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Final words

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is a phone that will change your buying habits in the future because it casts a different light on flagships. Its metal evokes some high-end classics, the display is impressive, the chipset stood its own against some flagships. With all this, you'd never guess it's a sub-€200 phone.

It has its flaws, but considering the price we can't really fault it. Here's the catch, though, the phone is only officially available in China (for now), elsewhere you would have to rely on gray importers. Accounting for European taxes, for example, the Standard edition goes from €120 (CNY 900) to €165, the High edition from €160 (CNY 1,200) to €200.

If you've ever bought a Xiaomi before, then you already know the channels to go through. And this is an excellent phone, even worth the bother of importing it.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 key test findings

Excellent build quality, befitting a much more expensive phone
Fairly bright screen with very good color accuracy (better than the pricier Redmi Pro)
Fast, always-on fingerprint reader
MIUI 8.0 is built on Android 6.0 Lollipop and runs fast; theming and options for notification area, app switcher, etc. make it easy to find the look you want
The MediaTek Helio X20 chipset offers the best performance in this price class; The GPU matches some of the weaker flagships (but is about equal to a Snapdragon 650 GPU)
Loudspeaker gets a Good score, but while it's loud, it lacks a bit of bass
Audio quality is mediocre - good without headphones, passable when you plug them in
13MP camera is tuned to produce soft photos, there's a Sharp setting available but is too strong
1080p videos are similarly on the soft side and we spotted doubled frames; The selfie camera only does 720p video (a downgrade from Redmi Note 3)

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is our new benchmark for what an affordable phone can do. Even if you were looking to spend a bit more on a mid-ranger, you may find that it doesn't bring you more than this Xiaomi wonder.