Nubia has added a new budget smartphone to its portfolio with the launch of Nubia N1 Lite. The smartphone is priced at Rs 6,999. With this, Nubia has entered a price segment, which is already dominated by other Chinese players and the most prominent is Xiaomi.
Xiaomi recently introduced Redmi 4, the successor to Redmi 3S, which comes loaded with some interesting features, starting at Rs 6,999. So, the question here is: which one of them should be your next budget segment? We pit both the devices against each other and here is what we found out.
Nubia N1 Lite (Black-Gold, 16GB)
- 8MP primary camera with 4P precision optical lens, F2.0 aperture and 5MP front facing camera with 3-pieces lens, F2.8 aperture, 84 degree wide angle, beauty filter
- 13.97 centimeters (5.5-inch) ASI HD capacitive touchscreen with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and 267 ppi pixel density
- Android v6.0 Marshmallow operating system with 1.25GHz MTK 6737 Cortex A53 quad core processor, Mali T720 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory expandable up to 32GB and dual SIM (micro+micro) dual-standby (4G+4G)
- 3000mAH lithium-ion battery providing talk-time of 24 hours and standby time of 500 hours
- 1 year manufacturer warranty for device and 6 months manufacturer warranty for in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase
Xiaomi Redmi 4 (Black, 16 GB)
- 13MP primary camera with 5-elements lens, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, high dynamic range (HDR), panaroma, 1080p full HD video recording and 5MP front facing camera
- 12.7 centimeters (5-inch) display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and 293 ppi pixel density
- Android v6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system with up to 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 octa core processor with Adreno 505 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory expandable up to 128GB and dual SIM (micro+nano) dual-standby (4G+4G)
- 4100mAH lithium-ion battery providing talk-time of 36 hours and standby time of 432 hours
- 1 year manufacturer warranty for device and 6 months manufacturer warranty for in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase
Verdict
Though both Nubia N1 Lite and Xiaomi Redmi 4 are budget offerings from Chinese tech major ZTE and Xiaomi but, the Redmi 4 is a slightly better choice with a bigger battery life, Advance Processor, Good Camera Quality, great looks (metal body) and overall performance.
