Overall, a predictable showing from the Redmi Note 5A in the benchmark run - not a record breaker, but a dependable all-round performer. GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)ĪnTuTu's score is in line with our expectations - the Snapdragon 435-powered Redmi Note 5A does the same as the Redmi 4 (same chip), better than Redmi 4A (older S425 chip), but is inferior to the Redmi 5 (S625) and vivo V7 (newer S450 chip). Meanwhile the LG Q6 with the same GPU trails behind crippled by the high screen resolution. Having a regular 16:9 720p display really helps in games, as the Redmi Note 5A outputs similar fps as S625-powered phones with 1080p screens. The vivo V7's S450 chip does a lot better, as expected from a newer hardware. Kicking things off with GeekBench, as usual, we got some nice numbers - the Redmi Note 5A processor is doing a good job for the class beating the one inside the Snapdragon 425 (Redmi 4A) and doing even better than its S435 sibling inside the LG Q6. There is also a capable Adreno 505 GPU, and 3 or 4 gigs of RAM (depending on the storage configuration). The Snapdragon 435 has a rather classic setup found in many a mid-ranger in terms of CPU configuration - eight Cortex-A53 cores, in this instance clocked at up to 1.4GHz. There is already a newer 450 model found in vivo V7, but as far as 435 version is concerned - it is quite a popular choice for budget phones. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A is powered by the Snapdragon 435 chipset, not the most recent iteration in Qualcomm's popular 400 series. If you are running on a Chinese ROM, then the Music and Video app will also allow access to local (paid) streaming services. MIUI also offers proprietary Gallery, Music, and Video player. It can also manage the permissions of your installed apps, and allows you to define the battery behavior of selected apps and applies restrictions only to the apps you choose. It can scan your phone for malware, manage your blacklist, manage or restrict your data usage, configure battery behavior, and free up some RAM. You can download more and change your wallpapers, lockscreen style, system icons, font, and sounds. Themes are fully supported, and several are available out of the box. All native apps support it and, luckily, all third-party apps with support for any kind of split screen mode work flawlessly on MIUI 9 side-by-side view. It allows you to launch two apps side-by-side. MIUI 9 adds native support for multi-tasking via the new Split Screen feature. The app switcher feels like it came out of iOS - apps are represented by appropriate thumbnails in the same manner, but there is an additional key for the Split Screen mode. You can configure what shows up here, or you can disable this altogether. It contains different cards with relevant information - recent apps, step counter, notes, calendar events, the weather, and favorites, among others. It's quite similar to Today's page in iOS. There is a Quick Card pane, the leftmost one. The notification drawer comes from the top and has the quick toggles, as usual. You get a docked menu for the most commonly used apps, of course. The novelties aside, it's MIUI however you look at it - every shortcut, plus widgets of your choosing, are dropped on the homescreen. There are tons of improvements under the hood, too, such as better RAM management, faster performance, lighter on resources, and improved doze mode. Yes, there is a lot of "smart" with MIUI 9 and it's possible thanks to the new machine learning process. 8 with multi-window support, quick replies for notifications, smart app launcher, smart assistance, and smart image search. MIUI has been known for its clean interface, but looks are deceiving as it also offers a ton of customization options and advanced system tools at your disposal if you dig in. While MIUI is one of the most popular launchers with great support, it's been somewhat behind the competition when it comes to the latest Android adoption. The Redmi Note 5A runs on Xiaomi's own MIUI 9 - a neat launcher based on the latest Android Nougat version - 7.1.2.
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