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Xiaomi Mi 4i review: A 2015 colourful budget Mi with a Snapdragon 615 and dual-SIM 4G.

Item: Xiaomi Mi 4i
Rating: 44
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2015·$210

Overall

44/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Xiaomi's 2015 India launch hit.

Mi 4i was Xiaomi's aggressive 2015 India pitch — a slim, colourful Mi at $210 with dual-SIM 4G. The SD615 was the weak spot, but the launch helped Xiaomi enter Indian online retail at scale.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — 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, f/1.8

03Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

ChipsetSnapdragon 615 (28 nm)

RAM2 GB

Storage16 / 32 GB

04Battery

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

Capacity3,120 mAh

Wired10 W

05Build

56/100

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

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2015.

What works

Slim 7.8 mm with cheerful colours.
Dual-SIM 4G LTE.
FHD display.
Aggressive Indian launch.

What doesn't

Snapdragon 615 throttled.
No microSD.
Mono speaker.
2 GB RAM.

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? .