Published 12:09 IST, March 7th 2019

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7: How About Subjecting The Budget Flagship To Some Durability Evaluation

JerryRigEverything subjected the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 to multiple durability tests, find out how the budget flagship performed.

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Xiaomi’s Redmi te 7 that recently saw light of day in India sure looks durable. How about subjecting budget flagship to actual durability tests? For those of you excited with prospect of determining toughness and endurance limit of Redmi te 7 smartphone, check out a real-world evaluation below.

Rewned techlogy analyst going by YouTube moniker of JerryRigEverything has subjected Xiaomi Redmi te 7 to durability tests, displayed via his new . teardrop camera tch at front and dual rear camera arrangement undoubtedly d display fervour to externals of smartphone. But how do externals (and internals combined) survive durability evaluation?

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Test 1 - Scratch performance:

JerryRigEverything starts off with scratch test; Gorilla Glass 5 protector actually does a good job as re are visible scratches till level 6 of scratch test. scratches start becoming visible after this level. se prove that display protection offered is fairly good.

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SIM-card tray that can hold two SIM-cards and inner water-resistant ring came apart comparatively quickly from time of being subjected to scratch/force tests. An aspect worth ting here is fact that SIM-card tray is me up of plastic.

As far as side panels and or buttons are concerned plastic coating came apart under more than rmal pressure; which is completely rmal, and t b. rear panel was also subjected to scratch tests, and fingerprint scanner showed nearly zero scratches during tests.

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Test 2 - Burn evaluation

JerryRigEverything’s burn evaluation resulted in Redmi te 7 lasting 9 seconds when its display was subjected to heat and effect from flames. display seemingly self-healed after a while without pixels being distorted.

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Test 3 - Bend evaluation

When bent under rmal pressure, phone showed signs of cracks despite being flexed. phone’s display cracked when bent from or side, se cracks are ticed on SIM card tray and besides power button.

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When bent again, screen died while touch sensitivity was nil. table aspect here is fact that for its price point, smartphone is decent but falls short in JeeryRigEverything’s bend test.  neless, se should t be points to ponder over in as buyers of a smartphone generally case ir handsets equately and us is nearly rmal; re would naturally be almost nil throwing and beating (bending as well) devices. Hence, Redmi te 7 is still worth its budget pricing.

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11:55 IST, March 7th 2019