Announced
Xiaomi
Redmi Go
March 19, 2019
Expected:
Rs 3,499 (1GB + 8GB)
Rs 3,999 (1GB + 16GB)
140.4 x 70.1 x 8.4 mm
137 g
Glass front
Plastic Back
Blue
Black
5.0 inches
IPS LCD
1280 x 720 px
Snapdragon 425
4 x 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
Adreno 308
8GB
16GB
1GB
Up to 256GB
Android 8.1 Oreo
Android GO Edition
8 MP
f/2.0
Auto-focus
HDR
Burst mode
1080p @ 30fps
5MP
f/2.2
3000 mAh
B2/B3/B5/B8
B1/B2/B4/B5/B8
B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28/B38/B40/B41(120MHz)
WiFi 802.11 b / g / n
Bluetooth 4.1
MicroUSB
Nano
Light sensor
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Face Unlock
Xiaomi silently unveiled its first Android Go smartphone late January 2019. The new smartphone is called Redmi Go and is targeted towards the budget segment. The company had previously shared the key features of the device via a twitter post. The phone caters to the ultra-budget segment and has a price tag matching the features it provides.
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About the leakIn the month of March, Xiaomi launched a budget oriented smartphone in India called the Redmi Go. The device is mainly targeted towards users who are switching from feature phones and are getting in the Android ecosystem for the first time. The smartphone was originally launched with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of ROM. Taking demand for higher storage into consideration the company has launched another variant with 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of ROM. The newly launched device costs Rs 300 more than the originally launched variant and is priced at Rs 4,799. Except for the bumped up price, [...]
Earlier this year Xiaomi turned the Redmi lineup of smartphones into an independent brand. The first device that the newly separated company launched was the Redmi Note 7 which received rave reviews. The smartphone was later launched in India but with a notable change. Both the Indian and Chinese variants of the Redmi Note 7 have a dual rear camera setup but with essentially different sensors. The rear camera setup of India specific Redmi Note 7 has 12 MP + 2 MP sensors while the China specific variant has 48 MP + 5 MP sensors.
This disparity in the choice of [...]
