Xiaomi's Redmi India Twitter handle confirmed to launch the new
Redmi Go on 19 March and going by the webpage, the company will be hosting an
online unveiling event and will go live at 12:00 pm on coming Tuesday.
Xiaomi's Redmi Go has already made its debut in the Philippines
and other select regions of South Asia, so the specification details are
already in public domain. But, the India-specific price still remains a
mystery. If we go by the cost structure of the device in foreign markets and
also consider the fact that Xiaomi assembles phones in India, the upcoming
Redmi Go is likely to cost around Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000, if not less.
For those unaware, Xiaomi Redmi Go sports a 5.0-inch HD screen
and comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 quad-core chipset, 1GB RAM, 8 GB
storage, 3,000mAh battery, which is enough for the device to run for a whole
day under mixed usage.
As far as the imaging hardware is concerned, the Xiaomi's budget
phone houses 8MP primary camera with F.20 aperture with LED flash on the back
and a 5MP selfie snapper.
It can be noted that Redmi Go will come with a dedicated microSD
card slot, meaning device owners need not have to compromise second SIM slot
for extra storage. They can have two SIMs.
Most importantly, Redmi Go runs pure Android Oreo 8.1 Go
edition. Though it is one generation old Google Android Go OS, it is still good
enough for the phone to perform any normal day-to-day tasks. This type of
devices with modest hardware is largely targeted to those who are planning to
migrate from a keypad-based feature to touch screen for the first time and also
to those planning to buy a secondary phone for personal or work.
Key specifications of
Xiaomi Redmi Go:
ModelXiaomi Redmi Go
Display5.0-inch
HD (1280x720p) screen
·
Aspect
ratio: 16:9
·
Brightness:
380 nits, 72% NTSC colour gamut
·
Contrast
ratio: 1000:1
OSAndroid 8.1 (Oreo Go
Edition)
Processor1.4GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 quad-core with Adreno 308 GPU
RAM1GB
Storage8GB
storage, expandable up to 128GB
Camera
·
Main:
8MP with LED flash, F2.0 aperture, 1.12µm pixel size
·
Front:
5MP with F2.2 aperture, 1.12µ pixel size
Battery3,
000mAh
Network4G-LTE
Add-onsDual-SIM
slots, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Type 2 micro USB port,
Dimensions140.4
x 70.1 x 8.35 mm
Weight137g
Colors Black/Blue
Expected Price around Rs 4,000
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