Xiaomi is being very competitive with the Redmi 10, because the 6.5-inch smartphone can be purchased for less than 200 Euros (~$231). The Redmi 9's successor has a solid configuration with the MediaTek Helio G88, 4 GB of RAM, up to 128 GB of storage, and a 5,000 mAh battery that supports 18-watt fast charging. We reviewed the 64 GB version, which is offered by Xiaomi in its online store for around 180 Euros (~$208).
The Redmi 10 doesn't support 5G, but it offers two features that want to set the smartphone apart from the masses: A 50 MP main camera and a refresh rate of 90 Hz. However, these aren't unique selling points in the low-budget segment, which is why Xiaomi has to compete with strong rivals right from the start. Read on to find out how it performs in the test.
The case of the Redmi 10 is made of plastic, but it's very well built and has a higher-quality look and feel than its price would suggest. Stability is also good, since the smartphone withstood twisting attempts without a sound in the test. Only the back cover can be slightly pressed in at the center. However, none of this reaches the display, because no image artifacts are caused.
The front of the Redmi 10 is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass 3, and it houses an 8 MP selfie camera in a punch hole. The back cover is not very susceptible to fingerprints thanks to its matte surface finish. At the same time, it offers fingers a slight resistance, so that the smartphone can be held quite securely in the hand even without a protective case.
At 181 grams, the Xiaomi weighs slightly less than many competitors that feature the same form factor. The Redmi 9 predecessor is noticeably heavier at 198 grams. Because the quad-camera setup with its 50 MP main camera protrudes a few millimeters from the back cover, it's recommended to put the smartphone in the included transparent case, because it will otherwise wobble quite a bit when placed on a table.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 is available in three color variants: Carbon Gray, Pebble White, and Sea Blue. It does not have an IP certification.
Xiaomi offers the Redmi 10 in two storage variants. With 4 GB LPDDR4x RAM and 64 GB of eMMC 5.1 flash storage, it costs around 180 Euros (~$208) in Xiaomi's online store. The larger storage variant of the 4G smartphone comes with 128 GB and costs 200 Euros (~$231).
With NFC, a 3.5 mm audio jack, an IR blaster, and dual SIM, you get a solid configuration. The card slot can simultaneously accommodate two nano SIM cards and a microSD card of up to 512 GB. The USB-C port operates at USB 2.0 speeds.
The microSD card slot is fast for the price range, and it ranks pretty far ahead among the comparison devices in the copy test. The Xiaomi device also performs well in sequential reading and writing using our reference Angelbird AV Pro V60 memory card.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 runs Android 11 and Xiaomi's MIUI 12.5 user interface. During our review period, the smartphone received an update that brought its Android security patches to the level of October 1, which is very up to date.
Out of the 64 GB of our review sample, only about 42 GB of storage space was still available after resetting the device, but this can be quite sufficient depending on the type of use. Those who need more space can delete the few preinstalled third-party apps like AliExpress and TikTok. App data can't be stored on the microSD card.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 supports Bluetooth 5.1 as well as NFC, making it suitable for mobile payments. It provides solid mobile coverage with 12 LTE frequencies, but it's not a smartphone for globetrotters. However, the majority of frequencies relevant for the EU region are supported.
In terms of WLAN, the smartphone communicates via Wi-Fi 5. In combination with our Linksys Nighthawk AX12 reference router, it also achieves the corresponding transfer rates and manages up to 333 Mb/s. Good: Data transfers are very stable both when sending and receiving data.
GPS (L1), GLONASS (L1), Galileo (E1) and BeiDou (B1) are the satellite navigation systems that the Redmi 10 uses to determine its current position. This works very quickly in the test, both indoors and outdoors, and an accuracy of up to one meter is achieved.
Accuracy remains high even in motion, making the Redmi 10 a very good navigation device when you're on the move. The Xiaomi smartphone tracked the route almost as accurately as the Garmin Edge 500 professional navigation device on a nearly 10-kilometer long test route.
The Redmi 10 performs solidly in terms of call quality. Voices sound natural, and they remain intelligible in both directions even in hands-free mode. Phone calls can also be made via VoLTE and VoWiFi, provided that the network provider supports it.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 is equipped with a quad-camera setup that takes up a lot of space on the back cover, making it look quite important. Unfortunately, the reality is somewhat different. The centerpiece of the quad-camera setup is the 50 MP main camera (f/1.8), which combines four neighboring pixels into one via pixel-binning and therefore takes 12.5 MP photos. However, you can also shoot with the full 50 MP in the "50M" mode.
As long as there's enough light, the main camera takes reasonably sharp and detailed pictures. However, they often lack a good amount of dynamics, which often makes the photographed colors look dull. The camera doesn't do a particularly good job with zoom shots, either. You can still get some details out of the subjects in low ambient light using Night Mode, but the overall low-light performance is weak. Due to the lack of image stabilization, videos are pretty shaky and, like with the selfie camera, they are limited to 1080p at 30 frames per second.
The uppermost and largest lens in the camera ensemble is an 8 MP wide-angle camera (f/2.2). It covers a 120° field of view and is activated as soon as you set the zoom factor to 0.5x. If a video is being recorded, however, it's no longer possible to switch between the two lenses. The wide-angle camera uses a slightly different white balance than the main camera and leaves us with a slightly better impression than the main camera. It takes solid pictures and doesn't distort at the edges of the picture as much as some other smartphone lenses.
The third and fourth cameras, the macro camera and the depth sensor, are rather superfluous. The latter because it only serves to create blur effects. And the macro camera, which can be activated in the photo options, can simply be left aside, since the digital zoom produces results that are at least as good.
Under controlled lighting conditions, the main camera is certainly able to reproduce colors accurately, so that better quality photos should be possible through software optimizations. However, low ambient light (lower color chart at 1 lux) overstrains both the camera and the software. The camera can only capture dark gray tones more or less accurately. Furthermore, the test chart, which looked sharp in optimal lighting conditions, is only dimly visible here.
Xiaomi includes a 22.5-watt power adapter with the Redmi 10, even though the smartphone can only be charged at a maximum of 18 watts. The box also contains a USB-C cable (Type-C to A), a SIM tool, a transparent protective case, a Quick Start guide, and a warranty card.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 comes with a 12-month warranty.
The touchscreen can be used smoothly due to its 90 Hz refresh rate. The panel will also adapt automatically to the content being displayed. For example, the display is set to 45 Hz when a static image is shown, while 60 Hz is used for video streaming, and the full 90 Hz is used for gaming or scrolling.
The Redmi 10 can be unlocked biometrically in two ways. The first is with the fingerprint sensor that is integrated into the power button, which works quickly and reliably. The second method is the less secure 2D face scan, which delivers equally good authentication results in good ambient light.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10's 6.5-inch IPS display has a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels (Full HD+) and a pixel density of 405 PPI. The display doesn't support HDR, but it doesn't come with pulse width modulation (PWM), either, which is good news. Since the IPS panel controls its brightness without the help of PWM, the Redmi 10 is also perfectly suited for users with sensitive eyes, who would otherwise be bothered by this effect.
The IPS panel achieves a good brightness of 518 cd/m² on average. With evenly distributed bright and dark image areas (APL50) instead of a pure white background, the brightness reaches up to 535 cd/m². The Redmi 10 achieves a maximum of 439 cd/m² when the brightness sensor is not enabled. At the lowest brightness setting, we measure 1.34 cd/m².
The color reproduction of the Redmi 10 can be adjusted using three modes: "Vivid", "Saturated", and "Standard". In addition, the color temperature can be adjusted using a color wheel or the three presets "Standard", "Warm", and "Cool".
We get the most accurate color reproduction using the "Vivid" and "Warm" settings. In this case, the DeltaE deviations for colors and grayscales are within the ideal range (DeltaE ≤ 3), just like the color temperature of 6,450 K. The IPS panel also treats viewers with rich contrasts thanks to its low black level.
Since the Xiaomi offers quite a bit of brightness, it should actually be easy to use outdoors. However, the IPS panel's viewing-angle stability, which is not very good, poses a few challenges for outdoor use. The smartphone should be held as perpendicular to the viewing direction as possible, because even tilting the screen by about 45° is enough for the display to become noticeably darker. However, the panel doesn't darken any further at flatter viewing angles.
The Redmi 10 uses a very fast type of eMMC storage for its smartphone class, which makes it have the shortest load times by far among the comparison devices. It's only surpassed by the Motorola Moto G50.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 runs games quite smoothly, and it accompanies them with stereo sound, but it can hardly take advantage of its 90 Hz display. Only in graphically very simple games like Subway Surfers is 60 frames per second possible. The fact that there are still brief drops in frame rates here shows that the hardware is more or less already working at its limit. The FPS limit is even much lower in graphically demanding games like PUBG Mobile. The Redmi 10 still manages to display the popular shooter at a practically constant 30 FPS even in the HD/High setting.
We determined the frame rates with the Gamebench tool.
The Redmi 10 produces much less waste heat than its predecessor, the Redmi 9. It only heats up to a maximum of 35.8 °C (~96 °F) during use (Redmi 9: 44.8 °C (~112 °F)); therefore, it only gets warm to the touch at most.
Even under continuous load, the smartphone hardly has to throttle its performance. We only observe a slightly higher degree of throttling in the GFXBench stress tests.
The Redmi 10 has a little ace up its sleeve with its stereo speakers, since producing sound from two sides is rather the exception and not the rule in low-budget smartphones. For example, the Motorola Moto G50 and the Samsung Galaxy A22 5G only have mono sound. However, the Redmi 10's two speakers aren't particularly powerful, which is due to the practically nonexistent bass.
External audio devices can be connected via Bluetooth 5.1 and a 3.5 mm audio jack.
Xiaomi includes a 22.5-watt power adapter with the Redmi 10, although the smartphone can only be charged at a maximum of 18 watts. In the test, it takes 2:39 hours to fully recharge the battery when it's completely drained.
Overall, the power consumption of the Redmi 10 doesn't show any issues. However, the smartphone isn't too frugal with its energy consumption in idle usage and under load.
Due to its slightly above-average power consumption, the Redmi 10 achieves good but not great battery runtimes. The smartphone manages just over 14 hours during simulated web browsing and almost 17 hours during video reproduction.
As a result, the Xiaomi phone isn't able to outperform rivals like the Motorola Moto G50 and the Samsung Galaxy A22 5G. Both have batteries with the same nominal capacity, but they considerably beat the Redmi 10's solid battery life. For instance, they each manage over 19 hours of web browsing, and the Moto G50 even almost 20 hours.
The Xiaomi Redmi 10 is a good budget smartphone that can compete with more expensive devices in terms of looks thanks to its high-quality workmanship. Although the 6.5-inch device is available for less than 200 Euros (~$231), its performance is also good. The Redmi 10's 90 Hz display is pleasingly smooth, and the octa-core MediaTek Helio G88 SoC provides sufficient performance for everyday tasks. Even modern games are usually playable without any major compromises.
The Redmi 10's comprehensive connectivity features are also one of its strengths; they include NFC, Bluetooth 5.1, real dual-SIM functionality, a 3.5 mm audio jack, and an IR blaster. The smartphone doesn't support 5G, but it offers fast and stable Wi-Fi 5 in return. A reliable fingerprint sensor and good stereo speakers, which are still the exception in the budget segment, are also part of the package.
With the Xiaomi Redmi 10, budget-conscious buyers get a visually appealing smartphone that is also well equipped for everyday use.
The budget price makes cutting corners here and there unavoidable. The IPS display is affected by this in the case of the Redmi 10. With over 500 cd/m², it's brighter than average, but it's moderate viewing-angle stability makes outdoor use difficult. The 50 MP quad-camera setup is much more impressive on paper than in practice, and it's not meant for photo enthusiasts. However, users who only take snapshots every now and then will be satisfied with the camera.
A good alternative to the Xiaomi Redmi 10 is the Motorola Moto G50, for example - same form factor, a faster SoC, a slightly lower display resolution, but much cheaper in return. The 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy A22, which is faster as well, is available for about the same price as the Redmi 10 and features an AMOLED display in addition.
At the time of writing, it's rather hard to come by the Xiaomi Redmi 10 if you're in the United States. You can find the 64 GB version on ebay for around $239. Alternatively, you can also wait for it to become available in other stores likes Amazon or Newegg.
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