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Photos: Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 teardown

Yash GargAugust 18, 2015

Does the newest Xiaomi revelation look as good on the inside as it does on the outside? Folks in China decided to take matters in their hands…

The Redmi Note 2 is the latest hot property from China. Touting a Helio X10 SoC, the Redmi Note 2 rivals the likes of the Meizu MX5 (and I daresay… the HTC M9+) with its processing prowess. Very recently, Xiaomi announced that it sold a hefty 800,000 of these in less than 12 hours!

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 teardown

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Take a look at the pictures of the teardown. Does appear as though the Redmi Note 2 is as well built as other Xiaomi phones!

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The Redmi Note 2 sells for an incredible starting price of just 799 Yuan or US$125 in China. That is half the reason why the phone is already as popular as it is; the other half of the reason is in the chipset, and the PDAF enabled rear camera.

Are you planning to get one this season?

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abaggie
August 18, 2015
Anyone who can read Chinese? What does it say at the camera picture? Seems like an OV camera..
- RoS
  August 18, 2015
Akhtar Parvez
August 18, 2015
- balcobomber25
  August 18, 2015
  They make very good sensors. Most front camera sensors in phones today are made by Omnivision. A lot of companies can’t meet the demand of phones today so usually use two different sensors, Samsung is infamous for this. If the setup is the same in both though you won’t even notice a difference, in fact the OV might even be better.

Dean
August 18, 2015
Yash, you guys were supposed to announce winners of the Ulefone Be Touch 2 (Facebook best comment competiton) on 17th August.
Have the winners been announced?
Rob
August 18, 2015
Aren’t both those camera sensors omnivision? I’m sure the rear one is suppose to be Samsung. Anyone know the release date of the prime version?
- Jason45
  August 18, 2015
  I guess they are using both Samsung and OV sensors, not too uncommon for smartphone manufacturers.
- Sirrr
  August 18, 2015
  back Samsung, front OV

azzam
August 18, 2015
Hy Andy, I have few questions.. please answer it.. it’s urgent..
I am from Pakistan and one of my friend is coming back from China and he said that he can buy me a redmi note 2 for 150$.. I wanted to know is this pice fair? and how many variants are there for redmi note 2 in China? storage options of 16, 32 or 64 gb? and here in Pakistan our network are on 3g 2100mhz and 4g 1800.. will there be any issues or all networks modes will work smoothly?
I would be grateful if any one can answer to my questions.. thanks
- azzam
  August 18, 2015
  and one more does both sim slots work on 4g?
- MaxPower
  August 18, 2015
  there are 3 version:
  3G : 125$ (TD-LTE for China only)
  4G : 140$ (FDD-LTE)
  Prime : 155$ (FDD-LTE)
  i don’t know which version he’s buying, but either way the price is fair because it you add reseller markup, shipping and taxes you would spend over 200$.
  if you need 4G then make sure he’s sending you the right version with 4G (FDD-LTE) enabled.
  the 4G version has the FDD-LTE Band 3 (1800 mhz) enabled so this phone will work with your carrier without any problems on 3G and 4G.
  Storage:
  16GB for the 3G version
  16 GB for the 4G version
  and 32GB rom for Prime version
  all of them support SD card up to 32GB
  - Saad Naeem
    August 18, 2015
    - MaxPower
      August 18, 2015
      you’re absolutely right sir
      but the 4G of the first version is TD-LTE and not FDD
      so that’s why i wrote 3G only.
      I’ll fix the infos to avoid misunderstandings.
      - Saad Naeem
        August 18, 2015
- Noman Mustafa
  August 18, 2015
  Helo AZZAN! It is completely compatible with pakidtan 4g(both zong n warid) and 3g(ufone,telenor,mobilink). I also want to purchase this one(prime model 155 dollar)but have no credit card option n student also(u know limitation of students by parents?) So kindly book another one for me if u willing.ready to pay u full amount plus a treat on my behalf or 500 from my side☺ )Plz obliged yar for being pakistani. Contact me on 03361741375. Also my email: noman.syad@hotmail.com. anxiously waiting for your reply!!!

abaggie
August 18, 2015
Anyone who can read Chinese? What does it say at the camera picture? Seems like an OV camera..
- Guest
  August 18, 2015
Akhtar Parvez
August 18, 2015
- balcobomber25
  August 19, 2015
  They make very good sensors. Most front camera sensors in phones today are made by Omnivision. A lot of companies can’t meet the demand of phones today so usually use two different sensors, Samsung is infamous for this. If the setup is the same in both though you won’t even notice a difference, in fact the OV might even be better.

Guest
August 18, 2015
Yash, you guys were supposed to announce winners of the Ulefone Be Touch 2 (Facebook best comment competiton) on 17th August.
Have the winners been announced?
Rob
August 18, 2015
Aren’t both those camera sensors omnivision? I’m sure the rear one is suppose to be Samsung. Anyone know the release date of the prime version?
- Jason45
  August 18, 2015
  I guess they are using both Samsung and OV sensors, not too uncommon for smartphone manufacturers.
- Sirrr
  August 18, 2015
  back Samsung, front OV

Guest
August 18, 2015
Hy Andy, I have few questions.. please answer it.. it’s urgent..
I am from Pakistan and one of my friend is coming back from China and he said that he can buy me a redmi note 2 for 150$.. I wanted to know is this pice fair? and how many variants are there for redmi note 2 in China? storage options of 16, 32 or 64 gb? and here in Pakistan our network are on 3g 2100mhz and 4g 1800.. will there be any issues or all networks modes will work smoothly?
I would be grateful if any one can answer to my questions.. thanks
- Guest
  August 18, 2015
  and one more does both sim slots work on 4g?
- MaxPower
  August 18, 2015
  there are 3 version:
  3G : 125$ (TD-LTE for China only)
  4G : 140$ (FDD-LTE)
  Prime : 155$ (FDD-LTE)
  i don’t know which version he’s buying, but either way the price is fair because it you add reseller markup, shipping and taxes you would spend over 200$.
  if you need 4G then make sure he’s sending you the right version with 4G (FDD-LTE) enabled.
  the 4G version has the FDD-LTE Band 3 (1800 mhz) enabled so this phone will work with your carrier without any problems on 3G and 4G.
  Storage:
  16GB for the 3G version
  16 GB for the 4G version
  and 32GB rom for Prime version
  all of them support SD card up to 32GB
- Saad Naeem
  August 18, 2015
  The 125$ version supports 4G too.
- MaxPower
  August 18, 2015
  you’re absolutely right sir
  but the 4G of the first version is TD-LTE and not FDD
  so that’s why i wrote 3G only.
  I’ll fix the infos to avoid misunderstandings.
- Saad Naeem
  August 18, 2015
  I can understand as the TD-LTE isn’t supported in Pakistan.😊😊😊😊😊
- Noman Mustafa
  August 18, 2015
  Helo AZZAN! It is completely compatible with pakidtan 4g(both zong n warid) and 3g(ufone,telenor,mobilink). I also want to purchase this one(prime model 155 dollar)but have no credit card option n student also(u know limitation of students by parents😊) So kindly book another one for me if u willing.ready to pay u full amount plus a treat on my behalf or 500 from my side☺ )Plz obliged yar for being pakistani. Contact me on 03361741375. Also my email: noman.syad@hotmail.com. anxiously waiting for your reply!!!
David
August 18, 2015
- balcobomber25
  August 19, 2015
  That website does that with all their articles, it has the phone or brand name with some specs. You can see the same in this article about the Zuk: