In a surprise development, Xiaomi India last week started teasing the launch of a new Redmi Note 7S smartphone. Given the fact that this company already has the Redmi Note 7 and Redmi Note 7 Pro on sale in the country, it was a little hard to understand why it would want to bring in another phone to confuse consumers. Now, following the unveiling of the Redmi Note 7S earlier today, it seems possible that Xiaomi considered the lack of a 48-megapixel camera on the Indian Redmi Note 7 a weakness that its competition could take advantage of. Xiaomi has now plugged this gap with the aggressively-priced Redmi Note 7S, which is essentially the same smartphone that was introduced as Redmi Note 7 in China.

We managed to spend some time with the Redmi Note 7S[1] on Monday, and here are our first impressions of the new smartphone.

If you have seen one model from Xiaomi's Redmi Note 7-series, you have seen them all. The Redmi Note 7S sports the same design as Redmi Note 7[2] and Redmi Note 7 Pro[3]. Barring the lack of gradient finish on the back of Redmi Note 7S, all three Redmi Note 7-series phones look the same, which is not a bad thing. Xiaomi managed to create an elegant and premium looking phone with the Redmi Note 7, and it makes sense for the company to keep using the same design.

 

Like other Redmi Note 7 phones, the Redmi Note 7S feels nice and solid in hand. It is a bit heavy, but isn't too bulky to make day-to-day usage cumbersome. The use of glass on both the front and back makes this phone a little fragile, so...

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