Important Issues of XIAOMI REDMI 5A with Advantages and Disadvantages Review

Please read some information about XIAOMI REDMI 5A from our point of view, to give more idea before buying this phone. This the Android smartphone which release in the market at the end of 2017. The operating system use Android Nougat with 5 inches LCD screen width. This phone comes using 3 GB or 2 GB RAM for multitasking applications.

 

Pros and Cons XIAOMI REDMI 5A body and features

This phone use 5 inches LCD screen width. The screen resolutions is 720p HD with 720×1280 pixel, but the aspect ratio still use 16:9 like other previous year smartphone. At the right side of body, we can find volume button and power button. The shape of body is beautiful. The main camera located at top left of the body together with flash light.

Goodness of  XIAOMI REDMI 5A use dual simcard slot which can standby together. This phone can work with 4G LTE data broadband. The other pros of simcard is not share with external memory. XIAOMI REDMI 5A have dedicated external memory slot MicroSD maximum 256 GB. Please choose faster write/write speed when inserting MicroSD simcard, because it will effect with video recording and some other applications which can move data files to external memory.

The disadvantages of XIAOMI REDMI 5A does not have fingerprint sensor, maybe because this is cheap price smartphone from Xiaomi. However, to give security protections, we still can use alternative security option like password or pin or screen lock pattern.

The other disadvantages of XIAOMI REDMI 5A use only Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 processor, this can work with Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and together with dedicated GPU Adreno 308 for playing games without troubles. However, this processor still can work smooth for standard daily applications like games or social media or chatting.

Good point of XIAOMI REDMI 5A is having big battery. This phone use 3000 mAh battery capacity. This is good enough for 5 inches LCD screen smartphone. Moreover, the Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425 processor also consume relativity small battery for running applications.

Advantages of XIAOMI REDMI 5A use Android Nougat 7.1.2 operating system when the first time release in the market. Please only use official global ROM, because some not standard ROM will make this phone get some bloatware.

 

 

Goodness and Badness of XIAOMI REDMI 5A Camera and Video

XIAOMI REDMI 5A have standard camera. Main camera use 13 megapixel, the disadvantages is only use aperture number f/2.2. But the phase detection autofocus can help get fast focus before taking pictures. There are some features when we use main camera applications to take pictures with face or smile detection, good HDR when take indoor and outdoor photo together, and also have panorama features to take several images and mix them together become wide picture. This camera can record video maximum 1080p Full HD resolutions.

XIAOMI REDMI 5A have 5 megapixel camera for front camera. This camera located near earphone speaker. But demerit of XIAOMI REDMI 5A front camera does not have LED light flash. However, XIAOMI REDMI 5A front camera have better aperture number with f/2.0 for more bright pictures.

 

Possibilities Disadvantages Issues of XIAOMI REDMI 5A :

• XIAOMI REDMI 5A does not have fingerprint sensor.
• XIAOMI REDMI 5A does not have NFC.
• XIAOMI REDMI 5A use old MicroUSB 2.0.
• The LCD XIAOMI REDMI 5A screen aspect ratio still 16:9
• Some of XIAOMI REDMI 5A non official ROM have bloatware.
• The front camera of XIAOMI REDMI 5A does not have LED flash.

 

Is XIAOMI REDMI 5A Worth To Buy ?

Xiaomi have two options when we want to buy this smartphone. With 16 GB internal memory together with 2 GB RAM or 32 GB internal memory with 3 GB RAM. The price of XIAOMI REDMI 5A is really cheap, especially 16 GB internal memory. If we want to use cheap 5 inches LCD screen smartphone with medium camera result, then buying XIAOMI REDMI 5A is recommended.