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Redmi Note 8 review: One of the best-selling smartphones of all time.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2019·$179
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#2 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A best-seller for the ages.

Redmi Note 8 became one of the best-selling smartphones of all time — tens of millions sold on the strength of Gorilla Glass build, a 48 MP quad cam and FHD+ display at $179. The Note line's definitive volume hit.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2019 — 8 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS LCD
Size6.3 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

Main48 MP Samsung GM1, f/1.79
Ultrawide8 MP, 120 deg
Macro2 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

62/100

At 62/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2019 — 6 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 665 (11nm)
GPUAdreno 610

04Battery

78/100

78/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity4000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • Gorilla Glass build at $179
  • 48 MP quad cam and FHD+
  • Sold over 30 million units — proven value
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 665 modest
  • 2 MP filler lenses
  • Mono speaker

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? .