Redmi 15 Review: Xiaomi’s Promising Comeback? | Devices

Xiaomi has had a fairly sluggish and troublesome 12 months in India, launching fewer telephones than ever. The Redmi Note sequence got here on the finish of final 12 months and after fairly a spot, we now have the Redmi 15, positioned in a extremely aggressive sub-Rs 20,000 worth phase. This is a territory Redmi and Xiaomi as soon as dominated. But, not anymore.

The Redmi 15 does really feel like a promising comeback. However, it isn’t a runaway winner. The telephone begins at Rs 14,999 in India for the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. It packs a 7000mAh battery, which we’ve not seen in any smartphone at this worth level. The closest competitor to it phrases of battery on this phase, at the very least on paper is the Oppo K13, that’s priced at Rs 17,999 for 8GB RAM with 128GB storage.

Well, I’ve been utilizing the Redmi 15 for fairly a while now and here’s what I give it some thought.

Redmi 15 Review – Design And Display

For the assessment, I obtained the Redmi 15 in Frosted White color. As the title suggests, it has a design of frosted ice on its rear panel and it appears to be like good and the gadget additionally options IP64 ranking. The gadget really feel heavy whereas holding, weighing 217gm however that’s a trade-off for the mammoth battery. The rear panel has a barely raised digital camera deco that fabricated from steel, and homes the digital camera sensors. The edges of the panel have a really delicate curve making the in hand really feel barely higher, whereas the sides and the show in entrance is flat.

The Redmi 15 has a 6.9-inch FHD+ LCD panel that helps 144Hz refresh charge. This panel is surrounded by fairly chunky bezels and a thick chin. It might be shiny with upto 850 nits of peak brightness in indoors, however I needed to actually squint so as to learn the show content material in shiny, sunny outside circumstances.

I watched just a few episodes of Naruto and some films in my free time, and I had no complaints aside from the colours being oversaturated. Apart from that, the image high quality was sharp and properly detailed. Here’s the factor although: the Oppo K13 is priced simply a few thousand extra, but it surely comes with AMOLED panel which over a LCD panel goes to be forward by miles.

Redmi 15 Review – Performance And Battery

Under the hood, the Redmi 15 contains a Snapdragon 6s Gen 3, which is an improve over the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 current in its predecessor, the Redmi 13. I’ve with me the highest variant for the assessment that packs 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB UFS 2.2 storage and prices Rs 16,999 in India, but it surely’s base variant has 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. Of course it’s not a excessive efficiency chipset, which is why it will be unfair to anticipate 90fps gaming, or related actions. Talking about benchmark facet of issues, the Redmi 15 scores round 4.5 lakhs on AnTuTu and 941 in single-core and 2244 in multi-core on Geekbench.

These scores translate to a reasonably good on a regular basis efficiency. Using apps corresponding to Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Google Maps isn’t actually an issue. I used it as my secondary gadget and examined it totally, and I didn’t discover any main stutter of lags. I additionally tried gaming a little bit on this, and whilst you don’t get lots of flexibility with graphics settings corresponding to Extreme or Extreme+ contemplating it’s a price range smartphone, however the gameplay on Smooth graphics with Ultra body charge was lag free. A number of body drops right here and there, however no performance-hampering lags.

As I discussed above that it packs a 7000mAh battery. It clearly delivers greater than a day juice, and in a typical utilization of scrolling on Instagram, studying articles, utilizing Google Maps, testing benchmarks, operating CPU throttling and doing all kinds of issues that may drain the battery. Even in any case this, I used to be left with 28 per cent battery on the finish of the day. As for common screen-on time, I recorded round 9 hours of utilization in my testing the gadget for greater than two weeks.

You do get 33W charging contained in the field that takes about 80-85 minutes in charging the gadget from 0-100 per cent.

Redmi 15 Review – Camera

The digital camera module on the Redmi 15 is barely complicated. It homes a 50-megapixel main digital camera and an auxiliary digital camera. Inside the digital camera module, there’s some form of tertiary sensor too, but it surely doesn’t seem like associated to optics or the digital camera. I’ve gotten in contact with Redmi workforce for extra readability on this, however haven’t heard from them but. Speaking of images, the first digital camera can do an honest job of capturing pictures in broad daylight.

If the lighting is even barely tough, the small print seems to be what I might name not the most effective I’ve seen on this phase, however can do the job. The colors are largely pure, and the HDR might be defined as respectable. To lower it some slack, the Redmi 15 performs simply as you’d anticipate from a tool on this worth vary. If you anticipate extra from the cameras, you’ll have to extend the price range to at the very least 22-25k worth phase as that’s the place cameras on a smartphone begin to seize good images.

Redmi 15 Review – Verdict

So, right here’s the factor. The Redmi 15 begins at Rs 14,999 for 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. For the value, I consider any person who’s seeking to purchase a smartphone with an enormous battery, will just like the telephone – on a situation that they’re okay with an LCD show. Yes, there are higher choices out there available in the market, corresponding to in order for you AMOLED panel with the identical battery measurement, you will get the Oppo K13 however you’ll need to pay a little bit further.

If you don’t need to dent your pocket and nonetheless need an AMOLED panel, you possibly can try Redmi Note 14 or Poco M7 Pro, however you’ll need to compromise on the battery. If you need barely higher efficiency (not by a distinction of miles, however nonetheless a distinction), then you possibly can go for iQOO Z10x or Vivo T4x.

The level I’m attempting to make right here is that I consider Redmi 15 is a fairly sorted gadget. Good endurance, respectable efficiency, okay-ish show and a digital camera that’s there to serve you when and as required. However, for Redmi to regain the territory that I spoke originally, there may’ve been a bit extra on provide, even when it means having to bump up the value by couple of 1000’s.

I loved utilizing the Redmi 15, as I don’t actually have to fret concerning the battery, and it may be a great decide for individuals, who’re okay with slight compromise.