I got the Redmi Note smartphone in the first flash-sale through Lazada online shop, Xiaomi partner for marketing in Indonesia. The first flash sale was in 13 November 2014. I guess about 10 thousand unit were sold-out just during a few minutes flash sale.
Key features
- 5.5" IPS 720p capacitive touchscreen with 267pi pixel density
- Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with MIUI v.5
- 1.7GHz octa-core Cortex-A7 CPU; 2 GB of RAM; Mali-450MP4 GPU; MediaTek MT6592 chipset
- 13MP camera with LED flash, 1080p video capture
- 5MP front-facing camera; 720p video recording
- 8GB of built-in memory, expandable via a microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
- Dual-SIM
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated microphone
- 3,200mAh battery
Main disadvantages
- No Android KitKat yet (Some said the update will be available on Q1 2015)
- Thick and heavy (almost 200 gram)
- Sub-300ppi pixel density
- No hardened glass for screen protection
- No LTE (single-SIM 4G version available)
Here are the specification of Xiaomi Redmi Note Indonesian version.
NETWORK
SIM 1 : 3G Network HSDPA 1900 / 2100
SIM 2 : 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
(standart SIM)
BODY
Dimensions 154 x 78.7 x 9.5 mm (6.06 x 3.10 x 0.37 in), Weight 199 g (7.02 oz)
Display IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, One Glass System (Not Gorilla Glass) 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inches (~267 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch
SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack
MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 8 GB, 1/2 GB RAM
CONNECTIVITY
GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
CAMERA
Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, HDR, panorama, tap to capture, dual theme (standart menu & minimalist menu)
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 5 MP, with timer & auto rotate
OS & SYSTEM
Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) enhanced with MIUI 5
(Kitkat & MIUI 6 will be available at end 2014)
Chipset Mediatek MT6592
CPU Octa-core 1.4/1.7 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-450MP4
Sensors : Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
BATTERY
Li-Po 3100 mAh battery
OTHER
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
- Mi App (Mi Cloud, Mi Theme market, MiTalk, Mi Updater, Wheather)
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- File Explorer
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Apps
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Tianjin/SwiftKey/Google Keyboard)
- Compass App
- Security App
- Backup App
