiaomi Redmi Note, but now the physical footprint of 152 x 76 x 8.25mm the phone is smaller making for a more comfortable device, and the resolution has been bumped up to FHD 1920 x 1080.
The display has the same sunlight mode as the Xiaomi Mi4i for better viewing in direct sunlight and at the opposite end of the spectrum the screen can be dimmed to as low as 0.5cd/m² 1cd/m² making the Redmi Note 2 a perfect companion for bedtime reading.
Above the display is 5 mega-pixel Omnivision sensor and as usual all the usual MIUI beauty features are available to soften your skin and edit the photos as you like.
The rear camera is a little more special. The sensor itself is a Samsung CMOS 13 mega-pixel shooter with F2.2 aperture, those specs are the norm for phones of this price these days, but what really stands out is the inclusion of PDAF (Phase Detection Auto Focus) for fast focussing speeds of only 0.1 seconds. A 5 element lens stack helps to keep images distoration free and colours looking as natural as possible.
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Also on the outside of the Redmi Note 2 is an infrared remote control. Xiaomi have also included the feature on their flagship Mi Note, and with it you can control your TV or other IR controlled devices.
Under the hood the hardware keeps on taking turns for the good. Xiaomi have opted for the powerful Mediatek Helio X10 chipset in the Redmi Note 2 running at 2.0Ghz in the base models and a faster 2.2Ghz in the top of the range Redmi Note. Helping the chipset out is 2GB RAM and there are 16GB and 32GB internal memory options plus space for a micro SD card (Update: this has been confirmed via email) if you need more space.
Dual SIM LTE is also part of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 appeal, just be sure to order the correct version of the phone for your carriers networks. The base 799 Yuan model only supports TD-LTE and TD-SCDMA, the 899 Yuan model FDD-LTE and TD-LTE, while the 999 Yuan Redmi Note 2 has the faster chip and more memory plus FDD-LTE and TD-LTE support.
On the battery front the 8.25mm phone has a 3060mAh battery that IS removable, plus quick-charge 2.0 is implemented also.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 photos
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 will be available in green, blue, yellow, white and pink from 16th August in China. International buyers will need to wait for Xiaomi to launch the Redmi Note 2 outside of the mainland or alternatively wait for resellers to get stock of the phones.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 now listed on shop.gizchina.com, availability soon.
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I held off buying the Elephone P7000 and was even considering the Vowney and Meizu M2 Note. But I always was waiting for the Redmi Note 2, hoping it would deliver with the MT6795 and it did, and to price it so low is Game Changing!
The problem with making your low end tier too good is it can end up cannibalizing sales of your higher end models. The Mi5 is really going to have to be something if they want to sell it for 2-3x the price of this.
If you don’t screw up your *higher end models it won’t be an issue.
Who can say to Redmi Note 2 is low end while considering Mi4i as high end?
Mi Note released with previous year’s flagship specs and its pricing was wrong.
They did right thing with Redmi Note 2 finally. If it cannibalizes Mi4i and Mi Note’s sales reason will be their mistakes with Mi4i and Mi Note.
Totally agree.
Mi4 was nice but overpriced, mi note is really nice but overpriced, mi4i is not nice and overpriced for a snapdragon 61x.I wouldn’t dare to call this note 2 low end in comparison with the mi4i high end pfffff… This is way better and costs half price!
I know there have been tears about the mi4i but i have loved using it and i really like the design. I always thought the mi4i that was made for India was trying to give people really good specs for a cheap price. But i have to say the Redmi note 2 looks excellent i will await the international version
What is with LTE band 20? Because there should be an international version. How can we find out, if the international version will have LTE band 20?
Are u sure it comes with a memory card slot? Coz somewhere i read its not..
Thanks, that’s encouraging .
TENAA was listing miscoSD slot too but as you said they made mistakes in the PR material so i wonder if maybe they removed it at the last minute and they forgot to edit. If’s funny how many people need to first make sure that such a simple feature is there before considering a buy. It would be so much easier if they would stop being stupid and just include a slot in everything. In 2019 we’ll have 128GB-256GB of NAND in such phones but that doesn’t matter, we’ll still need microSD, at the very least for shooting 8k pics and vids.
Xiaomi have confirmed via email that the Redmi Note 2 has SD card support for up to 32GB SD cards.
Thanks for the kind reply andi… And thanks for clarifying
Indeed, it has a microsd card slot. See this pic for the back of this phone. You can see the microSD card slot very clearly next to the two simcards slots.
http://i.imgur.com/7q30Aa6.jpg
Thanks far that ,you should tell them to properly list it on their site too ,before users go mad lol. Seems they did a great job on this one. The design is a bit boring but it offers plenty for that to not be a problem.
is cheap also for the design…. mx5 is much pretty estetically… they are just saying: if you want better design buy our xiaomi mi note or go for a letv or meizu higher price phone
This one is going to be sold out before it’s even available … what a price! Shame about the lack of B20 though but I guess I can live with it since it’s the only shortcoming.
Finally a Xiaomi phones that really gets my attention. Too bad there is not fingerprint reader. But nevertheless, its a great phone for the money.
a big YES!!
It’s all about price/performance ratio. And it seems Xiaomi will blow them all away. It’s too early to talk yet, it’s better waiting reviews.
It’s all about price/performance ratio. And it seems Xiaomi will blow them all away. It’s too early to talk yet, it’s better waiting reviews.
I doubt it. But for the price it’s an amazing bargain.
No NFC. It seems it will be a must have with Android pay. Oneplus two neither has nfc.
@Andi, do you have any idea why most of current launched China phones lack NFC? Afaik, NFC adoption in the west is finally taking off. Also, i would expect fingerprint scanners because of support by Android M
It’s not massively used in the west either, but this is chickenegg? If all phone makers leave it out, it ‘ll never be used ;-). If Chinese phone makers also want their phones to be used in the west, it might help keeping in NFC.
NFC chip does costs money, every penny counts I guess for low costs phones. Since most Chinese phones are not officially released outside China, they don’t have to considerate that. Just like the 4G band 20 story, a lot of Chinese phones usually don’t have it.
If NFC usage is becoming more popular, they have plenty of time to include it in next year’s model or a couple of years later.
It was included for years no one used it. Even today with Apple and Samsung, the majority of people are not using it. There was a report last week that the number of people using Apple Pay has dropped considerably. It is a gimmick feature most people will try out a few times and never go back to. Besides the fact that most countries have no use for NFC.
I dont know if you noticed Xiaomi phones in the main are not for the west So they are not thinking us when they make them so they dont have to consider us when they make them
i think with more and more android security problems and with very slow , if any , updates for phones it is kind of financial suicide to use phones with google pay or similar
i think with more and more android security problems and with very slow , if any , updates for phones it is kind of financial suicide to use phones with google pay or similar