KRS Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Xiaomi's Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus handsets were unveiled in China in December last year; last month, Xiaomi made, the Redmi 5 Plus available in India as the Redmi Note 5, and today, four months after it was originally unveiled, the company has followed through by making the regular Redmi 5 available in the country as well. Unlike the beefier Redmi Note 5, the Redmi 5 will come with Android 7.1 (Nougat) and sports a 5.7" screen in an 18:9 aspect ratio, with a resolution of 1440 x 720. It also sports a single 12MP rear shooter with a 5MP front-facing one, a micro-USB port, and a dual Nano SIM slot. All of this is powered by a Snapdragon 450 chip and a 3,300mAh battery. As for the RAM and internal storage, there will be three variants of the device based on these specs: RAM Storage Price 2GB 16GB ₹7,999 ($123) 3GB 32GB ₹8,999 ($138) 4GB 64GB ₹10,999 ($170) The device will be available at Mi.com and brick-and-mortar Mi Home stores through Xiaomi's flash-sale system, starting at 12pm IST on the 20th of March. The Redmi 5 can also be purchased from Amazon, with a number of offers for buyers, such as an instant cashback of ₹2,200 ($34) from Reliance Jio with 100GB of additional data, and 90% off of a user's first Kindle eBook purchase, up to ₹400 ($3). It's also worth noting that the 4GB RAM/64GB storage variant appears to be exclusive to Amazon for now. Xiaomi adds that all units sold in India will be manufactured locally. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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