Xiaomi joined the growing list
of smartphone manufacturers who have launched a smartphone will a full-screen
display. The company launched two phones — Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus, featuring
an 18:9 aspect ratio display.
Today, the company has announced that the Black
colour variant for the Redmi 5 will now be available from 25th December, at the
same price — 799 Yuan (approximately US$ 122) for the 2GB RAM model while the 3GB
RAM will be available for 899 Yuan (approximately US$ 137).
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 sports a 5.7-inch HD+ display
with screen resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The phone
is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz,
along with Adreno 506 graphics.
The phone, which has a full metallic body, comes in
two options — 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage and 3GB RAM with 32GB onboard
storage. There is also a microSD card slot, allowing users to further expand
the storage capacity.
There is a 12-megapixel rear camera sensor with a
f/2.2 aperture with 1.25 µm pixel size that is equipped with a Soft-LED flash.
It comes with features like phase detection auto-focus (PDAF), dark light
enhancement technology, facial recognition, HDR, Panorama and Burst mode.
It also comes with a 5-megapixel selfie snapper that
is coupled with features like Smart Beauty 5.0, facial recognition, and full HD
video recording at 30fps. The device is running on Android Nougat operating
system based MIUI 9.
Connectivity options on the device include hybrid
dual SIM slot, micro USB, full Netcom support, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,
Bluetooth 4.2, 3.5mm audio jack and GPS. The device is fuelled by a 3,300mAh
battery.
