Motorola Moto E4 May Not Outsmart the Xiaomi Redmi 4 in the Budget Category

Of late, the budget segment of the smartphone market has become tight in India with the customers inclining towards buying cheaper smartphones, but also with impressive specs. Xiaomi and Motorola have catered to this exact audience with most of its previous devices launched in India and once again, they are back at it with these two budget smartphones – Xiaomi Redmi 4 and the Motorola Moto E4.

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Note: We’re considering the Rs. 8,999 model of the Xiaomi Redmi 4 to make the comparison easier.

Here is a comparison of these two sub 10k Android devices,

Display and Design

The Xiaomi Redmi 4 comes with a metallic unibody design, just like its previous phones and sports a 5-inch IPS LCD display with a 2.5D curved screen and 720-pixel resolution. The Motorola Moto E4 also has a similar 5-inch 720p HD display There is not much of a design overhaul with the Redmi 4, and one might even call it a miniature version of the Redmi Note 4 in the looks and design department. While it is a similar case with the Moto E4 because it has the same design as the Moto G5 series.

Hardware

Both devices come with the customary fingerprint sensor. However, the Moto E4 has it up front while the Redmi 4 has it on its rear panel. Internally, the Moto E4 features a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor alongside a Mali T720 GPU. The Xiaomi Redmi 4 gets a minor upgrade in the hardware department over the Redmi 3s with its new octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 chipset paired with Adreno 505 GPU. The Moto E4 has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage, and the Redmi 4 comes with 3GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. Both handsets come with an option for expanding storage via a microSD card. But the Moto E4 has a dedicated microSD card slot, whereas the Xiaomi Redmi 4 has a hybrid card slot.