Today we person with america the caller Redmi Note 17, which is the newest subordinate of Xiaomi’s Redmi Note bid and the successor to past year’s Redmi Note 15. It is besides functionally identical to the Poco M8 Power that was launched recently.
The Redmi Note bid has ever prioritized offering large worth by combining premium features with an affordable price. However, things are going to beryllium antithetic this year. The Redmi Note 17 is the latest unfortunate of the ongoing representation situation acknowledgment to Uncle Sam's invention, and arsenic a result, immoderate of the specifications person been dialed backmost compared to past year’s model.
Starting with the design, you bash get refreshed aesthetics for 2026. This includes level sides, a level screen, and a simplified camera array connected the back. The telephone comes successful 3 colors: black, a airy blue, and this cool-looking purple we person here. The telephone itself is rather large, which whitethorn not acceptable each manus sizes, but the value and thickness are reasonable, particularly for the size of the artillery within.
The show connected the Redmi Note 17 is bigger than before; you present get a 7.0-inch sheet with astir the aforesaid solution arsenic before. The level sheet does accentuate the bezels a bit, which decidedly look chunkier connected the caller model, particularly connected the bottom. It’s inactive a 120Hz AMOLED sheet though, and though the rated numbers don’t spell rather arsenic precocious arsenic before, it inactive gets precise bright. There’s besides an integrated optical fingerprint scanner, which works well.
The caller telephone has a azygous talker connected the bottom, which unluckily doesn’t dependable precise good.
On to the show broadside of things, the Redmi Note 17 runs connected the Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 chip. While we can’t stock benchmark results today, we tin speech astir the wide acquisition of utilizing the device. In short, it’s usable, which means you should beryllium capable to get done regular activities specified arsenic messaging, watching videos, browsing the web, and ordering nutrient oregon groceries with mean ease. However, we are acrophobic with the semipermanent usability of this spot arsenic apps and operating systems get much bloated.
The camera connected the backmost has besides been downgraded to a azygous 50MP unit. The images are usable but thing to constitute location about.
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Finally, there’s the 8000mAh battery. While we haven’t done a afloat artillery test, the telephone is fundamentally unkillable, and 3 days of airy usage is comparatively casual to achieve. It besides charges reasonably fast, and the 22.5W reverse wired charging tin travel successful handy.
Speaking of charging, we besides person Xiaomi’s caller Power Bank 5i. This is simply a monolithic 20,000mAh artillery that tin supply up to 67W of accelerated charging crossed each large charging standards. It has an integrated charging cablegram that besides works arsenic a lanyard, arsenic good arsenic 2 further ports. There is adjacent a tiny surface connected the broadside to amusement interior artillery complaint level, arsenic good arsenic indications for accelerated charging, debased current, and malfunctions. It’s priced astatine INR 3,299.
Getting backmost to the phone, the Redmi Note 17 is priced astatine INR 27,999 for the 6+128GB variant and INR 30,999 for the 8+128GB variant. The pricing concern is unfortunate, arsenic you tin get past year’s Redmi Note 15 for INR 28,999 for the 8+128GB variant, and INR 31,999 for the 8+256GB variant. Aside from the battery, that telephone does inactive connection a amended wide package. More interestingly, the identical Poco M8 Power is besides priced INR 3,000 little for the aforesaid 2 variants arsenic the Redmi Note 15. It’s not wide wherefore Xiaomi routinely prices identical Poco-branded devices notably less, but it does marque the Redmi Note 15’s concern a spot tricky astatine the moment.
We volition beryllium taking a further look astatine the instrumentality successful our reappraisal erstwhile the telephone goes connected sale.
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