Xiaomi Redmi K30i Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Xiaomi Redmi K30i - sacrificing cameras

The Chinese company Xiaomi highly appreciates the work of its designers and often tries to "squeeze out everything possible" from the successful exterior of a particular model. This is expressed in the gradual release of simplified or, conversely, improved versions of the smartphone from the point of view of technical characteristics, but with the full appearance of the phone. The hero of this review belongs to this category of devices.

The design of the new product is almost no different from that of its predecessors, however, it remains relevant in many aspects. The "island" front camera , built into the frameless display, a stylish trio of photomodules on the back of glass and a side fingerprint scanner look great, but there’s not enough metal trim for perfection. The 6.67-inch OGS-panel is ready to boast a refresh rate of 120 hertz , an oleophobic coating and good brightness and contrast settings. Unfortunately, the uniformity of the backlight is far from the flagship, so in some places you can see the light on a dark background.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor supporting 5G networks , 6GB / 8GB of RAM and the Adreno 620 video accelerator are a real paradise for a gamer. Resource-intensive gaming applications will run at maximum graphics settings throughout the current year. Information can be stored on 64 / 128GB ROM . Not enough internal storage? Well, then you have a microSD card slot at your disposal .

The main 48- (Samsung GM2), 8- (wide-angle) and 2-megapixel (portrait) cameras contrast somewhat with other indicators. Daytime photos will turn out to be extremely detailed and natural in terms of color reproduction, however, evening shots will be spoiled by an abundance of noise. The 20-megapixel front camera will definitely be loved by selfie fans. The battery capacity was 4500mAh . With such a battery for about a couple of days, you can not think about chargers. Support for NFC (contactless payments), the often updated MIUI proprietary shell, has not gone down compared to previous gadgets in terms of price. Thus, if you rarely take pictures in poor lighting conditions, the device will give only positive emotions.