It really shouldn't be surprising that Xiaomi is
working on a new affordable Redmi-branded smartphone to be launched at some
point in the near future, but its name might intrigue you. It's the Redmi 8A
Pro, as revealed by RF certification details posted on Xiaomi's official
website.
The Redmi 8A was just unveiled yesterday, and we
weren't expecting it to get a Pro sibling, as that's never before been a thing
for the dirt cheap, entry-level Redmi A series, but apparently not even that
can escape the great Pro-ifying of 2019.
It's unclear what specs the Redmi 8A Pro will boast
in order to differentiate itself from the vanilla 8A, which has a 6.22"
HD+ LCD with a waterdrop notch, the Snapdragon 439 chipset, 2/3GB of RAM, 32GB
of storage, a 12 MP primary camera with 1.4um pixels and f/1.8 aperture, an 8
MP selfie camera, and a 5,000 mAh battery. The Redmi 8A runs Android 9 Pie with
MIUI 10 on top, but as MIUI 11 is soon to launch, perhaps the Redmi 8A Pro
might run that from day one instead.
