The smartphone is the product of modern age. Due to these features, only more and more users love to have a smartphone nowadays. The makers also come up with new models with added features that help the users to move with the changing technology. The Xiaomi is also a leading Chinese brand as a renowned maker of the smartphones.
Xiaomi was established in April 2010 with one goal: to sell the best budget segment smartphones. In last 7 years, the chart of Xiaomi has been rising at an exponential pace. It is a brand best known to provide features to the consumers in their budget. Recently one of the Xiaomi’s devices became the number selling the smartphone in India. The brand is well-known for MIUI, a sleek and smooth user interface topped on Android OS. So Xiaomi is back again with another budget device with added features, and they called it Redmi 5. The detailed specifications of the new handset are mentioned below.
General
This mobile will be sold under the brand name Redmi, and the name of the device is Redmi 5. It will arrive with Android Nougat (Android v7.0) out of the box, there very less chances that the device will receive an Oreo update. This handset supports two SIMs provided that both are GSM. This device has a hybrid slot which means a user can insert two SIMs or can use a SIM and a memory card. The handset can house a micro SIM and a nano SIM. The best feature on this device is fast charging. The device supports fast charging hence one can charge up to 50% battery in 30 minutes. Hence from the viewpoint of the user, the device is simply awesome.
Design and Display
The device is manufactured in metal on both front and rear side. On the front side, there is a display below which there are three navigation buttons. Right above the display, there is an earpiece on the right of which there is a front camera. On the left of the earpiece, there are some sensors. On the rear side, there is a rear camera just above the centre. The Dual LED flashlights are on the left side of the camera. Exactly in the centre, at a significant distance from the camera, there is an MI branding. On the bottom side, there is a microphone on the left, charging socket in the centre and speaker grill on the extreme right. The device also has a secondary mic and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The display on this device is 5 inches, and it has a full HD resolution (i.e., 1080 x 1920 pixels). The pixel density of the display is 441 pixels per inch, and it is an IPS LCD type display. The display functions with capacitive touch and supports 10 point multi-touch. These all pros of the device make it offer complete satisfaction to the users of the smartphone.
Performance and Storage
This device runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 processor. This processor is an octa-core processor and constitutes Cortex A72 Quad Core chipset clocked at 1.8GHz and Cortex A53 Quad Core chipset clocked at 1.4GHz.The processor has a 64bit architecture which makes it battery efficient and smooth. Hence those who love to keep images and songs, as well as videos stored, can go for this device and enjoy the same.
Network and Connectivity
As mentioned earlier this device has two SIM slots, and both support only GSM SIMs. Either slot can work with 4G coverage one at a time, but both slots support 3G and 2G networks. Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ag/b/g/n is provided for wireless internet connection access, and other Wi-Fi features include hotspot option. Bluetooth v4.2 is provided for wireless data transfer and connectivity purpose.
Verdict:
Xiaomi Redmi 5 price in India is expected to be around 10k, and it must be said that it is the best buy in the budget segment. This makes the device fall into the low priced category where the competition is fierce. However, the features of the device make it more helpful in capturing the market.
