Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S review: specs, battery & used prices

Summary

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S is the 2021 mid-trim of the Note 10 family, pairing the MediaTek Helio G95 with a 6.43-inch OLED, a 5000 mAh battery and a 179-gram body rated IP53. Our catalog scores it 40 on everyday use, 92 on compactness and 35 on screen. A 64-megapixel main camera records 4K30 video, and the 4/64 GB trim was tracked at about $190 new. The Redmi Note 10 is the global base, and the Redmi Note 10 Pro is the camera-and-screen upgrade.

Display and design

The 6.43-inch OLED runs at 60 Hz and scores 35 on our screen axis, with a 450-nit figure and the deep contrast OLED brings to a mid-range price. The IP53 rating covers dust and light rain. At 179 grams the body earns the compactness score of 92 — one of the lightest Note trims of the generation.

Performance

The Helio G95 posts an everyday axis of 40 and a gaming axis of 5: comfortable daily pace for the class, with casual titles well within reach and demanding ones outside it. Tracked trims run from 4 to 8 GB of RAM, and no software-window figure is documented for this model.

Camera

The camera axis of 29 rests on a 64-megapixel main sensor with supporting companion sensors, recording 4K30 video. The high-resolution main sensor is the pitch, and it delivers class-above daylight detail; the companions are framing-only, and night output stays budget-plateaued.

Battery and charging

The 5000 mAh battery scores 40 on our battery axis — a dependable day and a half at this pace — and 33 W charging scores 15, a modest refill that still beats the 18 W budgets of the shelf below. Between the cell and the light body, endurance was never the compromise here.

Verdict

At about $190 new for 4/64 GB, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10S is the OLED-and-64-megapixel value play of the Note 10 family: screen and main camera above the class, refresh rate and charging pace left on the table. Used market data is sparse. The Note 10 keeps the panel simpler, and the Note 10 Pro adds 120 Hz and a bigger sensor.