After the launch of Xiaomi Redmi 4A in India, the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is all set to introduce its Redmi 4 smartphone in India on May 16. The company has already started teasing the upcoming Redmi phone launch in India and now Amazon India, through a teaser on their website, has announced that the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi device will be available exclusively on its e-commerce platform. Amazon India has already put up a page with ‘Notify Me’ live button, where interested customers can register for updates related to Xiaomi’s next Redmi smartphone.
It is not clear whether the company will introduce only the standard version of the Redmi 4 or bring its pro version as well. Probably, the company could launch the Redmi 4 Prime, alongside the standard version of Redmi 4 in the country. In March, Xiaomi had confirmed that it would launch successors to the Redmi 3s and Redmi 3s Prime in India. Xiaomi had launched the two budget-friendly smartphones, Redmi 4 and Redmi 4 Prime in China in November last year. The Redmi 4 was launched at a price of CNY 699 (approximately Rs. 6,500), while the Redmi 4 Prime was priced at CNY 899 (approximately Rs. 8,400).
Xiaomi India VP and Managing Director, Manu Kumar Jain recently twitted about the upcoming Redmi device on his official Twitter page. The Tweet states the announcement of an upcoming Redmi series phone, citing it as the second biggest announcement of this month along with an image that has the caption “Power in your hand”.
“Announcing the launch of a new Redmi phone! This will be the 2nd BIG announcement of the month Coming soon. Stay tuned #PowerInYourHand,” he wrote in a tweet.
Announcing the launch of a new Redmi phone! This will be the 2nd BIG announcement of the month ☺️ Coming soon. Stay tuned #PowerInYourHand pic.twitter.com/jvzGCY2oyR
— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) May 5, 2017
Xiaomi Redmi 4 specifications: –
In terms of specifications, Redmi 4 (China) sports a 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display with 2.5D curved glass on the top for protection. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC clocked at 1.4GHz coupled with Adreno 505 GPU. In terms of memory, the phone is backed by 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage with a dedicated microSD card slot for memory expansion by up to 256GB. In terms of photography, the Redmi 4 houses a 13-megapixel main snapper with PDAF, f/2.2 aperture and dual LED flash. Talking about its front, the phone has a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies and video chats. The Redmi 4 is fuelled by a 4100mAh battery and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system with Xiaomi’s MIUI 8 skin running on the top. Connectivity option on the phone include 4G VoLTE, Dual-SIM support and Bluetooth v4.2 connectivity.
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime specifications: –
In comparison, the Redmi 4 Prime sports a 5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display with 2.5D curved glass on the top. Redmi 4 Prime is powered by a 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC coupled with Adreno 506 GPU. In terms of memory, the device is backed by 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage with a dedicated microSD card slot for memory expansion by up to 256GB. In terms of photography, the Redmi 4 Prime boasts of a 13MP main snapper with PDAF, f/2.2 aperture lens and dual LED flash. On the front, it has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats and selfies. On the software front, the Redmi 4 Prime runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow wrapped under company’s MIUI 8 skin and is fuelled by a non-removable 4100mAh Li-Polymer battery.
Talking about its pricing, we expect the Redmi 4 to be launched in India with the price range of Rs 7,500 to Rs 8,500. And once launched in the Indian smartphone market, the Redmi 4 will be contending against Moto E3 Power, Lenovo K6 Power, Asus Zenfone Go 5.5, Lenovo K5 Plus and others.
