Professional’s Score
Professionals
- Engaging design
- Giant and practical
- Very inexpensive
Cons
- Questionable efficiency
- Huge and clunky
- Pale display
- Mono sound
Our Verdict
Xiaomi doesn’t attain an appropriate stage with the Redmi 13C in another space besides battery life, which continues to be simply okay. Overly complicated software program prevents an in any other case acceptable chipset from maintaining and offering a clean expertise, whereas many different particulars fall brief. As an alternative of getting this, spend only a bit further to get a significantly better telephone.
Worth When Reviewed
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For probably the most half, Xiaomi’s Redmi vary of barely cheaper telephones makes impression. However for the Redmi 13C, it’s much more blended.
It’s a very low-cost mannequin, costing simply £129 at full value, making it one of the vital inexpensive telephones I’ve examined all 12 months. There’s additionally a extra high-end Redmi 13 5G in some markets, nevertheless it’s not accessible within the UK.
Listed here are my ideas after testing the telephone.
Missing energy, however a giant display
if there’s one factor the Redmi 13C lacks, it’s computing energy. Launching apps, scrolling by way of net pages and switching between energetic apps could be very gradual at occasions.
Above all, the graphics efficiency is weak, a lot in order that it even appears to have an effect on some 2D purposes, the place animations and refresh charges endure. So although you solely get a 720p display to run, it’s not one thing you need to play video games on.
The display is massive in dimensions, a whopping 6.74 inches, so there’s a touch of pixelation after I have a look at it up shut. The display is simply reasonably vibrant, has a reasonable color gamut and there are clear shifts in white level and distinction at small deviations in viewing angle.
The 90 Hz refresh charge is welcome, although. It provides a greater movement to the picture – when the efficiency retains up, that’s.
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Mattias Inghe
Mattias Inghe
With vast bezels, the size of the cell phone aren’t preferrred, both.
A well-built, flat plastic body matt plastic on the again give a strong impression, however it’s each an angular and comparatively heavy handset, which implies that consolation suffers. Most individuals might want to swap to a two-handed grip to deal with display navigation.
Along with the all-black mannequin I examined, the Redmi 13C can be accessible in navy blue or clover inexperienced finishes. The black one I examined is something however ugly, both.
That’s one factor I admire about most fashionable price range telephones: they don’t look low-cost, a minimum of from a distance.
Triple rear cameras…kind of
There may be three cameras on the again of the Redmi 13C, however you may solely shoot with two of them: the 50Mp important lens and a 2Mp macro.
I captured passably sharp and well-balanced photos in full daylight. Not good, however first rate contemplating the value.
Nevertheless, in low-light environments, the outcomes are questionable. There’s no nuance in any way within the darkest areas, whereas pictures grow to be noisy and missing intimately.
The third sensor is a depth-of-field help lens for the primary digicam, making it simpler to get a shallow depth of area when capturing portraits.
This characteristic additionally works effectively total. Given its inexpensive value, you shouldn’t anticipate something superb, nevertheless it’s definitely not dangerous. Nevertheless, some picture stabilisation for video would’ve been good, whereas the main focus and computerized flash mode work in sudden methods typically.
Xiaomi’s HyperOS interface that sits on prime of Android 14 is filled with options, although it has its personal strategy to many issues that may take time to get acquainted with.
You may arrange and personalise most issues, nevertheless it’s not all the time straightforward. Xiaomi likes to place in its personal apps as an alternative of or alongside Google’s, and most of them I can do with out.
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Mattias Inghe
Mattias Inghe
Lots to maintain monitor of
There’s additionally loads of third-party bloatware right here, together with apps just like the Opera browser. However it’s not as a lot because it first seems.
Two folders on the house screens comprise “options” for apps and video games that don’t obtain till the primary time you faucet them. So, it provides a messier impression than the fact.
Sadly, Xiaomi solely guarantees one era replace: to Android 15. Whether or not there’ll be extra after that is still unknown.
Battery life is appropriate, however not so good as many of the greatest price range telephones. Reasonable efficiency can imply low power consumption, and a decrease decision display that can be not very vibrant ought to be capable to save power.
Sadly, it’s by no means that long-lasting, with between 8 and 13 hours of use in a day earlier than it’s time to recharge. Even then, you’re restricted to simply 18W wired speeds, and there’s no help for wi-fi charging.
Different small weaknesses of the telephone embody its lack of stereo audio system and comparatively low quantity from the accessible speaker.
You additionally solely get Wi-Fi 5, which is now an outdated commonplace. It’s quick sufficient for many on a regular basis duties, however the further vary of Wi-Fi 6 or greater would’ve been nice.
Worth & Availability
When paying full value within the UK, the Redmi 13C prices £129.
It’s accessible instantly from Xiaomi and by way of Amazon within the UK, and there are sometimes reductions. Like all Xiaomi telephones, it’s not accessible within the US.
There are additionally no choices to purchase the telephone on contract, so that you’ll need to get it outright and pair with a SIM-only deal. See the very best choices within the UK beneath.
Do you have to purchase the Xiaomi Redmi 13C?
In all probability not. The Redmi 13C is affordable, however too many compromises have been made to achieve its inexpensive value.
As an alternative, go for one of many different choices in our greatest price range telephones information, all of which supply extra on your cash.
Specs
- Android 14 w/ HyperOS
- 6.74-inch IPS LCD 90Hz show
- Mediatek MT6769Z Helio G85
- 4/6/8GB RAM
- 128/256GB storage (expandable by way of Micro-SD)
- 50Mp, f/1.8 important digicam with auxiliary lens
- 2Mp, f/2.4 macro digicam
- 8Mp, f/2.0 front-facing digicam
- Mono speaker
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- Twin-SIM
- 4G
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth 5.3
- USB-C
- 5000mAh battery
- 18W wired charging
- 168 x 78 x 8.09mm
- 192g
- Midnight Black, Navy Blue, Clover Inexperienced
This text initially appeared on our sister publication M3 and was translated and tailored from Swedish.
