Redmi Note 7 - The New Value King #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin and this is the

brand-new redmi note 7 which is $150

might be the best value in a smart phone

we've seen yet so I imported this direct

from China and with a converted price of

just under 150 US dollars this is an

insane value even if it does go up to

$200 when it comes out here there is so

much to this phone feels like it's been

a while since we've done a good old

fashioned unboxing what really makes the

note 7 stand out is the fact that it

does have a full 48 megapixel camera now

that's cool for any phone but especially

considering the price also

it's kind of a cool finish because this

is a Chinese market phone literally

everything is in Chinese so if I can

figure this part out English there we go

alright so well the first thing you'll

notice is this does have a waterfall

knotch

wait waterfall notch what is it called

water drop notch tear drop notch no hot

water drop knotch not tear drop notch

now the phone is a little bit on the

thicker side but that is for good reason

inside there is a massive 4,000 milliamp

hour battery I have a feeling that

there's a lot more plastic than metal in

this build I know what do you what do

you feel about that blue I actually

think it looks like from some angles it

looks a little bit on the cheap side but

for the most part I actually do think it

looks pretty nice the display at first

glance also does seem to be pretty

decent

there's a little bit of a chin but

considering how small that notch is for

a hundred and fifty bucks I mean come on

like no don't don't complain and in true

redne fashion we do have a clear case

included in the box always a nice touch

something I feel like there's actually

it feels like usually it's cheaper

phones that come with the more

accessories we've got the fingerprint

sensor on the back which at first glance

seems to be just as fast as you would

expect on pretty much any other device

so we can't confirm that there is no

Play Store on this version but it's

mostly just because I actually imported

it straight from China if you get pretty

much any kind of world version it should

have that pre-installed so after

spending some time with this phone

things actually do get a little bit

confusing because there are actually

three versions of the note 7 so there's

the standard international version 150

bucks it is very very similar to what I

have here with the exception that it

only has a 12 megapixel camera now this

is the Chinese version of the note 7

which has a 48 megapixel camera however

if you want this in

International market instead of

importing it what you shouldn't do this

was dumb you can buy the note seven Pro

the note seven Pro has the same 48

megapixel camera the main difference

here is that jumps the price from 150 to

200 dollars but within the addition to

that camera you also get a faster

processor this guy is a six sixty the

other note seven pearl has a 675 there

you go that should be clear enough right

the way you should look at it is like

this for $150 you get the note seven it

does have the 12 megapixel camera and

the snapdragon 660 but if you spend up

to two hundred dollars you get not only

48 megapixel camera but importantly you

also get a snapdragon 675 pretty much

everything else should be the exact same

screen battery fingerprint sensor design

all that kind of stuff you're mainly

just paying another $50 for a much

better camera any more powerful

processor which in my opinion is totally

worth it no upfront this actually looks

a little bit like a poco foam which

should be no surprise considering that

they both have Xiaomi as their parent

company but the main difference here is

it does have a little bit of a chin we

have a much smaller notch this is not

quite the same kind of water-drop notch

that you'd find on the oneplus 60 just a

little bit chunkier but considering the

price nothing to complain about and the

screen itself is pretty solid it's 1080p

and on top of that you have a decent

speaker the only real problem is that

it's a single bottom firing speaker but

you know 150 200 bucks not complaining

so because this is the Chinese version

of the phone without the Play Store it

means that I was able to sideload a few

apps but I wasn't able to do my full

tests that being said from a few

benchmarks that I was able to run it

does seem to be reasonably powerful but

I really do feel like that's 675 in the

pro version should be a much bigger step

up it's still not quite on the same

level of the poka phone but we're

talking about what like 50 percent the

cost here or 70 percent okay no actually

have fifty percent the cost here yeah I

can do math I feel like we spent enough

time talking about this 48 megapixel

camera so let's actually give it a try

so in reality it actually doesn't shoot

48 megapixel photos it takes that and

super samples it down to 12 megapixels

but supposedly it still has the detail

of a much much higher megapixel camera

which would make sense so we have all

the AI processing HDR and it first

glance to me this looks like it's got a

lot of range in it that's actually not

bad so we've still got the sky we've got

a little bit of crunchiness

with the camera but not bad for a

150-200 our camera now of course this is

not a particularly fair comparison but I

want to see how it stacks up to the best

camera on any smartphone right now the

pixel 300 yeah that's actually a pretty

significant difference when you do I

definitely have to zoom way in but I'm

seeing a lot more little tiny detail on

the red meat that's just not here on the

pixel I mean it all just looks a touch

soft zoom it out and I still think think

that the pixel takes a little bit more

of a natural image that's actually

pretty impressive

let's see how it handles sort of the the

different colors here as well a little

bit of sky it's a lot to ask the range

is not bad here I think it kinda little

bit actually no you know what that's

reasonably accurate especially again

when you zoom in on like the individual

tiles on the wall I don't think it's

quite as natural like so as far as sort

of dynamic range and specifically with

the colors they're not quite as natural

looking as something like the pixel but

the detail we're getting here and the

range is really not bad now the note 7

does top out at 1080p video and there is

no optical image stabilization which is

probably one of the biggest things that

you're missing from a more expensive

camera but as I kind of walk around here

the electronic stabilization seems to do

a pretty decent job of exposures a

little uh a little crunchy probably on

both cameras right now when I get in the

Sun now that we're in direct sunlight I

really want to see exactly how well the

detail can be resolved with this forty

eight megapixel camera so I think this

landscape should be a pretty good way of

seeing exactly just how much we can get

out of it so there are a couple of

things that are immediately noticeable

first of all I think the read me is much

cool on the white balance which gives

the entire photo a little bit of a

cooler tinge it's not quite as accurate

as a pixel but when you look really

close at that detail I've got to say the

read me does have a slight advantage

it's not quite as extreme to something

like that leaf but there's definitely

more here I'm really legitimate

impressed with what you're able to get

with $150 phone I mean this is a huge

huge comparison considering a price I

mean is hard to argue with this phone

right now now let's try the portrait

mode this does have a five megapixel

secondary shooter which is essentially

just for the depth sensing so let's see

if it's actually any good or whether

it's high garbage like this pretty much

always this that is night and day so

again the redmi looks significantly

cooler it just doesn't look as natural I

mean the pixel absolutely wins this by a

lot I guess it does an okay job of

cutting you out of the background I will

say but yeah I don't think anyone's

gonna look at the

to photos and not want to go with the

pixel there's also a lot more range I

mean it's sort of losing your forehead

and especially a lot of your jacket on

the red knee whereas on the pixel it's

fine it's getting really windy but it's

picking up on my mic isn't it beauty

mode no go away beauty mode whoo all

right so it looks decent especially we

dropped the beauty mode there's a fair

bit of detail there the only thing is I

just consistently see and now maybe it's

just this asphalt or something but the

image just looked very cool a lot cooler

than they actually look in person okay

so there's a few main takeaways with

this phone first of all I don't really

recommend importing the Chinese version

even though it is $150 by the time you

pay the import fees it's basically the

same price as the note 7 Pro which has

the same camera but importantly it does

have those better specs when you put

this whole package together for 150 to

200 dollars there is a lot to like with

this redmi note 7 as far as a value King

I can't think of anything that even

comes close right now