In September, Xiaomi India had launched the Redmi 8A phone. The Redmi 8 had debuted in India with slightly better specs in October. A new report on 91mobiles states that the Chinese firm may launch Redmi 9 phone in early 2020. It claims that the Redmi 9 will debut first in China and it will also arrive in India in quick succession. The publication has also shared some of the key specs of the phone.
Xiaomi Redmi 9 Specifications (Rumored)
The Redmi 9 is expected to sport a notch display of 6.6 inches. The predecessor has a 6.22-inch display. Since the Redmi 9 is rumored to launch with a bigger display, it will be sporting a larger form factor. The publication has claimed that the Redmi 9 will be receiving power to perform from the MediaTek Helio G70 chipset. The SoC is said to arrive in the market as an inferior version of the Helio G90 and Helio G90T processors. The SoC could be coupled with 4 GB of RAM. The phone may offer an internal storage of 64 GB. The smartphone could be available in other variants.
The Redmi 9 is expected to go official in China first in Q1 2020. It remains to be seen whether the Redmi 8 also debuts by the end of the same quarter. Xiaomi fans can expect Redmi 9 to deliver better performance and improved photography experience. It could be running on MIUI 11 based Android 10 OS. The other details of the phone are currently under the wraps.
Redmi 8 Specifications and Price
The Xiaomi Redmi 8 has a 6.22-inch IPS LCD display with dot notch. The Snapdragon 439 SoC fuels the smartphone. It houses a 5,000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging through USB-C. It has a front camera of 8-megapixel and it is fitted with a Sony IMX363 12-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera system on the back. The MIUI 10 based Android 10 OS runs on the phone and it is equipped with a fingerprint reader.
In China, the 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage and 4 GB RAM + 64 Gb storage models of the Redmi 8 are respectively priced at 899 Yuan (~$128) and 999 Yuan (~$143). The smartphone comes in color options like Black, Blue and Green. In India, it comes in additional color of Red. The country has received only the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage edition of the phone with a price tag of Rs. 7,999 (~$112).
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