We already saw the leaked press renders, but now we
have official information about the Xiaomi Redmi 5. The manufacturer posted an
image on Weibo, revealing the launch date of the Redmi 5 and the Redmi 5 Plus -
December 7.
The phone will be introduced by members of the pop
band SNH48. Twelve of them are pictured holding the Redmi 5. The front panel is
mostly occupied by a FullView screen, while on the back we see one camera and a
fingerprint scanner.
The headline of the poster says “A phone for a
thousand”, implying the Redmi 5 will cost as low as CNY 1,000 or about US$ 150/€ 130. For comparison, the predecessor Redmi 4X costs around CNY 800 in
China.
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