Design
- High-end, premium metal design, and excellent build quality - befitting a much more expensive phone
- Fast fingerprint reader
Display
- Impressive, bright display, with great color accuracy
Software
- MIUI on top of Android works great, runs fast, and has excellent theming and customization options, making it easy to find the look you want
Performance
- Powerful Spandragon 625 chipset ensures smooth, effortless performance all throughout
Camera
- Pretty decent camera - although it tends to produce photos a little bit on the soft side - but overall it's good, and a significant improvement over the Redmi Note 3
Audio
- Good loudspeaker
- Audio quality via headphones is average
Battery
- Top-notch battery life - again, improved even over the already very good Redmi Note 3 - even with heavy usage, you can get close to two full days out of it
More
- Doesn't use the new USB-C standard