Review on Xiaomi Redmi 8 4/64 GB Global Smartphone, Ruby Red by Micha Kaczmarczyk ᠌

Name: Xiaomi Redmi 8 4/64 GB Global Smartphone, Ruby Red
Item: Xiaomi Redmi 8 4/64 GB Global Smartphone, Ruby Red
Rating: 4

July 04, 2023

Good value for money, I recommend it.

I urgently needed a new smartphone. The requirements are the most common: calls, messages, reader programs, watching videos, long battery life, good and fairly loud speakers. I conducted, as always, a search on the Ya. Market according to the parameters - I found several options and even cheaper. But I decided not to save money, especially since this model was sold at "amazon" at a discount of 200. 😄 , but seriously, the "Thank you" bonuses accumulated over a long, long time 2500 - so the phone cost a little more than 6 thousand. Relative happy!

Pros

- low price; - very capacious battery; - case included (bumper); - the ability to install 2 Sim-cards and a memory card at the same time (triple tray); - proprietary MIUI shell with a bunch of themes, special settings, antivirus and optimization; - the presence of an infrared port and a fingerprint scanner; - the phone is able to charge from fast charging, although it is not included in the kit (this is a separate topic, it takes a long time to explain - I am against using fast charging, because, as they say in articles and reviews, it shortens the life of the battery. So I use regular charging I took it for myself, for my phone. And I gave my Quick Charge to a relative, because he really often urgently needs to charge the phone. In my case, the situation is ideal); - good sound.

Cons

- The dialer and address book are not proprietary from Xiaomi, but are installed from Google, they are worse (less functional, ugly, they cannot include recording telephone conversations from the line, there is no free SMS between Xiaomi owners); - Serious initial phone setup is required: remove ads, configure touch gestures, battery and memory optimizer, remove unnecessary notifications, disable auto-ates, etc. ); - weak camera, lens next to the fingerprint scanner; - I did not like the work of auto-brightness in the room.