4 things to consider before buying a Cell PhoneĪt present, the common Android system, Apple IOS system (iPhone OS).
The operating system, screen display, the camera or its wireless connectivity, which you will treasure most? We come up a simple guide for your. Buying a right smartphone for yourself is a big deal. We would like to thank Mi Malaysia for providing us this Redmi 6A for the review.The Mobile phone is your reliable companion and indispensable connection to the world, helping you to stay on top of the email and instant message, deliver video and stream music, organize your life with dozens of apps, all at a swipe of a finger. That would be perfect as a gift for maybe your parents? For just RM399, I think the Redmi 6A is good enough for those who want a simple phone for messaging and battery life. Plus the battery life is really good, even compared to the Redmi 6. Despite that, the Redmi 6A fills in the criteria for a smartphone with basic usage. Yes, I do know that the its Redmi 6 sibling offers slightly more and it is far from being perfect. Honestly speaking, if I was looking for an entry-level smartphone, I would get this. Due to its location, the sound that comes out from the speaker becomes muffled and you wouldn’t want that now would you? Conclusion As I’ve wrote previously, I wished that they would’ve implemented it at the chin of the phone or at the top. Similar the issue that I was annoyed with the Redmi 6, the 6A also featured the speaker grille on the back. That being said, image quality in better lighting is ‘OK’ although you can see where it falls short when you zoom-in to pictures. Being a low-priced phone, low-light photography is noisy. It is quite limited in terms of what you can shoot with it. The small internal storage got me thinking of what specifically should I use it for? At the end of the day, I decided to just utilize the phone simply for messaging as well as using it for your mainstream social media browsing (Facebook, Instagram, etc).Īgain, don’t expect much from the camera side of things from the phone. The UI is very simple and easy to get around with no bloatware to be found, well at least from my opinion. Although it’s worth noting that the 6A only pack a single rear camera compared to the dual setup that the Redmi 6 offers. Other than that, the phone offers quite a similar experience to its Redmi 6 brother. As for the charging time for the device, it is the exact same that I’ve gotten for the Redmi 6. Well it did surprise me with its battery life. I’m not going to lie, I was not expecting much from the Xiaomi Redmi 6A, just simply because of the specifications that it offers. Despite that, I was only using the phone for your everyday task such as messaging, checking social media updates and so. I’d recharge the device only after two days of usage. It managed to squeeze 10 hours and 3 minutes on the PCMark battery life test, surpassing the Redmi 6’s score by a substantial amount.Īs for my own personal usage with the device, it performed very well. In terms of battery life, this is where the Redmi 6A shocked me. The Redmi 6A managed to beat the Lenovo K8 here in terms of work performance which uses a MT6790 chip. Despite that, it managed to beat the Neffos X9 (MT6750) which we’ve reviewed recently. Mediatek Helio A22 Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53ġ6GB (expandable via microSD up to 256GB)ġ3 MP, f/2.2 PDAF, Single tone LED flash, HDR, PanoramaĬoming in with a lower Helio A22 chipset than the Redmi 6, it’s expected that it would perform below its sibling in the Antutu test here.Īgain, nothing was out of expectation in terms of performance here. With the Redmi 6A, you will be getting a single lens instead of the dual lens that is offered on its sibling. Similar to the Redmi 6, the speaker grille is situated at the lower-back of the device. On top, there’s the secondary microphone hole and a 3.5mm port. As for the opposite side, there’s the SIM-tray and microSD tray located at.ĭown below of the device, there’s the microUSB port to charge the device as well as a microphone hole. On the right hand side, you’ve got the power button as well as the volume rockers.