Xiaomi Redmi Y2: Hands On Review

Some people are obsessed with selfies and phone manufacturers have taken notice. To keep up with the times, Xiaomi has created a successor to it called the Redmi Y2. Here is the complete reviews of Redmi Y2:

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 Design

Take a look at the Redmi Y2 and you will see that the design has changed so much. It looks a lot like the Redmi S2, which the company recently launched in the market. It has a 5.99-inch display and a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro -like camera module at the back of the smartphone. The Redmi Y2 body is made of plastic. The Redmi Y2 is tall with an aspect ratio of 18:9.

The Redmi Y2 weighs 170g and measurements are 8.1mm in thickness. It has a battery capacity of 3080mAh which is a non-removable one on which the company has claimed that it can deliver all-day battery life.

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 Specifications, Features, and Software

The Redmi Y2 is powered and supported by the Snapdragon 625 SoC, which is an octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz. There are two variants of the phone, one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, and the other with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It has a dedicated microSD card slot and you can use a card of up to 256GB capacity.

The 5.99-inch display sports with an High Definition+ with the pixel resolution of 720×1440 and an 18:9 aspect ratio, which is a marginal upgrade over the Redmi Y1. The display has decent viewing angles and a neutral colour output, but you do have the option to tweak that as per your preference. The screen is slightly reflective and isn’t clearly legible when outdoors. The Redmi Y2 is a dual-SIM device with two Nano-SIM slots with support for WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS, 4G, and VoLTE. If this phone will have any trouble connecting to the internet or the Wi-Fi network, accessing an IP address like 192.168.178.1 allows the user to troubleshoot connectivity issues.

The dual camera setup on the back of Redmi Y2 consists of a 12-megapixel primary camera and a 5-megapixel secondary camera. Xiaomi has gone with a 16-megapixel selfie camera along with a selfie light, which should help it capture better photos in poorly lit environments.

MIUI 9.5 is Xiaomi’s custom UI running on the Redmi Y2 on top of Android 8.1 Oreo. Xiaomi’s UI is full customized with respect to Second Space, Dual Apps, and theme support, which we have seen on older

The company has installed a few apps in addition to the usual set of Mi Apps that we are now used to. User will get a few Google apps preinstalled, along with Facebook, Amazon, PhonePe, Netflix, and NewsPoint.

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 Cameras

On the photography department the Redmi Y2 sports a vertically stacked dual camera setup on the back, with a 12-megapixel primary sensor and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor that come with a 1.25 micron pixel size and AI-based capabilities. The smartphone has a front facing camera of 16 Mega pixel with AI beautification mode.

Xiaomi’s camera app is fairly straightforward and easy to use. In this, user will also get a few quick toggles for HDR and the flash, and an option to apply filters to your photos. Other camera modes include Short Video which lets you record 10-second clips, the usual video mode, Portrait mode, and a Manual mode that only lets you control the white balance and ISO. Panorama mode only lets you take photos while holding the phone in portrait.

Selfies are the highlight of the Redmi Y2, and it does a good job here. It can recognise more than one face and apply the necessary beautification enhancements. We saw that the phone tended to slightly overexpose shots taken outdoors. In dim environments, the selfie light springs into action to let you get a better shot. Since it is diffused, it doesn’t hurt the eyes.