Xiaomi Mi4c, a real beast with a price within everyone's reach

Waiting for Xiaomi to officially present the new Xiaomi Mi5, in recent days it has fallen into our hands, and thanks to igogo.es the interesting Xiaomi Mi4c, a terminal that stands out for its characteristics and specifications and above all for its price. Next we are going to show you a complete analysis of this smartphone in which you will be able to know a little more in detail about this Xiaomi that boasts of muscle and it will not cost you too many euros to carry it in your pocket.

In our case We have been able to test and squeeze the version called Standard that offers us 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, which undoubtedly the general feeling is that it falls a bit short in some aspects, although do not worry because a higher version is available in the market.

Specifically, the most powerful version offers us 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which practically does not increase the price of the terminal. But let's not run too much, we'll talk about prices a little later. Let's start with the analysis of this Xiaomi Mi4c.

Features and Specifications

Next we are going to do a review of the main features and specifications of this Xiaomi Mi4c;

• Dimensions: 13.81 x 6.96 x 0.78 centimeters
• Weight: 126 grams
• 5-inch screen with Full HD resolution, 1.920 by 1.080 pixels, 441 dpi
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64 bit hexacore 1,44 GHz processor
• Adreno GPU 418
• 2GB or 3GB RAM memory
• 16GB to 32GB storage without the possibility of expanding it via microSD card
• 16 megapixel rear camera and f / 2.0 aperture
• 5 megapixel front camera with f / 2.0 aperture
• WiFi 802.11b / g / n / ac connectivity, Bluetooth 4.1,
• LTE-4G Bands 1/3/7 (800 MHz not supported)
• dual SIM
• USB Type-C
• 3.080 mAh battery with Quick Charge 2.0
• Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system with MIUI customization layer

Integrated

As soon as you take this Xiaomi Mi4c out of the box, one can realize perfectly, if you have seen and touched one of the Chinese manufacturer's smartphones before, that we are undoubtedly facing a Xiaomi. And it is that we meet the more typical materials and an unmistakable design without great highlights, nor that they attract powerfully attention.

As we already said, the body of the mobile device is made entirely of plastic, which offers us a pleasant feeling in the hand, but it slides to a great extent, which undoubtedly represents a great risk for our Mi4c.

This smartphone is one of the so-called unibody, that is, there is no possibility of removing the back cover to access the terminal battery. To place the SIM card or cards we must remove a small tray located on the left side. What in no case should you look for is the tray for the microSD card since it does not have, this being a major problem.

The front part does not have much analysis when it comes to design and is entirely occupied by the screen, with the Xiaomi logo engraved in the upper left.

Screen

In this analysis we have decided to create a special point to analyze the screen in detail and that is possibly the strongest point of this Xiaomi Mi4c. With 5 inches, with a Full HD resolution and using IPS technology we will find an image quality and a spectacular result in almost any situation.

After several days of using the terminal, I would dare to say that we are without a doubt one of the best screens on the market, which offers us some bright images with realistic colors and well-balanced contrast.

Outdoors and in broad daylight the result is still just as optimal. Indoors and in low light, everything remains the same. A sample of this is the following image;

If we had to put a note on the screen of this Xiaomi Mi4c it would undoubtedly be very high and that is that the Chinese manufacturer has shown that offering the user an inexpensive smartphone does not imply in any case doing without a high quality screen.

Performance

I have tested more powerful mobile devices than this Xiaomi Mi4c, but in the performance section the note that this smartphone gets is undoubtedly quite good. And is that with the processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, supported in our case by 2GB of RAM, everything moves and works perfectly, meeting the expectations I had.

After squeezing it with applications, games and intense use we can make sure that we have not noticed any problems and that the performance in general is optimal. This Xiaomi Mi4c has nothing to envy in terms of performance to other terminals of the same range present on the market.

Without a doubt, we have been left with the desire to experience the performance with the higher version of 3GB, which will surely offer even better results, but that will be for another time.

Battery

This Xiaomi Mi4c has a 3.080 mAh battery that without a doubt taking into account the screen size of this terminal is more than enough to offer us a more than interesting autonomy. The optimization of the entire terminal also helps to a great extent that the autonomy perfectly meets the expectations we had.

Squeezing it mercilessly we have managed to reach the end of the day perfectly and by reducing the brightness of the screen and taking care of the battery on some occasions we have perfectly managed to keep the device charger away from us for two full days.

Camera

As we have already seen previously, the rear camera of this Xiaomi Mi4c has a sensor, manufactured by Sony (IMX258), from 13 megapixels with aperture f / 2.0. The highlights of the camera of this terminal are the fidelity of the color, showing very real colors at all times and the focus speed that will surprise more than one user.

As for the recording possibilities, the rear camera will allow us to make videos at 1080p and 120fps.

The front camera has 5 megapixels with a field of view of 85 degrees and an aperture f / 2.0 which unfortunately is perhaps not what we could expect, although almost no one uses the front camera much except to take the occasional very sporadic selfie.

The results are not at the level of the so-called high-end devices, but we could say that they stay very close to the outstanding one, which once again taking into account the price of this device, is more than interesting.

Conclusions

Before analyzing the positive and negative points of this Xiaomi Mi4c we must say that once again this mobile device from the Chinese manufacturer has left us a great taste in our mouths. And it is that once again Xiaomi has managed to develop and manufacture a smartphone with high performance and design, although perhaps a bit fair, but interesting, at a very low price.

For just over 200 euros, any user can have this Xiaomi Mi4c that moves in the mid-range, although with total security it could pose a battle in some aspects to many terminals of the so-called high-end range.

In a very personal opinion and after having used this device for a few days, I am left to describe it with that saying that says "good, nice and cheap".

The most positive

The most positive aspects that we have found in this Xiaomi Mi4c are many. For example, the design, even though the material used is plastic, is capable of conquering any user given its attractive colors and simplicity. Its performance, the more than correct autonomy that it can offer us and a more than remarkable camera they may be other points that can lead us to decide to acquire this terminal from one of the most prominent Chinese manufacturers on the market.

Its price undoubtedly closes the positive points and that is that any user who so wishes can have an excellent terminal, which is close to the high ranges of the market, for a very low price that depending on the color that we like the most, it can be very little more than 200 euros.

The most negative

Unfortunately this section cannot be left blank and it is because the absence of a microSD card is a pretty big problem, especially if we buy the 16GB version of storage. Perhaps we also expected something more in terms of the front camera or the design, but more than as a negative we could put it as things to improve for future versions of this smartphone.

We could also remember in this section the version of the operating system, Android 5.1, which we hope will soon become history with the arrival of Android 6.0, although software updates are not one of Xiaomi's strengths.

Price and availability

This Xiaomi Mi4c has already been sold for a few months in the market and despite the fact that you can buy it in a large number of stores in the network of networks, our recommendation is that you buy it in Igogo, through the following link, for price of EUR 243Although depending on the color you choose, you can have it at home in a few days for just over 200 euros.

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