Xiaomi Redmi 5, successor of last year’s Redmi 4 has
surfaced in renders that also reveals the specifications and price. Similar to
the Redmi 4, the Redmi 5 is also said to come in two different versions with
Snapdragon 625 or 630 Mobile Platform. It is expected to come wiht an improved
16-megapixel rear camera, run Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) based MIUI 9, but is said
to come with a slightly smaller 3680 mAh battery compared to 4000 mAh battery.
The phone is also said to come support for fast charging
with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. The phone has a unibody metal design and there
is a fingerprint sensor on the back.
Xiaomi Redmi 5 rumored 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
- 3680 mAh (minimum) battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 is rumored to start at 859 yuan
(US$ 126) for the 3GB RAM with 16GB storage Snapdragon 625
version and the 32GB storage version of it is said to cost 1039 yuan (US$ 153). The Snapdragon 630 version with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage,
4GB RAM with 32GB storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB storage are said to be priced
at 1099 yuan (US$ 162), 1199 yuan (US$ 177) and 1299 yuan (US$ 191), respectively. It is
expected sometime in late Q3 or early Q4 2017.
