Xiaomi just announced Redmi Note 5A, its latest budget smartphone as it had promised in two versions. Both the phones have a 5.5-inch HD screen and come with a 13-megapixel rear camera, but the standard version is powered by a Snapdragon 425 and has 2GB RAM, while the top-end version comes with Snapdragon 435 with 3GB or 4GB RAM, also has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and a fingerprint sensor on the back.
As the company already confirmed, both these have a dedicated dual nano SIM slots and a microSD card slot.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A specifications
- 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, 450 nits brightness, 1000: 1 Contrast ratio, 70% NTSC color gamut
- 1.4GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform with Adreno 308 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with MIUI 9
- Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF
- 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 153× 76.2 × 7.55mm; Weight: 150g
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLOASS
- 3080mAh (typical) / 3000mAh (minimum) battery
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A high-end specifications
- 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display, 450 nits brightness, 1000: 1 Contrast ratio, 70% NTSC color gamut
- 1.4GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU
- 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage / 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with MIUI 9
- Dual SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF
- 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash, OmniVision sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 76.4-degree wide-angle lens
- Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 153× 76.2 × 7.7mm; Weight: 153g
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLOASS
- 3080mAh (typical) / 3000mAh (minimum) battery
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A comes in Champagne Gold, Rose Gold and Platinum Silver colors and is priced at 699 yuan (US$ 104 / Rs. 6,720 approx.) for the Snapdragon 425, 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version and the Redmi Note 5A Snapdragon 435 version with 3GB RAM with 32GB storage is priced at 899 yuan (US$ 134 / Rs. 8,645 approx.) and the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version costs 1199 yuan (US$ 180 / Rs. 11,530 approx.). It will go on sale in China starting from tomorrow, August 22nd.