Redmi Y2 launch today: Threat to mid range smartphones

| Published: Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 18:39 [IST]

Xiaomi will be unveiling its latest Redmi Y2 smartphone for the Indian market today. If the reports are to be believed, the smartphone is basically a rebranded version of Redmi S2 which was launched in China this year.

Redmi Y2 launch today: Threat to mid range smartphones

Budget Smartphones to buy in India in June 2018 Budget Smartphones to buy in India in June 2018

To recall the specifications, we expect the Redmi Y2 to sport the same specifications as the Redmi S2 and will run Android-based MIUI 9. It flaunts a 5.99-inch HD+ (720x1440 pixels) display with a 70.8 percent NTSC colour gamut. It also sports 1000:1 contrast ratio, 450 nits (type) Brightness, 70.8% NTSC color gamut.

The smartphone is expected to be powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU, clubbed with 3GB RAM with 32GB storage / 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, which can be expandable up to 256GB with microSD.

On the camera part, the Redmi Y2 is expected to come with dual camera setup on the rear with a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, and secondary 5-megapixel camera. On the front, the phone houses a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Along with the rear camera modules the back panel also houses a Fingerprint sensor for unlocking the device.

On the connectivity side, the Redmi is expected to offer 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS and the dimensions are 160.73 × 77.26 × 8.1mm and weigh around 170grams.

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The phone is backed by a big 3080 mAh battery or at least 3000 mAh battery with fast charging support and runs on latest Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box.

Let's see how the device stacks up against other budget smartphones.

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3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
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16GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS
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5MP front-facing camera
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expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
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4GB RAM with 64GB storage / 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
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3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 64GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
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4GB RAM with 64GB storage
6GB RAM with 128GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
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8MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
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