A new Xiaomi phone with budget-friendly specs have
appeared on TENAA, a certification body from China. The modest specs of the
smartphone suggest that it could be the Redmi 5A. The Xiaomi phone that has
surfaced on TENAA has a model number of MCT3B. The handset measures 140.44 x
70.14 x 8.35 mm and its weight is 137 grams. The smartphone is available in
black, rose gold, gold, white, blue, red, pink, gray and silver.
It features a 5-inch TFT display that produces a
resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The dimensions of the Xiaomi MCT3B smartphone
is quite similar to the Redmi 4A and it also features a same-sized HD display.
However, the Redmi 4A has a IPS LCD screen whereas the MCT3B has a TFT screen.
Just the Redmi 4A lacks a fingerprint reader, the
MCT3B also lacks a fingerprint sensor which also indicates that it could be a
successor of Redmi 5A. The smartphone is running on Android 7.1.2 and is
powered by 1.4 GHz processor. It has an internal storage of 32 GB. Users can add
up to 128 GB of microSD card on its external storage.
The Redmi 4A has 1.4 GHz Snapdragon 425 chipset, 2
GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage. It also features a microSD card slot. The rear
camera of MCT3B could be of 13-megapixel or 8-megapixel that carries support
for full HD recording. It has a front-facing camera of 5-megapixel. The Redmi
4A has a 13-megpaixel rear camera and a 5-meapixel selfie snapper.
The Xiaomi MCT3B has a 3,000 mAh battery and carries
support for connectivity features like dual-SIM, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi and more. The
Redmi 4A has a larger battery of 3,120 mAh capacity. The Chinese manufacturer
had announced the Redmi 4A in November 2016. Hence, it appears that Xiaomi
could be prepping on a successor phone for Redmi 4A.
