SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Redmi 10 review: 90Hz LCD and 50 MP main, sub-$170 entry.

Item: Redmi 10
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2021·$169

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#3 of 5

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Stereo speakers at sub-$170.

Redmi 10 was a rare stereo-speaker entry-level phone with 90Hz, a 50 MP main, and the right balance of MIUI features. It became Xiaomi's budget bestseller of late 2021.

01Display

74/100

74/100 puts it above the 70-point average for budget phones of 2021.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz

Size6.5 inches

Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 62-point average for budget phones of 2021.

Main50 MP, f/1.8

Ultrawide8 MP, 120 deg

Depth2 MP

Macro2 MP

Selfie8 MP

03Performance

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 55-point average for budget phones of 2021.

ChipsetHelio G88 (12nm)

GPUMali-G52 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2021.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging18W

05Build

60/100

60/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2021.

What works

90Hz at sub-$170
Stereo speakers unusual in this tier
50 MP main for daylight detail

What doesn't

LCD lacks AMOLED snap
Helio G88 lukewarm
2 MP filler cams

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .