Xiaomi Redmi 7 review: Strong build and sleek design, but camera a dampener

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled its latest budget offering — the Redmi 7 — last month. It is priced at Rs 7,999 and is available in three colour variants: eclipse black, comet blue and lunar red.

The Redmi 7 sports a 6.26-inch HD+ IPS LCD screen with a waterdrop notch, accommodating a selfie camera. The phone is reminiscent of the Redmi Note 7 Pro, but with a plastic back instead of glass. Powering the phone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC. The phone comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The Redmi 7 features two slim card slots and a dedicated microSD card slot.

Redmi 7 now features palm shutter gesture functionality, so you need to gesture towards the lens and the picture is taken without you having to touch the screen.