Xiaomi Redmi Y2 review: The selfie budget phone has a price tag of Rs 9,999, but does it perform well. Redmi Y2 has a starting price of Rs 9,999 going up to Rs 12,999 for the high-end variant. Advertising The new Redmi Y2 is also powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, which is the same as Redmi Note 5. So is Redmi Y2 worth all the selfie fuss. To start with the selfies, Redmi Y2 does rather well in that department. The selfies have enough details, the outline is nearly perfect, even for pictures taken indoors. The Portrait mode is still not perfect in the selfies, but colour reproduction is nice. Considering the price of Rs 9,999, I would say the selfie promise on Redmi Y2 lives up to the hype and claim. Selfie in portrait mode on the Redmi Y2 Selfie in portrait mode on the Redmi Y2. This means more space for watching videos on the Redmi Y2. The display works fine, has ample brightness, and good viewing angles. On the design front, Redmi Y2 sports a metallic finish at the back. Redmi Y2 feels sturdy, and I redmi y2 price no trouble using this with one-hand and it has a good grip. The build quality is not bad for the price, though Redmi Y2 does not have a metallic unibody design. Redmi Y2 has a 5. The phone is definitely an improvement of the Redmi Y1 from last year. Redmi Y2 scored over 76,660 for us on the Antutu Benchmark test, which is better over other budget phones in a similar price range. The redmi y2 price is suited for your daily tasks like social media, watching videos on YouTube, etc. Running graphics-heavy games like Asphalt 8, etc works fine, if not smoothest experience. It will last an average on 10-12 hours with heavy duty to moderate usage. There were no heating issues either on the phone. Redmi Y2 rear camera samples. Image resized for web Redmi Y2 rear camera samples. Image resized for web Redmi y2 price Y2 rear camera samples. This not to say the display is terrible or that icons look blurry or pixelated, but the lack of that higher resolution is a miss. Overall in the performance, the device does redmi y2 price to lag when you have a flood of notifications all of a sudden. Also at one point Antutu would not respond and just crashed. My other issue with Redmi Y2 is the dual-rear camera. The auto-focus also does not get locked to the object. The colours seem a bit washed out for some photos, and it really struggles with bright reds, etc. Some photos turned out well with the Redmi Y2 as you can see in the samples, but low-light was a miss on this phone with too much noise. Hopefully, Xiaomi will push out a software update to fix some of these issues. The selfies are impressive for the price. The overall performance is not bad either, though it could have been better for the asking price. However, the rear camera needs some serious improvements as it is quite slow.
