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Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

Announced: August 2019.OS: Android 9 Pie → 11. VDRD-summary: It is better not to buy!
Starting price of $160 after the release dropped by 20% and now the average price is $128. Starting price of 9 901 ₽ after the release dropped by 20% and now the average price is 7 921 ₽. Starting price of 5 904 ₴ after the release dropped by 20% and now the average price is 4 723 ₴.
Status: Almost gone.
  • Screen 6.3" IPS LCD
  • Rear сamera 48 MP Wide 4 modules
  • Selfie camera 13 MP Wide
  • CPU 8 cores Snapdragon 665
  • Memory 3/6 GB RAM
  • Storage 32/64/128 GB ROM
  • Memory cards microSDXC
  • Battery 4 000 mAh
  • Thickness 8.4 mm
  • Sim Cards 2 items dual sim
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Short description Xiaomi Redmi Note 8

This is a smartphone on Android 9 Pie with a very fast and productive processor, with a huge touchscreen size, with a very cool camera that has 4 modules (48 MP Wide, 8 MP UltraWide, 2 MP Macro, 2 MP Depth sensor), and the front camera here turned out to be very high quality, which can make beautiful selfies. And Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 has such features: a slot for two SIM cards, cut-out notch above the screen (so that a selfie camera, speakers and additional sensors are placed there).

Versions: M1908C3JH, M1908C3JG, M1908C3JI.

Disclaimer. The table shows the main technical characteristics of the device. For a full list of features and capabilities of this model, see the manufacturer’s website. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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Important update: this model is updated to Android version 11.
Check the availability of the update version in your region on the manufacturer’s website.

Android version and market relevance

The long-awaited announcement of a new smartphone from the manufacturer Xiaomi, which took place in August 2019 (in our catalog you can see all smarphones of 2019). This is a new model Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 — dual smartphone works on Android 9 Pie, which can be updated to version 11.

And let’s look at an important function — the availability of 5G networks support in a smartphone. Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 has not received support for 5G networks, but this does not mean that this model is bad and does not deserve your attention. Look at all the features of this smartphone and its price. It is possible that you will like it very much and will be suitable for purchase today. And after one or two years, when you choose the next new smartphone, then on the page of all 5G smartphones in our catalog you will see hundreds of smartphones from many manufacturers at different prices.

Screen, body and battery

The case Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 has got interesting features: very thin side frames, cutout above the screen for a selfie camera and sensors.

The screen Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 is made using the IPS LCD technology, has a diagonal 6.3 inches. Such a very large main touch screen certainly affects the dimensions of the case, which has a thickness of 8.4 mm. Also inside the case is a battery with a capacity of 4 000 mAh. This model could become a flip smartphone and get into our catalog on a separate page, where all phones with flexible screens are collected. Unfortunately, this did not happen. And therefore, if you are interested in smartphones with such top-end characteristics, we advise you to look at them in our catalog and get a deeper understanding in which direction the entire mobile electronics industry is moving. Perhaps, in a couple of years, every second person on the planet will have such flip smartphones.

Main camera and selfie camera

The main camera has several modules (smartphones with four cameras): 48 MP Wide + 8 MP UltraWide + 2 MP Macro + 2 MP Depth sensor and, as usual, it is located on the back of the smartphone. When a smartphone camera has multiple lenses, it allows zooming with high image quality. You can also take photos with the Bokeh effect. This is an effect where the background is blurred and the subject in the foreground stands out very nicely. It’s better to see it once than hear about it a hundred times, so look at examples of photos from this smartphone. The frontcamera at Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 has one module: 13 MP Wide. And this, of course, is very good. Your selfies will look beautiful and high quality. This model has a front camera as usual at the top of the screen, like 99.9% of all smartphones. But, if this makes you bored, then we can offer smartphones with pop-up front camera. In these models, the front camera is located inside the body and goes up only when you activate the front camera mode. It sounds interesting, but how convenient it is and how long this mechanism will work is not yet clear.

Processor and Internal Memory

The smartphone performance is affected by a lot of factors, and even more so on the android-smartphone, where the developer of the Android operating system and the device manufacturer are absolutely different companies and each develops with its strategy in the market. As a result, in the smartphone you get a hodgepodge: it′s like a “clean” Android, but with a shell from the manufacturer; as though only the necessary applications, but also many unnecessary from the manufacturer. Very often Android-installed apps by default, which you do not even use, are still running and working, they occupy part of the RAM and processor time of your smartphone. This slows the work of other applications and the battery charge is wasted.

So, in Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 is installed 8-core processor on the chipset Snapdragon 665. As for RAM, the memory module is used here 3 GB, but if this is not enough for you, then there is a version for 6 GB. You can choose the right version of the smartphone, but note that the price of these versions is different.

You can store your photos, videos, music and applications both on the built-in smartphone memory, and on memory cards microSDXC. The manufacturer releases several versions of this smartphone with different memory sizes: 32/64/128 GB. Before buying, be sure to decide how many gigabytes you need.

Price for Xiaomi Redmi Note 8: buy or not to buy?

$160 is the price for Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 at the start of sales. For this money you get a smartphone with a fast processor, a huge touch screen, with a very cool main camera that makes amazing photos and videos, and with a cool selfie camera. And with such characteristics, the smartphone got into the price segment “Affordable smartphones from $100 to $200”, where you can choose any other similar model for a same price.

And how important is the battery capacity in your smartphone? This model received a very good battery with increased capacity.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 will be available after the beginning of official sales. We always recommend that you look at the smartphone before you buy it to make sure that it fits you in all respects — screen size, case materials and build quality, speed and smoothness of the interface, photo and video quality, etc. After you choose a model, then you already look at the different offers from the sellers — you can buy it on the Internet or in the offline electronics supermarket. Buy where you prefer, where there are stocks and discounts, and where the seller guarantees the service of the device under warranty.

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28 February 2021
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 and Xiaomi Mi Note 10 / Note Pro models started receiving Android 11 update
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 and Xiaomi Mi Note 10 / Note Pro models started receiving Android 11 update

Buyers of Xiaomi Mi Note 10 / Note Pro smartphones in Europe have begun to receive notification of the availability of the new update MIUI 12.1.3.0 RFDEUXM (file size 2.8 GB), which includes the transition to Android 11. Also, owners of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 in China can update your smartphone to MIUI 12.0.1.0 RCOCNXM version to get Android 11 and recent security patches.

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