Redmi Note 2

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 was a middle class Android smartphone by Xiaomi. It came in two variants. It had 13 MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

Manufacturer	Xiaomi
Type	Touchscreen smartphone
Series	Redmi
First released	August 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08)[1]
Predecessor	Redmi Note
Successor	Redmi Note 3
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	152 mm (6.0 in) H 76 mm (3.0 in) W 8.3 mm (0.33 in) D
Weight	160 g (5.6 oz)
Operating system	Android 5.0.2 "Lollipop"
System-on-chip	MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795)
CPU	Redmi Note 2: Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 Redmi Note 2 Prime: Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU	Imagination PowerVR (Series 6X) G6200
Memory	2GB LPDDR3
Storage	Redmi Note 2: 16 GB Redmi Note 2 Prime: 32 GB
Removable storage	Supports up to 32 GB microSD
Battery	Removable Li-Po 3060 mAh battery
Rear camera	13 MP Samsung S5K3M2 ISOCELL CMOS F2.2
Front camera	5 MP Omnivision OV5680 CMOS F2.2
Display	5.5 in (140 mm) IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen 1080 x 1920 pixels, ~403 ppi, 16M colors
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 & 5GHz), dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, Low-energy 4G/LTE

The company discontinued the smartphone's sale in favor of the successors Redmi 3 and Redmi Note 3.

Specifications

Hardware

The low end variant Redmi Note 2 was powered by a MediaTek MT6795 Helio X10 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 prosessor coupled with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The high-end variant Redmi Note 2 Prime, on the other hand, was powered by a MediaTek MT6795 Helio X10 Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 processor coupled with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage.

Software

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 runs on Android Lollipop 5.0 on top of MIUI 7 and can be upgraded to MIUI 9. It is also possible to flash a custom ROM^[2] with Android 5,^[3][4] 6^[5], 7,^[6] 8^[7] or 9, but there is no official support by LineageOS.^[8]

Famous problem - fast battery drain.^[9]