The Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus offers a modern 18:9 display format with small bezels, a good voice quality, a great speaker, a high-quality case, and decent performance values. However, you should not expect too much from the camera and the battery life.

great speaker; good voice quality; hardly any bloatware; bright screen with good color reproduction; fairly powerful performance; high-quality case

problems with the GPS receiver in some apps; slow WLAN; no Android 8 (yet; high power consumption in parts; mediocre battery life

So, no more Redmi Notes, eh Or so we thought until Xiaomi recently launched the Redmi 5 Plus in India calling it the Redmi Note 5. The Redmi 5 Plus certainly looked like a proper successor of the Redmi Note 4 so we're glad the company's lineup naming is back at making sense.

Xiaomi is no stranger in the Philippine market, it's actually considered one of the go-to brands if you want a bang-for-the-buck device. In fact, the company's devices have often been branded as "God Phones" due to their competitive specs at affordable price tags.

Respectable Performance; Good Display; Strong Battery Life; Lots of features and shortcuts

Annoying pre-installed matte screen protector; Sub-par set of cameras

With 18:9 aspect ratio phones being all the rage nowadays, we were not surprised in the least when Chinese brand Xiaomi announced their own take on the new technology. And while the Redmi 5 Plus appears to be a reworked Redmi Note 4X with an 18:9 display , the phone is still one of the best options...

Xiaomi , which is now the top smartphone vendor in India, has officially launched the Redmi Note 5 in India at a starting price of Rs 9 ,999 for the 3GB RAM and 32GB variant, while the 4GB RAM and 64GB version will be priced at Rs 11,999.

If ever there has been a smartphone series that has enjoyed a superstar status in India, it has to be Xiaomi's Redmi Note series - a true all-rounder smartphone that caters to an overall decent performance along with a long battery run time, terming it as a perfect daily driver.

Xiaomi is back again and known for its reputation for manufacturing affordable and good quality phones, the Redmi Note 5 is no exception and is a welcome addition to the Malaysia market.

It is easy to figure out that Xiaomi has played it safe in 2018 with the Redmi Note 5. The company knew that the formula has worked before and it was also smart enough to bring in the trending features into it, and even better, at a lower price than before.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 offers incredible value for money. Not only is it affordable, it has one of the best smartphone cameras in this price range, excellent battery battery life, and its Snapdragon 636 chipset offers a good balance between performance and power efficiency.

Xiaomi's new smartphone is essentially the Redmi Note 4 with a bigger screen and a new design language