We were talking about Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and suddenly Redmi 5 has arisen. A new leak on Weibo shows some specs and design of Xiaomi’s upcoming smartphone – Redmi 5. To recall, Redmi 4 is currently selling is various part of the world which comes with Snapdragon 435 processor, MIUI 8.2 based Android 6.0.1 and 4100 mAh battery.
According to the new leak, Redmi 5 could pack Snapdragon 625 or 630 processor, but GPU mentioned as Adreno 508 which belongs to Snapdragon 630, Probably Xiaomi might be thinking to launch two different variants with the various processors as leak claims. As for the battery, it is said to pack a comparatively smaller 3,680 mAh battery whereas Redmi 4 has 4100 mAh battery but Quick Charge 3.0 is to be given to charging it rapidly. It would be sport a 5.0 inch Full HD IPS display panel, which seems worthy upgrade over Redmi 4’s HD display.
Moving to design, it looks similar to Redmi 4 and also fingerprint is embed on rear portion of the device. In terms of storage, it is expected to be launch in three variants, 3GB RAM + 16GB, 4GB RAM + 32GB and higher variant will be pack 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. As Xiaomi already announced MIUI 9, these are pretty good chanced to be run it on MIUI based Android Nougat out of the box. As for pricing, Xioami always comes with aggressive approach when it comes to pricing. For pricing details check below list:
Xiaomi Redmi 5 Price (Snapdragon 625)
Variant | Price |
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3GB RAM / 16GB | 859 CNY or US$125 |
3GB RAM / 32GB | 1039 CNY or US$150 |
Xiaomi Redmi 5 Price (Snapdragon 630)
Variant | Price |
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3GB RAM / 32GB | 1099 CNY or US$160 |
4GB RAM / 32GB | 1199 CNY or US$175 |
4GB RAM / 64GB | 1299 CNY or US$190 |
Currently, we have no idea when it will release but it will be surely first available in China, and then Xiaomi will further push it to other markets. As India is shining place for Xiaomi, we can expect the company will launch it India just after Chinese launch. Needless to say, for further updates regarding Redmi 5 keep in touch with us, we will inform you whenever we get next update!