Xiaomi just announced the Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus
smartphone at an event in China as it had promised. The Redmi 5 has a 5.7-inch
HD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 450 and packs a 3300mAh
battery, while the Redmi 5 Plus comes with a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 full-screen
display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 and packs a 4000mAh battery. Both these
run Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9.
These have a 12-megapixel rear camera with 1.25μm
pixel size sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with selfie flash.
There is a fingerprint sensor on the back.
Xiaomi Redmi 5 specifications
- 5.7-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits Brightness, 72% NTSC Color Gamut, 1000: 1 Contrast Ratio
- 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
- 2GB RAM with 16GB storage, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF
- 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 151.8 × 72.8 × 7.7mm; Weight: 157g
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
- 3300mAh (typcial) / 3200mAh (minimum) battery
Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus specifications
- 5.99-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits Brightness, 84% NTSC Color Gamut, 1000: 1 Contrast Ratio
- 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
- 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 12MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF
- 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
- Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dimensions: 158.5 x 75.45 x 8.05mm; Weight: 180g
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS
- 4000mAh (typcial) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus come in Black, Light Blue, Gold and Rose Gold colors
and will go on sale in China starting from December 12th.
Check out the pricing
below.
- Redmi 5 (2GB RAM+16GB storage) – 799 yuan (US$ 120)
- Redmi 5 (3GB RAM+32GB storage) – 899 yuan (US$ 135)
- Redmi 5 Plus (3GB RAM+32GB storage) – 999 yuan (US$ 151)
- Redmi 5 Plus (4GB RAM+64GB storage) – 1299 yuan (US$ 195)
