Friends+Design
- Very good build quality
- Nice looking plastic design, with a matte finish (though it's not quite as stylish and modern as the Realme C2, with the company's trademark diamond design and dewdrop notch)
- Matte finish means it's easier to keep the phone's body clean and also doesn't highlight scratches
- It is also a pretty compact phone - if you like smaller phones, you will like the Redmi 7A - it fits well in hands
- Splash proof
- Fast face unlock
- While the design is pretty decent, it does looks a bit old-school with the large bezels
Display
- Decent 5.45-inch IPS display with good viewing angles
- Sunlight legibility could have been better
Software
- MIUI is one of the more refined Android UIs, and packs many features like 'dark mode', 'reading mode' etc - this time the ads are relatively less intrusive too, compared to recent Redmi phones (although they are still there)
Performance
- Pretty decent performance with the new Snapdragon 439 processor - day-to-day use is fairly smooth, and simple games run well
- Overall processor performance is pretty similar compared to its main competitor, the Realme C2
- 2GB RAM is somewhat limiting in terms of multitasking performance
Camera
- Decent set of rear (12MP) and front cameras (5MP), for the price bracket
- In outdoor situations specially, the cameras deliver good results with pretty good details and colours
- Overall, the camera performance is similar to the other "relatively good" camera phone for the ultra-budget category, the Realme C2
- Low light performance is expectedly average though
Battery
- Very good battery life with a large 4000mAH battery - you can easily get up to 1.5 days of use
Extended Warranty
- The Xiaomi Redmi 7A is the first Xiaomi phone to come with two years of warranty
Verdict
- Overall, the Redmi 7A is a pretty solid ultra-budget option from the Xiaomi camp - if you don't care much for having a stylish design, and your performance requirements are basic, it's a good, reliable option to go for
