The company has posted a teaser image on its official Weibo account which shows the textured rear panel of the upcoming device
Xiaomi may launch the Redmi 3 on January 12. The company has posted a teaser on its official Weibo account which showed the rear of the upcoming device. The image in the teaser matched those of the Redmi 3 that were spotted on Chinese certification center, TENAA’s website last month.
According to the teaser image posted on Weibo, the device will come with a 5-inch screen and it will be announced on January 12. The image also shows that the upcoming device will have a textured back panel. As per the listing on TENAA, the Xiaomi Redmi 3 will come with a 5-inch HD TFT display. The listing also shows that the phone will be powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core processor with 2GB of RAM. In addition, the device may come with 16GB of internal storage with expandable storage. The device has been tipped to run Android Lollipop v5.1.1 and may be available Gray, Gold, and Silver colour variants.
Last month, Xiaomi had launched the Redmi Note Prime in India for Rs. 8,499. The Note Prime comes with a 5.5-inch HD IPS display and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with 2GB of RAM. It also comes with a 3100mAh battery and 16GB of onboard storage that can be expanded by up to 32GB. There is a 13MP camera located at the rear of the phone with a 5MP front facing camera. The Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime prime is the company's second device to be made in the India after the Redmi 2 Prime.
The Xiaomi Redmi 3 isn’t the only phone that will be launched by the company soon. The long rumoured Xiaomi Mi 5 has finally been confirmed to launch in February by the company’s co-founder and VP, Liwan Jiang. He not only confirmed the launch date of the phone, but also confirmed that the device will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC. In his post on Weibo, he said that the company’s new flagship device will be released after the Spring Festival in China. The festival will be held on February 8. The device has been tipped to come with a 5.2-inch Quad HD display with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM. It may comes with a 16MP camera at the back with a 13MP front camera. Leaked renders also suggest that the device will have a thin home button which will house the fingerprint scanner.
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