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Xiaomi Mi 4c review: A 2015 USB-C compact Mi with a Snapdragon 808 hexa-core.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2015·$200
Overall
48/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

An early USB-C compact Mi.

Mi 4c put a flagship Snapdragon 808 in a compact, light USB-C body — one of the first phones with reversible USB-C at all. The compact form and chip pairing made it a sleeper hit.

01Display

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

TypeIPS LCD
Size5.0 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (FHD)

02Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

Main13 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
Selfie5 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

ChipsetSnapdragon 808 hexa-core
RAM2 / 3 GB
Storage16 / 32 GB

04Battery

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

Capacity3,080 mAh
Wired15 W QC 2.0

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

06Value

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

What works
  • One of the first USB-C phones.
  • Snapdragon 808 — flagship-class chip.
  • Quick Charge 2.0 fast charging.
  • Light 132 g.
What doesn't
  • Polycarbonate plastic build.
  • No microSD.
  • 2 GB RAM base.
  • 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 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .