Redmi Note 17 Pro teardown video shows off the phone's internals Comments
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SShock, 16 Jul 2026Aluminium is more thermally conductive and lighter than stainless steel. Also endlessly cheape... moreOkay and what about aluminum versus copper Sherlock? Which one is easier to manufacture and manipulate?
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SShock, 17 Jul 2026I know vapor chamber does that or any heatpipe for that matter, but they are made of copper fo... moreTypo is one possibility beside the incorrect info received by GSMArena.
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oo Ruly oo, 17 Jul 2026One other thing that make vapor chamber tech better than coventional ones to cool electronics ... moreI know vapor chamber does that or any heatpipe for that matter, but they are made of copper for all other heatsinks, because copper has best heat conductivity. If price and weight is concern, aluminium is still superior to stainless steel. It's cheaper, lighter, easier to manipulate in manufacturing and also has higher heat transmission rate. Which is why I don't understand why they are hyping stainless steel as some kind of feature. It's nonsensical for this kind of application.
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SShock, 16 Jul 2026Aluminium is more thermally conductive and lighter than stainless steel. Also endlessly cheape... moreOne other thing that make vapor chamber tech better than coventional ones to cool electronics is the presence of liquid inside it. It turnes into vapor when heat touch it then spread. When it finally hits cooler walls then it turnes into water again. This process is repeatitive. Interesting to know how it works though.
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oo Ruly oo, 16 Jul 2026Exactly. The weight is going to be issue too.Aluminium is more thermally conductive and lighter than stainless steel. Also endlessly cheaper and easier to mill and form into shape than gooey stainless steel which is very finicky in manufacturing.
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Mr Ho, 16 Jul 2026The first time in my life seeing that it is CPU that limits hardware capabilities in an Androi... moreThis specific CPU is built to work only for UFS 3.1 and lower not higher than that. It is like a pro weight lifter who is able to lift max 100 KGS. He can't lift more than that. Hope with this analogy can help to understand the case easily.
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Eno2, 16 Jul 2026With such puny cameras, the phone could have been at least designed with a flat back!It works for nubia but not likely for other brands that pursue esthetic.
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Mr Ho, 16 Jul 2026The first time in my life seeing that it is CPU that limits hardware capabilities in an Androi... moreAnother fun fact similar to this is they supplied 33 watts charger for Redmi 14C 4G that support only 18 watts charging. That for sure the second time I found so far they tried to be generous, in positive way.
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SShock, 16 Jul 2026Not sure why vapor chamber should be made of stainless steel. It's not very thermally con... moreExactly. The weight is going to be issue too.
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potato4k, 16 Jul 2026It could’ve been they already have those UFS4 supporting chips purchased before the price incr... moreYou know what? Let's hope snapdragon did typo when described that that the reality is this SOC actually supports UFS 4. Sorry if this imagination arrived at this level.
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oo Ruly oo, 16 Jul 2026The vapor chamber is one interesting thing I just noticed when I got back read the review. It ... moreNot sure why vapor chamber should be made of stainless steel. It's not very thermally conductive compared to copper or aluminium. Point of vapor chamber is to capture and release heat, not be anti-corrosive inside a sealed phone...
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The vapor chamber is one interesting thing I just noticed when I got back read the review. It was made of SS. Is it really the material? thought this from graphene.
The other one is the massive battery. A 9K mah battery. It almost double the 5K mah commonly used by Samsung. That much of power I can call it power bank that will make reverse wired charging feature works more balance.
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80085, 16 Jul 2026what I mean is, wouldn't using ufs 3.1 modules be cheaper than to use 4.0 running at 3.1 ... moreIt could’ve been they already have those UFS4 supporting chips purchased before the price increase, so it might cost them less by using those chips instead of buying new ones. Or, maybe the chips used are imperfect ones that wouldn’t be able to run at top UFS4 speed anyway, but still meet UFS3 standard.
Who knows, but apparently Xiaomi did it.
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The first time in my life seeing that it is CPU that limits hardware capabilities in an Android smartphone
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80085, 16 Jul 2026"The device uses ... UFS 4.0 ... because of limitations in the Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 chipse... moreAnother perspective is the inventory and cost. The stock is enough or even more and cost isn't an issue.
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rizki1, 16 Jul 2026That battery takes up 70% of the space inside the phone... I never realized motherboards were ... moreThis will not happen if the technology is not rapidly developing. Let's hope it won't sacrifice the quality.
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Aierlan, 16 Jul 2026This is probably the biggest downgrade I've ever seen on any phone compared to previous m... moreAnother possible cause might be on the amount of profit that this time they likely would like to increase the size and expect people to accept it due to RAM shortage reason.
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I am trying my best to accept the camera design. Obviously it is not designed to meet my preference. It was a dealbreaker for me when I see the old generation redmi note 14 4g that made me to decide buy Samsung A06 5g instead. Over time now I realised the decision is not right since I failed my self for getting a device with stereo speaker and OLED screen although it didn't have 5G connectivity that is useless in my place. I can not get back to that time and make a switch. So now I just make apologise to my self and promise to not repeat the same mistake again in the future unless good discount and bonus are available. I hope people can learn from this condition as well to prevent unnecessary regret after closing an order.
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rizki1, 16 Jul 2026That battery takes up 70% of the space inside the phone... I never realized motherboards were ... moreThats the point not many are talking about, batteries are larger not just due to si/c tech but also due to shrinked motherboard size.
