Redmi Note 14 4G - Nakakaumay na si G99!

- Redmi Note 14 4G?

There's still 4G in 2025?

Xiaomi still don't want
to forget 4G phones.

What's in this phone?

Powered by the overly used
processor which is

the MediaTek Helio G99 Ultra.

It also supports triple camera
at the back.

On the bright side,
it has a big battery

at 5,500mAh
and it supports up to 33W.

And it also has IP54
dust and water resistance.

More details and price reveal
after this quick intro.

(introduction music)

This Redmi Note 14 4G
has three variants:

6GB/128GB of storage
is priced at Php7,999

which is Shopee exclusive,

8GB/128GB is priced
at Php8,999,

and 8GB/256GB is priced
at Php9,999.

More details
on the description box below.

First thing when you hold
this phone,

you'll notice its back
is very flat,

and its camera bump
looks exactly the same

with iPhones.

And its sides are definitely
very flat,

and it has plastic frames
and matte finish

so there's no fingerprints.

One good thing on top
is there's still the audio jack and IR,

and it also supports
microSD expansion

so it's a good news.

Its bezels are definitely thick.

At least it's not
teardrop notch anymore.

And its chin is also thick.

Form factor for me is just normal,
nothing really special.

I like its 5G variant better
when it comes to my hands.

Like I said earlier in my intro,
this phone is being powered

by the over-reliable
and overly used

MediaTek Helio G99 Ultra.

And because it's overly used,
there are times,

I would say that
it optimized it a bit

as it was able to squeak out
a 440,000 points

on AnTuTu Benchmark.

I think before it doesn't get
this high of a score.

And this is the breakdown score.

This is the score we got
on Wild Life Extreme.

And good thing that
it was still able to run

under Wild Life Extreme

because the 5G wasn't able
to run it

because the Dimensity 7020 Ultra
doesn't support Vulcan.

This is the score that we got
on CPU benchmarking

on Geekbench.

This is on the GPU benchmarking.

Its thermals are solid
and it throttled

to 87% of its best performance.

When it comes to battery,
Redmi made it bigger

at 5,500mAh which is, well...

500mAh is still better
than its industry standard

which could last you
a little bit longer.

Let's jut say it would add you
an hour per day

is still quite good
because one hour

is still huge for a phone
that will be our daily driver.

Being powered by 33W
of fast charger,

I can say that it can charge
under two hours

from 0 to 100%.

Now, if you're asking me
if it can last one whole day,

it can definitely can
because its battery is made bigger

and we all know that the G99
is not power hungry.

It can last one whole day
as long as you're not heavy gaming

and you're not doing
any heavy video conferencing.

When it comes to display,
honestly, it's not bad.

This one has a 6.67-inch
FHD+ flat AMOLED display

with 120Hz of screen refresh rate,

and its maximum brightness
is 1,800 nits.

This one is being powered
by the Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

When I was outside
on a bright sunny day,

I noticed that I struggled a bit
taking a look at this phone.

I'm not quite sure why
but we already maxed out

its brightness
and I still struggled a bit.

But on the specs sheet,
it's 1,800 nits

but based on my eyes,
it's kind of lacking.

If you're browsing on socials,
its performance was great.

I would say there's no problem here,
scrolling on Facebook,

TikTok, and of course,
Instagram.

And probably if you have friends
in the US, let me know

if the ban really went through,

where they can't use
TikTok anymore.

Or maybe they can still browse
but they can't upload.

Let me know on the comments.

If you're watching videos
on YouTube,

expect a good
and average performance.

I would say its viewing experience
is fine here.

There's no problem here,
except that its bezels

are quite thick here.

I'm definitely not a big fan
of big bezels.

Like I said earlier,
there's still an audio jack

on this phone
which is a good sign,

and it has dual speakers,

three holes on the top
and six holes on the bottom.

Let's check out
the sound quality.

(Crazy by LE SSERAFIM)

Honestly, its sound
is not so bad,

it's not that different
from its 5G counterpart.

Above average.

We've played two games
on this game,

playing Farlight 84
and Call of Duty Mobile.

On Farlight 84,
I was able to get

a good gaming experience here,
except that maybe

you won't be able
to max out the graphic settings.

All you can do here
is set to medium graphic settings,

but expect some
minor frame drops along the way

because we know
G99's performance since before

and Farlight 84
is kind of graphic-intensive.

Playing this game
would give you a good experience

if you can lower
the graphic settings down.

Now, along the way,
there are lags that you'll feel

and some frame drops
so it's unavoidable.

Especially if you're sniper scoping,
you'll notice that

it kind of slows down
when zooming in,

that's what you'll feel here.

And after 30 minutes
of playing BR matches,

it reached around 42°C
of temperature.

Moving on to Call of Duty Mobile,
the gameplay is okay,

though the settings
are kind of limited.

You cannot set it
to the highest graphic settings

that the game can handle,

it's more of medium
graphic settings

as compared
to its 5G counterpart.

But the gameplay was smooth.

That one I can assure you,

the gaming experience
is smooth here

on Call of Duty Mobile.

And you won't have
any problems along the way.

I didn't feel any frame drops
and lags that much.

And I'm happy
with the gameplay here.

And playing after 30 minutes,
it reached 43°C.

Let's talk about the camera
on this phone.

It also has a triple camera setup
like its 5G counterpart,

except that it doesn't have
an ultra wide lens.

It has a macro lens instead
which I rarely use.

It starts off with 108MP
main camera sensor

with a 2MP depth sensor
and a 2MP macro lens.

This one can shoot
up to 1080p and 60 FPS

which is better
than its 5G counterpart

which can only shoot you
up to 1080p and 30 FPS.

Its front-facing camera
is a 20MP shooter

which can also shoot you
up to just 1080p and 30 FPS.

Same with the 5G.

Let's start off
our camera analysis

with some outdoor shot.

So looking at this
very simple rock shot,

honestly, I would see a lot
of details,

but once it's zoomed in,
this photo becomes soft.

If you don't zoom it in,
it's fine.

Taking a look at some greens,
I notice that

it's kind of saturated.

You can see that its greens
are too saturated

and it's too harsh to the eyes.

That's my observation
on the green here,

it's too much.

But if you look at the details
here on these roots,

it's fine and clear.

But when you zoom it in,
it's also kind of soft.

Looking at some
of these flower shot,

it looks okay,
same when you zoom it in,

it's kind of blurred.

This is probably one
of the better shots that we get.

When I zoom it,
its details are still intact,

it's still focused and sharp.

And taking a look at the photo
on the Redmi Note 14 5G,

its photo looks fine,
it looks pretty solid.

When we played
with its zooming capabilities,

this is a normal shot, 2x,

and this is a 3x zoom.

After 3x zooming, it's fine.

But when you zoom it in,
you'll see it's kind of soft.

If you're trying to take
some indoor photo at lowlight,

you'll be able to get
some nice decent shot.

Now, separating the background
from the subject,

this shot is great.

I would say this is probably one
of the best shots

that I got from this phone.

This shot is okay
but I noticed its color

is not that good.

This is probably another good
focused photo.

You can see that the focusing
on the subject is good

and also the background blur.

When we look at these beans,
well, it's kind of looks good

but once you zoom it in,
it's kind of soft.

But this is probably one
of the better photos that I got

inside the coffee shop.

This shot on the painting
looks good.

On indoors, we used
its zoom lens.

This is a normal shot,

2x zoom,

and this is a 3x zoom.

The writings are still clear here
after three times of zooming.

Trying the front-facing camera,
the shots that I got

are okay here.

Though it's kind of dim
even though there's sunlight.

I'm not quite sure
why this shot is like this

but overall, my face looks fine.

Though when you zoom it in,
you'll see it's kind of soft.

And this one is a clear photo
at almost the same timeline.

You can see my face
is kind of bright.

And this is another outdoor shot.

On indoors, I would say
the photo is equally nice,

though it's kind of soft
when you zoom in our photos.

And most of the time,
it looks okay

when you don't zoom it in.

But when you zoom it in,
you'll see that the photos

are soft.

When we use
our front-facing camera,

you'll see that it kind
of struggles with lighting,

the colors are varying.

Though one thing
to be surprised about this one

is it's not that shaky.

Using the rear camera,
this is even more shaky

than the front-facing camera
if you look at it.

Though the resolution
on the rear camera

is way better
than the front-facing camera.

Now guys, what can I say
about this Redmi Note 14 4G?

I hope that when it comes
to the Redmi Note 15,

Xiaomi forgets about the 4G,

because I know that Xiaomi
can put 5G

on a device like this one
at this price point

since other brands
can do it, right?

Redmi used to be one
of the value kings

but right now,
they are a bit losing ground

to the Transsion group.

We all witnessed
the capability of Transsion group.

There are 5G devices
that are below Php5,000.

I was hoping that
if they made this phone 5G,

it's definitely a winner.

But only a 4G
and the gameplay

is kind of mediocre.

If I'll be the one to choose,
I'll kind of think twice

before buying this device,
given its performance

and the G99 being overly used.

How about you guys,
would you buy

the Redmi Note 14 4G?

If you want to know
where you can buy this phone,

I'll link everything
on the description box below.

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