The Redmi Note 7 was launched today as the company’s first phone as a slightly more independent brand, Redmi. Before now they were part of Xiaomi, creating the
The Redmi Note 7 was launched today as the company’s first phone as a slightly more independent brand, Redmi. Before now they were part of Xiaomi, creating the most affordable line of smartphones for the Xiaomi phone collection – now they’ve been spun off into their own entity. Xiaomi also runs Pocophone, another company that’s absolutely dashing the rest of the competition in the price vs specs race.
What’s the deal here, you might be wondering. How is it possible that Xiaomi’s brand Redmi could make a smartphone with a 48-megapixel camera on its back and sell it for around $150 USD? Just a few corners are cut – including a lack of NFC, and a slightly older-than-average chipset. It’s got a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 inside, which means it needs to do some fancy footwork to make use of a 48MP sensor.
While a Snapdragon 660 might not otherwise be able to handle a 48-megapixel camera, this one’s not like the others. This camera merges 4 pixels into one large 1.
