Redmi Note 5, from China with fury

In Italy Xiaomi is still little known to the general public. Founded in 2010 by the visionary entrepreneur Lei Jun (defined as the Chinese Steve Jobs), is a global company, present in more than 70 markets worldwide which has for to manufacture quality products (not only smartphones, but also smartwatches, fitness wristbands, IoT devices, smart TVs, routers, electric scooters) to affordable and honest prices, allow everyone to enjoy a better life through innovative technologies .

In his way of expansion in Western Europe, after Spain and France, at the end of last month, he made his ] official entry even into our country. His attitude to "breaking the market" is immediately evident in Redmi Note 5, one of two models of smartphones marketed for Italian beginnings, which cost (199.90 euros) ] a little more than a level of entry, on paper it is a mid-range but has a top-of-the-line equipment range and performance.

In the box white writing, besides the smartphone, there is a brief manual in English with warranty, a USB / microUSB cable, the 5V / 2A battery charger, the SIM cart ejector and a clear silicone lid. There is no helmet

The Redmi Note 5 has a design that is not particularly original but still nice. It is equipped with a one-piece aluminum body available in three colors (Black, Gold and Blue Lake), without sharp edges, with rounded lines, bevelled edges and a pleasant satin finish on the surface . to touch. Assembled perfectly, it has a weight of 181 g well distributed and balanced. It has a good ergonomics and is comfortable to hold in hand, despite its dimensions which, given the diagonal of the screen, are inevitably important (158.6 × 75, 4 mm)

Covered by a robust Gorilla Glbad of Corning the front panel with a screen ratio [1945910] of 77.4%, is almost entirely occupied by the display with extremely small margins ] with the exception of two small frames . The lowest is empty, while in the top are integrated LED light, ear capsule, front camera, proximity and brightness sensors, and a small LED

Since there is no of physical or capacitive buttons, the three Android function keys (Recent, Home, Back) are virtual, placed in a navigation bar, which can disappear, alternatively using an intuitive and comfortable gesture. 19659004]

Along the thin (8.05 mm) side edge there is: right, power button / lock and volume flip; on the left, the extractable drawer for two nanoSIM or, alternatively, a nanoSIM and a microSD; at the bottom, the main microphone, the microUSB 2.0 port, a high-performance mono speaker, and a 3.5mm audio jack; at the top, secondary microphone (with noise suppression technology) infrared port which allows, via an application, to use the telephone as a remote control . Redmi Note 5, from China with fury "title =" Redmi Note 5, from China with fury "clbad =" alignnone wp-image-113025 full-size "src =" http://euwp05.tecnavia.com/metropolisweb / back /wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/07/sito2b.jpg "width =" 100% "/>

On the back two small plastic inserts at the upper ends and lower, below, the Mi logo, at the top, in a comfortable position to achieve, a circular fingerprint sensor reliable in recognition and fast in the release, just above, to left, protruding, arranged in the fire style iPhone X, the objectives of the dual camera with the dual LED flash in the center.

One of the badets of this smartphone is the processor the very last Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm an octacore (8 x Kryo 260 1.8 GHz) able to express a good computing power, noticeably responsive and not very energetic To support the GPU Adreno 509 and 3 GB of RAM The internal memory is an eMMC 5.1 of 32 GB expandable with an additional 256 GB microSD card. In addition to the aforementioned proximity and brightness sensors, there is also an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an electronic compbad and a Hall sensor. FM radio is not missing. The hardware is such that it will never disfigure this terminal which, during our test, has always offered satisfactory performance in the use of most of the application and in web browsing . We must really work hard to make it difficult and bring out a slowdown or a slowdown

As for the segment of the telephone Redmi Note 5 is a dual double watch with possibility to choose the card Default SIM for data, calls and messages. Good quality of telephone calls thanks to a radio section with a stable telephone signal, efficient pickups, ear plugs and more than enjoyable headphones. Connectivity is guaranteed by 4G LTE (including Band 20), Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n dual band and Bluetooth 5.0. For step by step navigation, GPS, AGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou are available.

The built-in battery Lithium-polymer ions well 4000 mAh is another plus. Making a very intensive use of the device, allows you to arrive at the end of the day without any difficulty. With a more "parsimonious" use we managed to not recharge for almost two days. Noteworthy is the fast charge Quick Charge 2.0 .

On the Redmi Note 5 version 8.1 is installed Oreo of Android with proprietary interface MIUI Global 9.5 Stabile, which, although rich in options and extremely customizable, may not please everyone [19659005]

Note, finally, that, spending 50 euros more we can take the phone version with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory

Gennaro Annunziata