Xiaomi is
getting ready to unveil the Redmi Pro 2 this month. This should come with the yet-unofficial Snapdragon 660 chipset from Qualcomm
and just a single rear camera, unlike the original Redmi Pro which was the
first Xiaomi phone to boast a dual camera setup.
The new report claims that the Redmi Pro 2 will stick with
the unique selling point represented by the dual rear camera, thus being a true
successor to the first Pro. It may employ two 12 MP sensors on the back, the
rumor goes.
It will be powered by MediaTek's Helio
P25 and not the SD660. This SoC has an octa-core CPU that consists of four
Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 2.5 GHz and another four that only go up to
1.6 GHz. It comes with the ARM Mali-T880MP4 GPU and support for Cat.6 LTE.
The Redmi Pro 2 will allegedly have an all-metal
design, 2.5D curved glass on top of the display, and two versions: one with 4GB
of RAM and 64GB of storage, the other sporting 6GB and 128GB, respectively. The
former is apparently going to be priced at CNY 1,599 (US$ 231 or € 217 at the
current exchange rates), while the latter will be sold for CNY 1,799 (US$ 260 or
€ 244).
The new smartphone is expected to become official at
the end of this month, though a specific date hasn't been outed for the event
yet.
