Xiaomi Redmi Y1 First Impressions, first glimpse of Xiaomi Redmi Y1

Flagship Me Mix Series And after launching the Android One series in India, Xiaomi has introduced its new series. The new series is Redmi Y and this lineup will be known for a selfie -centric smartphone. One of the early handsets of this series is Xiaomi Redmi Y1. We spent some time with this device before being officially launched. How did we like this phone in the first glimpse? Let’s tell.

The design of Xiaomi Redmi Y1 clearly shows a glimpse of the Redmi series. There is a 5.5 -inch HD display on the front panel with a protection of Corning Gorilla Glass. Onscreen capacitive buttons are not backlit for navigation. Xiaomi Redmi Y1 has a 16 -megapixel selfie camera equipped with a selfie flash. The rear has a 13 -megapixel rear camera with single LED flash. There is a fingerprint sensor in the middle of the rear. It was easy to access the fingerprint scanner. It unlocked the phone rapidly without any trouble. Like the company’s popular Xiaomi Redmi 4 and Redmi Note 4, this phone is not of metal unibody. The back is of plastic. Power and volume have found a place on the right and they are also made of plastic.

The micro-USB port is at the bottom of the phone and there are speaker grills on both sides. There will be a 3.5mm headphone socket, IR emitter and secondary microphone at the top. We found that the Redmi Y1 is good. Despite being 153 grams of weight, this phone does not feel strange in the hands. The sim tray has two nano sim slots. There is a separate slot for microSD card, this is a welcome step. Redmi Y1 has been made available in gold and dark gray colors.

Xiaomi has used Snapdragon 435 processor in Redmi Y1. With this you have two options based on RAM and storage. A variant is of 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage which we have received for review. At the same time, the second variant is 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. Both variants will support microSD cards up to 128 GB. The 3000 mAh battery will work to bring life to the phone. Xiaomi has given a 10 watt charger with the phone.

The phone runs on Xiaomi’s custom MIUI 9 beta based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat. We found that the new user interface is easy to use. It seems that the phone will keep supporting you without any trouble.
We also used Redmi Y1’s selfie camera and found that the app interface is easy to use. Beautiful mode for selfie camera is first active. Let us know that smart beauty mode is also somewhat effective.

It seems that Xiaomi wants to redeem the craze of selfie through its Redmi Y1. The phone has an effective selfie camera for a competent processor and most of the circumstances. If you are looking for a good selfie phone in the budget price, then also consider Xiaomi Redmi Y1 as a contender. We will soon come with a detailed review of this phone.