Redmi 7 review: Affordable workhorse with 4000 mAh and waterdrop notch.
Volume king of 2019 budget tier.
Redmi 7 shipped tens of millions worldwide on the strength of its 4000 mAh cell, sturdy build and rock-bottom price. The Snapdragon 632 was a downgrade vs the Note 7's 660, but for first-phone buyers it was plenty.
01Display
60/10060/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.
03Performance
50/10050/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.
04Battery
74/10074/100 trails the 79-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.
05Build
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker build results among budget phones of 2019 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- 4000 mAh battery in a small package
- microSD + headphone jack
- Solid sub-$150 build
- 720p only
- No fast charging
- Snapdragon 632 lukewarm
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 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .