Xiaomi had held a soft launch to announce the Redmi 8A smartphone in India. At the end of the online launch of the smartphone, Xiaomi’s Global VP and Managing Director for India, Manu Kumar Jain teased that India will be soon receiving the Redmi 8 smartphone. Probably, the company may announce the Redmi 8 in India in October.

In the snapshot shown below, the red-colored Redmi 8A with single rear camera can be seen in the left hand of Jain. In his right hand is the mysterious Redmi phone with a vertical dual camera setup. It seems to be the upcoming Redmi 8 phone. A leaked poster that had appeared this month had revealed that the Redmi 8 series will go official in China on Oct. 1. Probably, the Redmi 8 series may arrive in India a bit later in the coming month.

The Redmi M1908C3IC that was recently certified by China’s TENAA telecom agency seems to resemble with the dual camera Redmi phone which can be seen with Jain in the above image.

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According to TENAA, the Redmi 8 measures 156.3 x 75.4 x 9.4mm and it weighs 190 grams. It has a 6.2-inch display with waterdrop notch that offers 720 x 1520 pixels. It houses a 5,000mAh battery that will probably carry support for fast charging through USB-C.

The handset is powered by 2.0GHz octa-core processor and up to 4 GB of RAM. It has up to 64 GB of native storage. It will come with Android 9 Pie OS preinstalled. The dual camera system of the phone has a 12-megapixel primary lens. It has a frontal shooter of 8-megapixel. For more storage, it has a microSD card slot. A fingerprint scanner is present on the backside of the device. It is also equipped with face unlock.

Reliable tipster Ishan Agarwal had recently revealed that Redmi 8 will be releasing in 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage and 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage. Phantom Red, Fairy Green, Carbon Ash and Sapphire Blue are the rumored color options of the smartphone.

Shown above is a leaked image of the Redmi 8 that had surfaced in the previous month. It remains to be seen whether Xiaomi also announces the Redmi 8 Pro alongside the Redmi 8 handset. As of this writing, there is no information on the pricing of the Redmi 8 series.

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A Xiaomi phone with model variants M1908C3JG and M1908C3JH has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. The FCC documents of M1908C3JG/H contains some of its images, variants, display size and dimensions. Since it is equipped with a quad camera system on its rear, it is being speculated as the Redmi 8 or Redmi 8 Pro handset.

Redmi 8/8 Pro Design

The M1908C3JG/H FCC images show that it features a waterdrop-style notch. The chin of the device is a bit thick and has a Redmi branding. The back view of the phone reveals its rear shell has a gradient color finish that starts with light blue at the top and appears purple toward the bottom.

A vertical quad camera setup is placed at the top-left corner along with LED flash. A fingerprint scanner can be also seen on the backside of the device. A volume rocker and a power key can be found on the right edge of the device.

Redmi 8/8 Pro Specifications

The FCC documents of the M1908C3JG/H states that it measures 158.29 x 75.3mm. The diagonal measurement of the handset is 166mm. Also, it houses a display that measures 166mm diagonally which equates to 6.1 inches. There is no information on the screen resolution of the smartphone.

The handset supports dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2 and USB-C charging. The handset seems to be under specced to be called as a successor for Redmi Note 8. Probably, it could be the Redmi 8 or Redmi 8 Pro handset. The FCC filings have further revealed that the smartphone will be coming in two models such as 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage and 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage.  Apart from these details, no other information is available on the Redmi 8/8 Pro handset.

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Redmi 8A Specifications

Last week, a Redmi phone with model number M1908C3IC was spotted on TENAA with full specifications. Earlier today, a new leak had revealed the hands-on images of its M1908C3IH variant. It is speculated that the M1908C3IC/H will be debuting as Redmi 8A.

The purported Redmi 8A measures 156.3 x 75.4 x 9.4mm and it weighs 190 grams. It houses a 6.2-inch IPS LCD display with waterdrop notch and support for HD+ resolution of 720 x 1520 pixels. The handset is said to be fueled by Snapdragon 439 chipset. The Redmi 7A that was unveiled few months ago also featured the same SOC. It will be booting to Android 9 Pie OS. The rear side of the alleged Redmi 8A has a dual camera setup with a main lens of 12-megapixel. On its front is an 8-megapixel selfie snapper. It features a massive 5,000mAh capacity battery that carries support for fast charging.

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