Xiaomi has several unannounced smartphones in its sleeves that are expected to be announced by the end of 2017. One of them is Xiaomi Redmi 5, a successor to last year’s Redmi 4 smartphone, which has now surfaced online in renders, which also revealed possible specs and pricing. The only thing that wasn’t revealed is the availability information.
Xiaomi Redmi 5 looks to be very similar to its predecessor, with 5-inch 1080p IPS display, Snapdragon 625 or Snapdragon 630 coupled with 3 or 4 GB of RAM and up to 64 GB of storage. The battery is smaller at 3,680 mAh compared to 4,000 mAh battery. Other specs include dual-SIM support, an improved 16-megapixel rear camera and Android 7.1.1 Nougat with MIUI 9 on top. The expected price tag is 859 yuan or $130 for the base and 1,299 yuan or $190 for the top model.
Redmi 5 specifications
- 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display
- 2.2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU / 2.2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 508 GPU
- 3GB LPDDR3 RAM with 16GB / 32GB storage (eMMC 5.1) / 4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB storage (eMMC 5.1), expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
- Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano/microSD)
- 16MP rear camera with PDAF, dual-tone LED Flash
- 5MP front-facing camera
- Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
- 3680mAh (minimum) battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
