Alleged Xiaomi Redmi 5A appears on TENAA with Android Nougat, 32GB storage

A new Xiaomi handset with the model number MCT3B has just been spotted on TENAA, the Chinese certification site. The TENAA listing has revealed a couple of images along with some key specs of the smartphone.

Judging from the specs, the Xiaomi MCT3B seems to be the Redmi 5A. That being said, we don't have any strong evidence that confirms the smartphone to be the successor of Redmi 4A. In any case, let's check out the specs and features revealed by the TENAA listing. The Xiaomi MCT3B features a 5-inch TFT display that delivers an HD resolution of 1280×720 pixels.

As you can see, the display size of this phone is same as the Redmi 4A. Moving on, the alleged Xiaomi Redmi 5A is shown be powered by an unspecified processor running at 1.4GHz. For comparison, the Redmi 4A features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset clocked at 1.4GHz.

The internal storage capacity of the Xiaomi MCT3B is 32GB, which is further expandable up to 128GB with the use of a microSD card. There is no information on the RAM.

On the software front, the Xiaomi phone is listed with Android 7.1.2 operating system. While for optics, the device is equipped with either a 13MP or an 8MP primary camera and a 5MP selfie snapper.

The TENAA listing further discloses, the Xiaomi MCT3B packs a 3,000mAh battery and offers support for dual-SIM, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi and more. The handset measures 140.44×70.14×8.35mm and it weighs just 137 grams.

The smartphone is likely to launch in colors like Black, Rose Gold, White, Blue, Red, Pink, Gray, and Silver. While nothing has been heard from Xiaomi yet, we could see the successor of the Xiaomi Redmi 4A launching sometime in November.