Xiaomi’s Global VP and Managing Director for India, Manu Kumar Jain has revealed through a tweet that new Redmi phone is coming. Some clues from his tweet suggest that he his hinting about the upcoming selfie-centric Y-series smartphone. He could be teasing the arrival of the 32-megapixel selfie camera enabled Redmi Y3 smartphone.
In the below shown tweet, Jain has claimed that he has taken 32 selfies with the new smartphone. Yesterday, Redmi President for China had asked Redmi fans that whether the company should be releasing a phone with a 32-megapixel selfie camera. Hence, it appears that the Redmi Y3 could be the first smartphone from the company to arrive with 32-megapixel selfie camera. The smartphone may launch as Redmi S3 in China. While the Redmi Y3 will be the Redmi Y2 in India, the Redmi S3 could be replacing the Redmi S2 phone from last year.
Mi fans! I got my hands on upcoming #Redmi phone & it is amazing! Went on a selfie rampage & the results are totally incredible.🤳
'Y' am I taking so many selfies? BTW I clicked '32' selfies with 32 @XiaomiIndia colleagues! 😉
Can't wait to share more details with you. #Xiaomi pic.twitter.com/GSP7xhIpNS
— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) April 10, 2019
Earlier this month, leaked information had revealed that the company may launch the Redmi Y3 phone in India after the launch of Redmi 7 smartphone in India. Hence, there is a possibility that Xiaomi may announce the Redmi 7 phone within this month and then unveil the Redmi Y3 smartphone in the coming month. The Y3 phone has already bagged Wi-Fi certification. Some market may receive the same smartphone as Redmi 7 Pro.
The Redmi Y3 could be equipped with 32-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL Bright GD1 sensor that was unleashed along with 48-megapixel ISOCELL Bright GM1 sensor in October 2018. Various smartphones such as Huawei P30, P30 Pro, Vivo V15 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A70 are all equipped with Bright GD1 32-megapixel selfie camera. The selfie snapping senor could be available on the Redmi Y3 smartphone. The GD1 senor will be also available on some of the other upcoming phones such as Honor 20i, Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro smartphones.
At present, there is no information available on the specifications of the smartphone. It is speculated that the handset may sport a waterdrop-style notched display. Apart from Redmi 7 and Redmi Y3 smartphones, Xiaomi India is also expected to announce the Redmi 7A entry-level smartphone in the near future.
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