Xiaomi Redmi 4A or Yu Yunique 2: Which Entry-Level Smartphone Should You Choose?

Micromax’s subsidiary, Yu Televentures is back into the game with the recent launch of Yureka Black smartphone. Yesterday, the company launched the Yu Yunique 2 smartphone with decent specs and price. The device costs Rs. 5,999, and is aimed at the Xiaomi Redmi 4A.

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Redmi 4A

For the unaware, Yu Televentures is well known for affordable handsets, but was out of the game due to the resurgence of Xiaomi as an online brand in India. But Yu Televentures is now looking to compete with the same brand which spoiled its party back then.

The Yu Yureka Black is aimed at the Xiaomi Redmi 4 smartphone, while the Yu Yunique 2 competes with the Xiaomi Redmi 4A. Will the Yunique 2 take revenge by outsmarting the Redmi 4A in the entry-level segment? Let’s find out.

1) Design and Display
Both the Xiaomi Redmi 4A and Yu Yunique 2 has a plastic body and boasts of capacitive hardware keys for navigating through the phone. Neither of the phones has a groundbreaking design, and we can’t expect the same for the asking price.

Yu Yunique 2

Coming to the display, both the phones have a 5-inch HD display, but Yu Yunique 2 further has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top. Xiaomi did not mention the protection used on the Redmi 4A though.

2) Hardware
The Yunique 2 is powered by the 1.3Ghz MediaTek MT6737 quad-core chipset, whereas the Redmi 4A has a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset, with a quad-core CPU. Both the phones are mated with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage and have a microSD slot for storage expansion.