**Unboxing and First Impressions of the Redmi Note 5**

The device in question is known as the Redmi Note 5, and we are getting the 3GB RAM variant with 32GB storage. While it's disappointing that you only get around 23.7GB of space available due to the operating system and other software, this is a common issue found in many budget-friendly smartphones. However, considering the price point of this device, the amount of storage does seem relatively generous.

Another aspect of the Redmi Note 5 is its display, which boasts a 9-to-1 aspect ratio and features a dual tap to wake screen with auto-brightness support. The bezels at the top and bottom are slightly thicker than expected, but overall, the device looks sleeker due to the airiness of the design.

The Redmi Note 5 also features a fingerprint scanner located at the back of the device, which is fast and responsive. The processing unit that powers this device is the Snapdragon 450 SOC, which is considered a power-efficient processor based on the 14nm FinFET technology. This should result in good battery life, even with a 3300mAh battery.

Moving on to the camera, the Redmi Note 5 features a single 20MP camera sensor that Xiaomi claims has been improved upon. The camera interface is typical of Xiaomi's software, with features like tap-to-focus and anti-bending. However, it seems that 4K video recording is not supported on this device.

Before concluding our initial impressions, we have to mention the pricing of the Redmi Note 5. With a price tag of ₹9,999 for the base variant (3GB RAM + 32GB storage) and ₹10,100 for the higher-end variant (4GB RAM + 64GB storage), it's clear that Xiaomi is going for an aggressive pricing strategy in India.

**Testing the Camera**

To get a better understanding of the camera performance on the Redmi Note 5, we've taken some sample shots in our office and rooftop garden. These images were captured under artificial lighting conditions inside our office. The camera seems to perform well in these conditions, but more testing is needed to fully evaluate its capabilities.

If you're interested in comparing the camera performance of the Redmi Note 5 with other devices, I may consider doing a comparison review between this device and the previous-generation Redmi Note 4. However, I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether or not you think the Redmi Note 5 offers any significant improvements over its predecessor.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, our initial impressions of the Redmi Note 5 are generally positive. The device's display is clean and simple, with features like dual tap-to-wake and auto-brightness support. The camera seems to perform well, if not exceptionally so, considering the price point of this device. However, more testing is needed to fully evaluate its capabilities.

Additionally, we have to consider the pricing strategy employed by Xiaomi in India, which appears aggressive but reasonable given the features offered on this device. Overall, it will be interesting to see how the Redmi Note 5 performs over time and whether or not it meets user expectations.

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all these things just take this out so this is how it actually looks actually as you can see this is the redmi for and terms of back again it's very similar in design obviously the camera angle has changed but again same metallic back that you're getting and now because of the 18 is to 9 aspect ratio the screen is a 5.7 inch screen that you're getting let's just apply this case and see how would look so this is how it actually looks in this case and it's a TPU case so nice that we again getting that but apart from that nothing much you get in the box because tommy doesn't find a lot of stuff so just a quick start guide and warranty papers and stuff you have that this is regular what'd he say USB to micro USB cable that you're getting and then let's look at this if it's a fast charger i doubt it will be a fast charger and it's a 5 volt 2 amp charger that you're getting in the box so that's what we get in the box this is the handset itself and i have to say it feels actually pretty light to hold and feels a lot more bond and at least in this black color as you can see the front actually looks jet-black let me give you a physical overview first on the top we have the IR blaster so you can control device like what you say television etc secondary noise cancellation microphone headphone jack and here we have two volume rocker and just we need that we have the power on/off button and on the bottom two vents but I am assuming only one would be the speaker this is the microUSB port that'll be used for charging and this is your SIM tray let's look at the SIM tray that getting and it's a hybrid solution that we are getting guys so two nanos Sims you can put or one nano SIM and what do you say one micro sd card it's not metallic but the plastic quality of the tray is actually good so this is what it let me quickly also show you the size comparison this is a regular and me note read me for sorry as you can see significantly smaller because this has just a 5-inch screen this is having a 5.7 inch screen and this is the redmi note 2 v that you are getting this is slightly even taller this is almost having a 6 inch screen five point seven and this five so this is strictly sitting in the middle I have to say so let's just power this on for the first time and it has a 3300 milliamp hour battery but it is part by the Snapdragon 450s OC and by the time it actually boots up and I set it up let me give you a configuration overview this read me if I was having a 5.7 inch 720p HD plus screen and Aliens to 9 aspect ratio and it is part with the Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor with the audrina 506 GPU it comes in two three or four gigabyte program variant moving to the camera it has a 12 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and even the front-facing camera which is a 5 megapixel has a LED flash it also has a fingerprint scanner and comes with 3300 milliamp hour battery so guys I just finished setting up this device and typical me UI where this runs on me you I was in 9 that's the latest one and again you get the me remote and these are some of the apps that are pre-installed so yes slight blow to it but not a lot of bloatware as you can see some Amazon specific and mantra apps are there and even Microsoft Office yes installed so typical me UI layout that you're getting and as it's a me phone again in terms of sensors you don't have to worry auto brightness and all those things will be supported let's look at about the device and as you can see it's known as the redmi 5 and this is the three gigabyte ram variant that we are getting and out of the 32gb you'll just get about twenty three point seven gb space available to yourself so that is regarding the storage that you get where frankly I just feel for gigabyte RAM normal at eleven thousand doesn't make any sense if you have that kind of a budget the right me note five probe makes a lot of sense so if you go to display as you can see you have the double tap to week the screen and all of this brightness and auto brightness as I told you that sensor is also there so definitely looks a lot more sleeker due to the airiness to nine aspect ratio but yes it has some bezels here at the top and the bottom slightly thick not as elegant as a lot more expensive phones but again can't complain too much regarding the pricing I'm just going to show you the fingerprint scanner also it's here at the back and as expected the fingerprint scanner as you can see is very fast and responsive so no problem regarding the fingerprint scanner and looks at the good thing is that this is being powered by the Snapdragon 450 SOC so that's actually a pretty powerful processor though it has just 3300 milliamp hour battery because of the process of that's based on the 14 nanometer process that's based on FinFET technology this is a very power efficient uh processor so the battery life should be actually good I mean I will test all that in my full review but I believe the battery life should be good on this device even though it's just having a 3300 milliamp hour battery and xiaomi was starting the lot regarding the camera the one paper it's just a 20 megapixel camera but they said that the a lot improved so this is the read me for that I have let's look at the camera interface and see what else is improve so let's just allow all this so typical show me what do you say interface that you're getting that hasn't changed let's just use the tap to focus now as you can see the focusing is fast so here the lighting is actually good so not a problem let's look at some of the settings that we have let's go to the options and if you go here I will see the settings and picture quality is high by default for s23 and you can go down to 16 so typical Xiaomi UI that you are getting let's go to the video option and see what are the options that this is the video option and if we go here towards the Settings video quality by default is set to HD that means 720p for some reason I'll just move to full HD and focusing mode is continuous autofocus you also have tap to focus and anti-bending the 50 Hertz that's for India so that's what we're running the video at 1080p not 4k is not supported on this one so let me do one thing let me actually take some sample shots with this camera so that you can judge the performance of the camera but before that here is a word from the sponsor of this video that is cache of I got in are you looking to buy this device or any other smartphone then sell your own mobile and laptops on cash if I dot end to unlock the best market price check out cash if I dot into and cash your phone in less than 60 seconds so here are some of the sample shots that I've shot with this read me five around my office this is an artificial lighting conditions inside my office and here are some other sample shots that I have taken in my roof garden so that you can quickly get an idea regarding the camera performance of this red v5 I'll have to definitely test the camera a lot more and if you guys really want I can do the camera comparison between this red me four and this new read me file to see if any improvement in terms of camera performance Xiaomi claims that this one has slightly better camera but again if you guys really want a comparison do let me know in the comment section I can do that and before we end this video this is the redmi note 5 4 basic variant that comes this is the 3 gigabyte ram variant and the pricing of these two is not very different now not a huge gap in terms of pricing this is for 9 this is for 10000 you frankly feel the redmi v pricing is very aggressive in india or not would love to know your thoughts about it so guys that's it for now for this video thanks for watching if you are still not subscribed to my youtube channel hit that subscribe button this is Ranjith and i hope to see you in my next video take carehi there this is Ranjit and I have the xiaomi redmi v whitney and in this video we'll be doing the unboxing and guys this is the same retail unit that you guys will be getting and this is the 3 gb rom model that comes with 32gb of indulge there are also other two Ariane's one is two gigabyte ram lydian that comes with just 16 gigabytes of internal storage and pricing for that is rupees 8000 and pricing for this one the three gigabyte RAM running is nine thousand there is also one more variant that comes with 4gb RAM and 64gb of internal storage but it's pricing this 11 thousand which I frankly feel doesn't make any sense and what do you guys think about the pricing I feel in terms of pricing this redmi 5 is actually very close to the redmi note 5 but anyways so we also get a bumper case and the box itself so this is what you get a bumper case and this is the phone itself this is the black color variant that we are having some stickers I am I numbers and all these things just take this out so this is how it actually looks actually as you can see this is the redmi for and terms of back again it's very similar in design obviously the camera angle has changed but again same metallic back that you're getting and now because of the 18 is to 9 aspect ratio the screen is a 5.7 inch screen that you're getting let's just apply this case and see how would look so this is how it actually looks in this case and it's a TPU case so nice that we again getting that but apart from that nothing much you get in the box because tommy doesn't find a lot of stuff so just a quick start guide and warranty papers and stuff you have that this is regular what'd he say USB to micro USB cable that you're getting and then let's look at this if it's a fast charger i doubt it will be a fast charger and it's a 5 volt 2 amp charger that you're getting in the box so that's what we get in the box this is the handset itself and i have to say it feels actually pretty light to hold and feels a lot more bond and at least in this black color as you can see the front actually looks jet-black let me give you a physical overview first on the top we have the IR blaster so you can control device like what you say television etc secondary noise cancellation microphone headphone jack and here we have two volume rocker and just we need that we have the power on/off button and on the bottom two vents but I am assuming only one would be the speaker this is the microUSB port that'll be used for charging and this is your SIM tray let's look at the SIM tray that getting and it's a hybrid solution that we are getting guys so two nanos Sims you can put or one nano SIM and what do you say one micro sd card it's not metallic but the plastic quality of the tray is actually good so this is what it let me quickly also show you the size comparison this is a regular and me note read me for sorry as you can see significantly smaller because this has just a 5-inch screen this is having a 5.7 inch screen and this is the redmi note 2 v that you are getting this is slightly even taller this is almost having a 6 inch screen five point seven and this five so this is strictly sitting in the middle I have to say so let's just power this on for the first time and it has a 3300 milliamp hour battery but it is part by the Snapdragon 450s OC and by the time it actually boots up and I set it up let me give you a configuration overview this read me if I was having a 5.7 inch 720p HD plus screen and Aliens to 9 aspect ratio and it is part with the Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor with the audrina 506 GPU it comes in two three or four gigabyte program variant moving to the camera it has a 12 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and even the front-facing camera which is a 5 megapixel has a LED flash it also has a fingerprint scanner and comes with 3300 milliamp hour battery so guys I just finished setting up this device and typical me UI where this runs on me you I was in 9 that's the latest one and again you get the me remote and these are some of the apps that are pre-installed so yes slight blow to it but not a lot of bloatware as you can see some Amazon specific and mantra apps are there and even Microsoft Office yes installed so typical me UI layout that you're getting and as it's a me phone again in terms of sensors you don't have to worry auto brightness and all those things will be supported let's look at about the device and as you can see it's known as the redmi 5 and this is the three gigabyte ram variant that we are getting and out of the 32gb you'll just get about twenty three point seven gb space available to yourself so that is regarding the storage that you get where frankly I just feel for gigabyte RAM normal at eleven thousand doesn't make any sense if you have that kind of a budget the right me note five probe makes a lot of sense so if you go to display as you can see you have the double tap to week the screen and all of this brightness and auto brightness as I told you that sensor is also there so definitely looks a lot more sleeker due to the airiness to nine aspect ratio but yes it has some bezels here at the top and the bottom slightly thick not as elegant as a lot more expensive phones but again can't complain too much regarding the pricing I'm just going to show you the fingerprint scanner also it's here at the back and as expected the fingerprint scanner as you can see is very fast and responsive so no problem regarding the fingerprint scanner and looks at the good thing is that this is being powered by the Snapdragon 450 SOC so that's actually a pretty powerful processor though it has just 3300 milliamp hour battery because of the process of that's based on the 14 nanometer process that's based on FinFET technology this is a very power efficient uh processor so the battery life should be actually good I mean I will test all that in my full review but I believe the battery life should be good on this device even though it's just having a 3300 milliamp hour battery and xiaomi was starting the lot regarding the camera the one paper it's just a 20 megapixel camera but they said that the a lot improved so this is the read me for that I have let's look at the camera interface and see what else is improve so let's just allow all this so typical show me what do you say interface that you're getting that hasn't changed let's just use the tap to focus now as you can see the focusing is fast so here the lighting is actually good so not a problem let's look at some of the settings that we have let's go to the options and if you go here I will see the settings and picture quality is high by default for s23 and you can go down to 16 so typical Xiaomi UI that you are getting let's go to the video option and see what are the options that this is the video option and if we go here towards the Settings video quality by default is set to HD that means 720p for some reason I'll just move to full HD and focusing mode is continuous autofocus you also have tap to focus and anti-bending the 50 Hertz that's for India so that's what we're running the video at 1080p not 4k is not supported on this one so let me do one thing let me actually take some sample shots with this camera so that you can judge the performance of the camera but before that here is a word from the sponsor of this video that is cache of I got in are you looking to buy this device or any other smartphone then sell your own mobile and laptops on cash if I dot end to unlock the best market price check out cash if I dot into and cash your phone in less than 60 seconds so here are some of the sample shots that I've shot with this read me five around my office this is an artificial lighting conditions inside my office and here are some other sample shots that I have taken in my roof garden so that you can quickly get an idea regarding the camera performance of this red v5 I'll have to definitely test the camera a lot more and if you guys really want I can do the camera comparison between this red me four and this new read me file to see if any improvement in terms of camera performance Xiaomi claims that this one has slightly better camera but again if you guys really want a comparison do let me know in the comment section I can do that and before we end this video this is the redmi note 5 4 basic variant that comes this is the 3 gigabyte ram variant and the pricing of these two is not very different now not a huge gap in terms of pricing this is for 9 this is for 10000 you frankly feel the redmi v pricing is very aggressive in india or not would love to know your thoughts about it so guys that's it for now for this video thanks for watching if you are still not subscribed to my youtube channel hit that subscribe button this is Ranjith and i hope to see you in my next video take care\n"