Xiaomi Redmi 1s

THIS IS THE REVIEW OF XIAOMI REDMI 1S


The company sold their phone by flash sale and they make new records of selling like 90000 or 1 lac pieces in just around 3 to 4 second.And it wasn't like the company was clearing up old stock - it would've sold fivefold judging by the number of registrations. Yes, the Redmi 1S is a very good offer at RS.5999/-(approx $100) price in that Indian flash sale made it nearly impossible to resist.



PROS
  •  The Xiaomi Redmi has a very customisable UI with plenty of usable features.
  • A good camera
  • A crisp 720p display.
  • And a Fast qualcomm snapdragon MSM8228.



CONS
  • The Redmi lacks 4G connectivity 
  • And 3D gaming performance was a little poor sometimes.



UNDER THE BOX

Redmi 1S packs a quad core 1.6Ghz Qualcomm snapdragon MSM8228.Android 4.3 based MIUI v5. A 4.7 inch IPS display with 1280X720 resolution display.A 2050mAh battery.8MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture and 1.6 MP front camera with a wide angle lens. 


DESIGN

The Redmi's design feels pretty standard, it's your usual rectangular smartphone with slightly curved corners. With no sharp edges, though, the phone doesn't dig into your palm. The 4.7-inch IPS display with a 1,280x720 resolution, which means you won't have to worry about fuzzy fonts when browsing the Web.
The handset feels solid despite being made of plastic -- there's a comfortable heft in its 158g weight. The overall build quality feels very good.But sometimes it feels that its slipping of your hand.

The power and volume buttons are found on the right, and are easily reachable when holding the smartphone with one hand. Speakers are located at the back. And the camera is located at the center top of the phone.It has a removable back cover.

SOFTWARE

LOCK AND HOME SCREEN



DROP DOWN MENU



Redmi 1S comes with xiaomi's own skin called MIUI. Its very customisable, easy it use, and simple.It has a theme engine which have thousands of themes.MIUI weekly get updates as per reviews of users and improvement suggested. 
Xiaomi confirms that redmi 1s will get Android 4.4 kitkat and also MIUIv6 by the end of 2014 or early 2015.

CAMERA

The camera of redmi 1s is one of the best in these price tag, it may also leave behind some phone around price tag of RS.15000(approx $245). With 8MP shooter the color reproduction of camera is very true to life, means it create the very same color of the surrounding. The photos are not over saturated.The clearity of the camera is very good , it may not show pixels on photos until you zoom the photo to the extreme.








SO NOW RATING IT.

CAMERA- 9.5/10.
DISPLAY-9.5/10.
USER FRIENDLY-9/10.
SOUND OUTPUT-8/10
BATTERY LIFE-7.5/10.
POCKET FRIENDLY-10/10.

NOTE : All the rating are given as per the price segment it falls.

CONCLUSION: Redmi 1s is one of the best picks from the budget phone category.
It has 4.7 inch. 720p display. With a 8MP rear camera which takes very pretty photos,and a 1.6MP front camera which takes a fairly good selfies.And also it has a great hardware compared to other phones in these segment.If you are thinking of buying a budget phone then these must be in your list.

Please comment below your questions and what do you think of the phone.

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