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Redmi 7 review: A dewdrop-notch budget phone with a big 4,000 mAh battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2019·$120
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#6 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Battery-first budget Redmi.

Redmi 7 leaned into endurance with a 4,000 mAh battery at $120, plus a fashionable dewdrop notch and the usual Xiaomi value formula. The HD+ panel and slow charging were the costs, but for battery-first buyers it delivered.

01Display

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

TypeIPS LCD, dewdrop notch
Size6.26 inches
Resolution1,520 × 720 px (HD+)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2019 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main12 MP + 2 MP depth
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

50/100

50/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 632 (14 nm)
RAM2 / 3 / 4 GB
Storage16 / 32 / 64 GB · microSD

04Battery

76/100

76/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity4,000 mAh
Wired10 W

05Build

60/100

60/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

06Value

72/100

72/100 trails the 77-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • Big 4,000 mAh battery at $120.
  • Dewdrop-notch big screen.
  • microSD + jack + IR blaster.
  • Two-day battery life.
What doesn't
  • HD+ on a 6.26" panel.
  • Snapdragon 632 slow.
  • 10 W charging.
  • Plastic build.

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? .