Redmi Turbo 4 In-Depth Review: Flagship Experience at a Starting Price of 1999?

Redmi Turbo 4 In-Depth Review: Flagship Experience at a Starting Price of 1999?Xiaomi's new Redmi Turbo 4 has officially launched, with a starting price of 1999 attracting considerable attention and discussion. While the phone boasts comprehensive upgrades in specifications, its pricing remains a focal point of debate among users

Redmi Turbo 4 In-Depth Review: Flagship Experience at a Starting Price of 1999?

Xiaomi's new Redmi Turbo 4 has officially launched, with a starting price of 1999 attracting considerable attention and discussion. While the phone boasts comprehensive upgrades in specifications, its pricing remains a focal point of debate among users. This review will meticulously compare the Redmi Turbo 4 with its predecessor, the Redmi Turbo 3, analyzing the Turbo 4's performance across various aspects to help readers understand its value proposition.

I. Design: A Fresh Visual Experience

The Redmi Turbo 4 features a completely revamped design. It incorporates a new 2.5D micro-arc bezel, paired with all-metal Deco and piano-baking paint processes, resulting in a more premium feel. The rear camera module is equipped with a whirlwind dual-ring light strip, supporting rhythm-synced lighting and stepless color changes, enhancing its recognizability. The back panel adopts frosted matte glass, complemented by a diamond-shaped dual-tone texture and a red accent line, improving overall aesthetics. Color options include Cloud White, Shallow Sea Blue, and Shadow Black, catering to diverse user preferences.

In contrast, the Redmi Turbo 3 boasts a simpler design with a minimalist camera Deco and three refined dividing lines, still offering a degree of sophistication. However, both models utilize a plastic middle frame, a likely cost-cutting measure to maintain a competitive price point.

II. Screen Quality: Sharper, Brighter, and More Eye-Protective

The Redmi Turbo 4 features a 6.67-inch 27121220 resolution flexible OLED straight screen, offering a typical brightness of 500 nits, a peak brightness of 1400 nits, and a local peak brightness of 3200 nits, ensuring clear display even under direct sunlight. It supports a 120Hz refresh rate and a 480Hz touch sampling rate (2560Hz instantaneous touch sampling rate), delivering a smooth and fluid user experience. Furthermore, the Redmi Turbo 4 supports 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming + quasi-DC dimming, effectively reducing screen flicker and protecting users' eyes. 12-bit color depth, HDR10+, wet-hand touch, Xiaomi's QingShan eye protection mode, and short-focus fingerprint recognition are also included.

• The Redmi Turbo 3 also uses a 6.67-inch 27121220 resolution screen, supporting 446PPI, a peak brightness of 2400 nits, a 120Hz refresh rate, 100% P3 color gamut, and 12-bit color depth. It also features a 2160Hz instantaneous touch sampling rate, AI touch functionality, 16x super-resolution touch technology, 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and SGS low blue light certification, demonstrating excellent screen quality. However, compared to the Redmi Turbo 4, it falls slightly short in brightness and touch sampling rate.

III. Core Configuration: Powerful Performance, Smooth Operation

The Redmi Turbo 4 is powered by the Dimensity 8400-Ultra processor, manufactured using TSMC's 4nm process and featuring a full large-core architecture, and it premieres the new generation of energy-efficient large core armA725. To further unleash its performance, the Redmi Turbo 4 is equipped with a flagship-level 3D ice-sealed circulating cold pump, boasting a 5000mm ultra-large heat dissipation area, ensuring stability even under prolonged high-load operation.

The Redmi Turbo 3 is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor, manufactured using TSMC's 4nm process, featuring one 3.0GHz super core, four 2.8GHz performance cores, and three 2.0GHz efficiency cores, also offering strong performance. However, compared to the Dimensity 8400-Ultra, there might be a performance gap, which needs verification through practical testing.

IV. Imaging System: A Flagship-Level Imaging Experience

The Redmi Turbo 4 adopts a flagship-level large-aperture super-sensitive camera that supports dynamic photo uploads. While only featuring a dual-camera setup, it meets the needs of most users in daily photography scenarios. It utilizes a 20MP front camera (Omnivision OV20B, supporting AON air gesture) and a rear 50MP main camera (Sony IMX766, OIS) + 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera (OmniVision SC820CS) combination, and supports LivePhoto functionality.

The Redmi Turbo 3's main camera is a Sony IMX766 sensor with 50MP and an F/1.59 aperture, complemented by an 8MP Sony IMX355 ultra-wide-angle lens. While it fulfills basic photography needs, the image quality is still inferior to the Redmi Turbo 4, reflecting the compromises often made in the imaging system of budget-friendly phones.

V. Battery Life and Details: Comprehensive Upgrades, Enhanced Experience

The Redmi Turbo 4 houses a 6550mAh maximum capacity Xiaomi Jinshajiang battery, boasting 1600 cycles of four-year durability, and upgraded dual-boost cold-resistant chips, supporting 90W fast charging. In comparison, the Redmi Turbo 3 has a 5000mAh battery, also supporting 90W fast charging. The Redmi Turbo 4 shows significant improvements in battery capacity and cycle life.

In terms of details, the Redmi Turbo 4 supports a 0809 X-axis linear motor, 1014+1115 dual speakers, NFC, infrared remote control, IP66 & IP68 & IP69 dust and water resistance, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 6.0, and tri-band BeiDou + dual-frequency GPS. These detail upgrades enhance the user experience, offering a comprehensive improvement over the Redmi Turbo 3.

VI. Conclusion: The Value Proposition of a 1999 Starting Price

The Redmi Turbo 4 is a device hard to fault significantly, but it lacks standout features in any single area. It offers comprehensive upgrades in design, screen quality, core configuration, imaging system, battery life, and details, delivering a superior user experience. Whether its 1999 starting price is justified, considering its overall configuration and performance, requires users to judge based on their individual needs and budget. This phone is suitable for users seeking a balanced configuration, smooth performance, and demanding longer battery life and durability.