But there's a new kid on the budget smartphone block at priced tag S$169 with Android 4.2 from Chinese company Xiaomi. Today you’ll realise that cheapest and most affordable Android smartphone with the launch of Xiaomi’s Redmi smartphone. Xiaomi has bucked the trend with its Redmi, a phone that threw the smackdown on competitors in the market even knock the Moto G off as the best-selling budget smartphone.
When Android maker try to lower the price tag on a smartphone,you win some, you lose some by tossing in a less powerful processor, removing sensors and all sorts of other "luxury" components and features, all in the noble quest to make the smartphone more affordable.
Do you think of the Redmi is Better or worse than the Moto G? Let’s have a look!
1. Processor Chipset
Processor Chipset
The first thing we’ll be looking at is performance. Qualcomm vs MediaTek?The Snapdragon 400 is significantly ahead of the Redmi, in both CPU and GPU computer tasks. However, with a price just over half of the Moto G, the performance of the Redmi using the MediaTek processor, the Redmi feels great when used
for normal tasks like surfing, facebook, twitter, calling, texting,
enjoying multimedia, etc. But when it comes to 3D intensive applications
like games, you will start to notice the difference and realised you
are holding a ultra-budget android smartphone.2. Display
Its 4.7in display is a tad larger than the Moto G’s modest 4.5in screen. At the same display resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, the Redmi’s display density is therefore lower than the Moto G’s, it's 312 ppi to the Motorola's 326 ppi.
3. Battery Performance
4. Storage Management
There is a microSD memory card slot to augment the 4GB internal storage space in Redmi while Moto G does not have a micro-SD card slot but only 8GB internal storage.
5. Design And Build Quality
The Redmi manages to feel surprisingly premium, even more so than Samsung’s S4 and Note 3. The 158g weight and rubberised plastic back make it feel like an expensive device mean while Moto G it feels cheaper build.
6. Camera
Redmi with 8-megapixel sensor really gets the job done, with a snappy autofocus and a strong attention to details. Moto G has a 5 megapixel sensor camera. It can be a bit slow to capture an image, and most of the pictures indoor looked noisy. Image quality suffered in low-light, though using the flash made images look soft.
7. Price
The Moto G retails for S$318 but the Redmi is nearly half as cheap at a price of S$169. The price gulf is so huge that it becomes really hard for you to not pick the Redmi over the Moto G.
Conclusion
Although the Xiaomi Redmi is marketed as an ultra-budget android smartphone (S$169), it delivers higher-than-average performance and quality for its price. Honestly, I would expect the Redmi to feel like a toy or a cheap China knock-off phone but it had amazed me with its build and performance.
At this price and performance, I guess it is one of the best budget Android smartphone.
