Reception, Voice & Audio Quality
Well, now unfortunately we have reached a category where we have to give the Xiaomi Redmi 1S a grade F. You ask why? Well, a smart phone is still a phone, and thus it should support doing phone calls as one of the most basic tasks. And exactly here is where the Xiaomi Redmi 1S is struggling. During our test the 2G and 3G reception was good, but always broke off again and again, just to reconnect some time later. This is not only extremely annoying, it also is eating up the battery real quick. Now we do not know if this is some sort of software glitch or hardware related. Lets just hope it is software related and will be fixed soon. Either way, this is not acceptable and makes the Redmi 1S kinda unusable.
You can go for Zenphone 4, Moto E or you can get Xperia M for ~ 8.5k in ebay (after coupons) with mfg warranty ..
Battery wise, it pwns every other device in it's category, but it's on android 4.3 right now and wont be upgraded unless u boot custom
Moto E is good, but it's battery is crap..
No idea about Zenphone 4 though
I d suggest not going for Redmi until warranty and after sales service has been confirmed to be "acceptable"
Here's a good article published by digit which compares Moto E, Asus Zenphone and Xiaomi Redmi 1S;
Android sub 10K battle: Asus Zenfone 5 vs Moto E vs Xiaomi Redmi 1S | Digit.in
At 10k, ASUS phone seems to be just awesome, worth the premium:
Asus ZenFone 5 Review | Digit.in
Seriously ? is that a comparison ? even my posts are better than that .. its just an article that is supposed to link 2 reviews together.. they should have compared it with Zenfone 4 in the same price range.. Zenfone 5 is 50 % more expensive than the other 2 guys ..
I'm also looking to buy phone for my wife. Now I can go with Moto G but the main deal breaker could be the limited storage. She does not play any games her requirements will be only music, camera, and navigation app.
I'm also looking to buy phone for my wife. Now I can go with Moto G but the main deal breaker could be the limited storage. She does not play any games her requirements will be only music, camera, and navigation app.