Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro 4G 64GB Blue Dual-SIM – Germany, France, I...

Speaking as an iPhone 5s user looking to replace a sluggish phone (due to latest update!) I was looking for a new phone that was in my price range, with good battery life and an excellent camera. This phone delivered on all points. I'm really happy with my purchase. I fully charged it two days ago and since then I've been online loads, taken tons of photos, watched video clips, played games etc. and now 48 hours later I'm thinking maybe I should recharge it soon. I love the fact that you can set the phone to turn off while you're asleep and on again just before your alarm goes off, great energy saving feature. Feels high spec. I love it!

I've had a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 for 18 months and wanted a change and it was between this and a Mi A3 and I'm so glad I picked this phone. It is as fast, if not a little bit faster than my old Note 9 (not even exaggerating) and the speaker is look and I don't have a problem with the software.Pros :-Battery life is insaneSpeaker is surprisingly quite goodPhone calls are clear and I'm glad it uses Google's own software for themOnce you get the hang of it, MIUI is very good and fresh compared to One UI.Cons :-Ads, ads everywhere but they easy to turn offPhone does get hot while playing games, not too hot but it is noticeableIt is on the Global Rom so it is running Android 9 so if you want Android 10 you will be waiting a little whileOverall a very good phone, easily one of the best I've had and apart from a few of the cons, which are bound to happen at this price, there is nothing really I can complain about as the cons are really little niggles witch can be fixed.

Runs android great - runs apps like Pokemon Go and PubG on highest and doesnt get too hot. It has game-turbo boost modes too - that I dont use - which makes the phone focus on the game instead of other processes.The android software skin is really clean and nice.The news panel on the left of the home screen loads quickly and suggests relevant news articles, but the phone supports any widgets from other news apps.With apps like Facebook messenger - that have android "apps displaying over apps" permanent notifications - you can ACTUALLY turn these notifications off - unlike on Huawei phonesPhone takes really nice pictures and has a good amount of pro mode settings to take really good photos with the macro lens. You can get super close to objects to get some extra HD pictures - it would be amazing with a phone stabilising tripodWithout a case - this is gorgeous

Overall very happy with phone and does what i need it to. The screen is bright and the speaker and microphone are good quality. It picks up on my "Hey Google" commands from across the kitchen even when the kettle and extractor are on full blast, which was impressive.I opted for the 128GB version becasue my previous phone ran out of memory for apps. Shouldnt be an issue with this one for a couple years.I also like that you can actively select the camera lens that is being used. Some of the other phones i tested and looked at reviews about said that camera lens selection was automatic, but on this phone you have full manual control. It means you can be sure of getting the widest or the highest quality shot possible if you really want it. For my work, i really wanted to make sure i could take the widest photos possible so this was important.Only think i would say, is get a custom launcher app like Nova so you can hide a lot of app that you cant uninstall. Also i'm not a massive fan of the notification tray, it is a bit spaced out and doesnt allow swipe to dismiss notifiaction in both directions, just one way. Very minor niggle, but i was used to being able to to it in both directions, so this will jsut be something i need to get used to.Other minor irritant is the silicon case it comes with has a flap over the USB-C port, which i guess is great for stopping hair and fluff getting in there, but makes it a nightmare to plug in each night for charging. If it was wireless charging capable, then this wouldnt be an issue, but since this phone is NOT capable of wireless charging, i have cut off the little flap to make access easier.

Bought this as an update to my umidigi S3 pro mainly as an emulation device I won't review the phone features in detail suffice to say it operates fast and efficiently and takes good snaps. As an emulation device it's excellent running psp and GC games almost entirely at full speed even demanding games like Mario sunshine and God of war for this price amazing. Like the S3 the screen is ltps so it looks bright and sharp and colours are good all round a very good device for emulation and gaming. There is a comprehensive gaming mode that restricts background apps to improve performance and the screen has improved sensitivity. If the mediatek soc worries you forget the may sayers that's all in the past with the p60 and p70 they were already on an upward curve driver support is getting better the g90t is a beast oh and it doesn't go over 45 degrees when gaming at this price this chipset at the mo is unrivalled.

A great phone especially for it's price. Feels very top end. The chipset can run top games like Fortnite and Call of Duty so that's good. Battery life lasts up to two days for me so some nights I go to sleep without putting it on charge and it's 50% the next day lasting all day.It first felt very much like an iPhone but on Android. All apps will appear on the home screen like iOS does. After the Android 10 update, you have the ability to enable the app drawer to make it feel more like an Android phone. The camera also has iPhone style features like Portrait and Studio mode seem to be a direct copy of these and these features work really well. It seems the Camera also has Google's camera algorithms as well so picture quality is very good.