At an event in China today, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun announced the company’s affordable device, the Redmi 2A. The Redmi 2 was announced earlier this year to replace the Redmi 1S and now the company is launching yet another budget smartphone the Redmi 2A. The Redmi 2A as the name indicates is a cheaper variant of the popular Redmi 2 (Review) which was announced earlier this month in India.
Design wise, there isn’t any change to the device and it looks similar to the Redmi 2, but what changes is the hardware. The Redmi 2A is powered by 1.5GHz Leadcore L1860C quad-core Cortex A7 processor with 1GB RAM unlike the Redmi 2 which is powered by Snapdragon 410 Quad core processor.
Other than the processor, rest all features remain the same. The device also sports the 8MP rear camera and 2MP front camera along with Android 4.4 KitKat and MIUI 6. There is also 2200mAh battery on the device. The phone also comes with 8GB internal storage which is expandable via microSD card.
Xiaomi Redmi 2A specifications
- 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display
- 1.5GHz Leadcore L1860C quad-core Cortex A7
- 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, micro SD card up to 32GB
- Dual SIM
- MIUI v6 on top of Android 4.4 (KitKat)
- 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 1080p video recording and 2MP front-facing camera, 720P HD video recording
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2200mAh battery
The phone is priced RMB 599 ($96) which converts to approx Rs 6050. The Redmi 2 with 4G LTE is priced Rs 6999 in India. As of now we are not sure if this device will come to India, but will be available in China starting April 8th.
Via MIUI
