Xiaomi Redmi 5 set to launch on February 15 in India
Xiaomi is a company that does not manufacture the best mid-range, for our taste, that’s Moto. However, the virtue of the Chinese company is that it offers its mid-range smartphones for much less money than its competitors. It seems that this year we were not going to see the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, since the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus seems to cover the public to which the Redmi Note are usually destined. However, it turns out that finally we will end up seeing this smartphone reaching the market, and for our happiness, it will be this same month. Xiaomi’s Indian division has started teasing the launch of the Redmi 5 smartphone for India to kick start the launches of 2018.
Xiaomi has recently become the popular smartphone company in India defeating Samsung in the terms of sales and has launched the Redmi 5a with a price tag of just Rs. 4999 and the company is also expected to price the new Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus aggressively for the Indian market again. The Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus are also expected to be launched as Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Plus for Indian market as per the rumors but we have to wait for the event for the confirmation.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 would have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 and would come in two models of 3GB and 4GB of RAM, thus differentiating Redmi 5 Plus in the power section. Its screen, on the other hand, would preserve the aspect ratio of 18: 9 for its 5.99-inch screen at full HD + resolution that we have already seen in its little brother and that we liked so much. Oh, and also this has natively included the gestures of the iPhone X, a hoot!
Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 plus were launched in December last year in China. the Redmi 5 was launched with a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits Brightness, 72% NTSC Color Gamut, 1000: 1 Contrast Ratio and 1440 × 720 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU. It has two variants with 2GB RAM + 16GB internal storage and 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage with both supporting expandable storage up to 128GB with microSD card slot.
It runs on the Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9 and supports Hybrid Dual SIM. It features a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. A 3300mAh battery is available for backing up and connectivity options includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS. It comes with a fingerprint sensor on the rear side and has an infrared sensor as well. It measures 151.8 × 72.8 × 7.7mm and weights 157 grams.
The Redmi 5 Plus features a 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits Brightness, 84% NTSC Color Gamut, 1000: 1 Contrast Ratio and 2160 × 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU. It comes with 3GB of RAM + 32GB internal storage capacity, 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage with both variants supporting expandable storage up to 128GB with microSD card slot. It runs on the Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9 on top and supports Hybrid Dual SIMs.
It features a 12-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. It is backed up by a 4000mAh battery and connectivity options includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS. It also comes with a fingerprint sensor on the rear side and it also has an infrared sensor available. It measures 158.5 x 75.45 x 8.05mm and weights 180 grams.
