It seems high time for Xiaomi smartphone buyers as Xiaomi is making its popular budget smartphones available to pre-order in India.The Xiaomi Redmi 4, Redmi 4A, and Redmi Note 4 will go up for pre-orders on the company's Mi.com site at 12 pm IST on Friday.
The 'pre-ordered' smartphones will take five business days to reach customers and is limited to one smartphone per pre-order. There is also no cash on delivery option.
On the other hand, Amazon is conducting a sale for the Xiaomi Redmi 4A, while Flipkart is holding a sale for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4.
Xiaomi Redmi 4A features:
Featuring a polycarbonate body, the Redmi 4A (Review) bears a hybrid dual-SIM card slot, and runs MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
The smartphone features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display, and is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 425 SoC coupled with the Adreno 308 GPU and 2GB of RAM.
It sports a 13-megapixel sensor with PDAF, a 5-lens system, an f/2.2 aperture, and is backed by a LED flash. There is a 5-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 aperture on board as well. The Redmi 4A comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).
The Redmi 4A's connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS/ A-GPS, and Bluetooth v4.1. Sensors on board the smartphone include accelerometer, ambient light, gyroscope, infrared, and proximity.
Dimensions of the new Xiaomi smartphone are 139.5x70.4x8.5mm, and it weighs in at 131.5 grams. Redmi 4A is powered by a 3120mAh battery with fast charging support.
Redmi 4 features:
Redmi 4 carry a 5 inch LCD display and could be powered by a Snapdragon 625 octa core processor with 3GB of RAM.
On the storage front, the device comes with an inbuilt storage of 32GB which can be expanded up to 128 GB with the help of microSD card. It is believed that the smartphone might sport a 13-megapixel shooter in the rear with dual-LED flash and 5-megapixel lens at the front camera.
With a mega 4100mAh battery, the new Redmi 4 is expected to be available in three different colours- Grey, Silver and Gold.
Xiaomi Redmi Note features:
The all new Redmi Note 4 retains the 5.5-inch Full HD (1080x1920 pixels) display as the Redmi Note 3. The screen has a 2.5D curved glass display with pixel density of 401ppi.
The chipset is backed by a powerful Snapdragon 625 processor with all three variants supporting expandable storage up to 128GB.
With a classic good looking metal built, Redmi Note 4 supports USB Type-C port and fast charging. Like other Xiaomi phones, Redmi Note 4 will also supports hybrid SIM slot (Combination of either dual-SIM cards or one Micro-SIM and one microSD card).
With a fingerprint scanner, Redmi Note 4 comes with a 13-megapixel camera on the back. On the front, it will be armed with a 5-megapixel shooter with infrared sensor.
Redmi Note 4 will also have a few other important connectivity options such as GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, 4G with VoLTE, Bluetooth, GPS, and Glonass. It is also backed by a 4100mAh battery.
With three existing colour options- Gold, Silver and Grey on other Redmi Note phones, the Redmi Note 4 will sport a brand news colour- Matte Black with a classy finish.