Xiaomi’s Redmi Note range will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary. This is therefore an opportunity to look back on her career, which quickly established itself in the hearts of consumers thanks to its attractive prices and quality products.
In 2014, Xiaomi launched its Redmi Note range of electronic devices. The beginning of a success story that has only been confirmed since. Xiaomi’s slogan, Innovation for everyone, sums up the state of mind of Redmi Note: to offer the public technological products at a low price, which everyone can buy, but always maintaining a certain quality of manufacture. From its beginnings in China to its new ambitions in 2023, passing through its arrival in France and its transition to 5G, let’s look back on ten years of Redmi.
The first Redmi Note and 4G
In 2014, Redmi presented its very first Note. The Redmi Note range stands out for its large display area, the first model sporting a screen with a diagonal of 5.5 inches, while the Redmi in the main range were only 4.7 inches at the time. An improved version of the smartphone comes with 2 GB of RAM, while the standard is still 1 GB of RAM at this time. Larger, the Redmi Note can be equipped with a larger battery, which also makes them champions of autonomy.
Very quickly, Redmi Note smartphones will begin to support 4G technology, which will disrupt mobile data usage by providing much faster speeds and lower latency to devices. Users on a tight budget can quickly browse the internet, download large files and play online on their smartphone.
Redmi Note arrives in France
In 2018, Xiaomi officially arrives on the French market. Its products, including smartphones from the Redmi range, are now available from us in physical stores and on the internet, via Xiaomi directly or through the main tech merchants and telecom operators, who have not missed the opportunity to offer their customers with the devices we’ve been talking about for years in Europe, but which we haven’t had access to so far. The Redmi Note 5 is then one of the star smartphones in Xiaomi’s catalog.
The growth of Xiaomi and the popularity of Redmi Note mobiles in Europe and France are very strong in the years following their appearance on the Old Continent. For consumers, it is finally possible to acquire a smartphone with attractive features for an affordable price, when brands from the United States, Japan or South Korea retained much less attractive price-quality ratios.
The first affordable 5G smartphone
Redmi Note has successfully transitioned to 5G, with the first smartphones compatible with the new generation of mobile connectivity from 2020. These models will be followed by the very popular Redmi Note 9T 5G, available in early 2021 in France. Redmi hits hard with this device since it is the first 5G-compatible entry-level mobile available on the French market. Before him, 5G was reserved for premium smartphones, costing much more. Further proof that the brand is a pioneer in bringing premium features to affordable devices.
From 2020, the brand is also launching the Redmi Watch, its first connected watch, marking its ambitions beyond the smartphone segment to diversify into connected objects and create its own ecosystem of products. As with smartphones, Redmi is targeting small budgets with this smartwatch, which runs on the Wear OS operating system. The manufacturer then sought to expand further with, for example, Redmi Buds wireless headphones. Users can now associate accessories from the range with their Redmi Note mobile.
New ambitions
Redmi Note’s journey is far from over and the manufacturer is looking to the future, with ever more ambitious products. Today, Redmi Note offers devices with particularly solid features that exceed the expectations of most users. Witness the latest addition to the family, the Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G. The brand’s new flagship smartphone aims for high technical specifications and a neat design despite a contained price.
The Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G has an advanced camera thanks to its 200 MP sensor with optical image stabilization to avoid blurring effects and shots that lack sharpness when taken on the fly. It uses the pixel fusion technique to assemble 16 pixels into a large 2.24μm pixel, capable of capturing much more light and therefore significantly improving the quality of photos.
It also benefits from a 120 W charging power, much faster than on premium smartphones sold two or three times more expensive from other manufacturers. Enough to gain hours of autonomy in just a few minutes of charging. Finally, let’s mention its superb 6.67-inch AMOLED screen. It offers a fluid display thanks to its 120 Hz refresh rate and supports the Dolby Vision format, for videos with intense colors. You’ll see it comfortably even in bright sunlight thanks to its high brightness of up to 900 nits.
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