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Thursday, 3 October 2019

Redmi 8A Review: Budget Blockbuster

Xiaomi under the Redmi brand launched the Redmi 8A, that company's latest budget smartphone in India last week. The Redmi 8A is an attempt to fix the shortcomings of Redmi 7A, in terms of display, design, battery, camera, while retaining the same Snapdragon 439 SoC, but this is less than 3 months of the launch of the Redmi 7A. Let us dive into the review to find out. Box Contents Redmi 8A smartphone in Ocean Blue color 2-pin 10W charger (5V-2A) USB Type-C cable SIM Ejector tool User manual and warranty information Display, Hardware and Design The main change in the Redmi 8A when compared to the Redmi 7A is its 19:9 aspect ratio 2.5D curved glass screen. It has a large 6.22-inch HD+‘Dot Notch’ display with a pixel resolution of 1520 × 720 pixels and a pixel density of about 270 PPI. The display is bright, thanks to 400 nits brightness and 1500:1 contrast ratio and the colors are decent since it has 70.8% of NTSC color gamut. Sunlight legibility is good, since it has a Sunlight display to adjust the contrast of each pixel in real time, so images are less affected by glare. It also has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 ...