Xiaomi is all set to launch Redmi Y3 in India on April 24 and its product page has already gone live on Amazon. Now as per new teaser, which emphasis on number ‘7’ suggest that company might launch Redmi 7 smartphone as well alongside Redmi Y3. The teaser reads “7 Mn+ Y series phones shipped since launch. They ask Y do we call our fans the best. We say this is Y. And to celebrate this, we have a few surprises lined up for you. You’ll know exactly in 7 days. But what’s with 7? RT if you know it.”
Just to refresh, Redmi 7 smartphone was made official in China last month and it was slated to launch in India as well. The Xiaomi Redmi 7 Chinese version comes in three different variants – 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version was priced at 699 Yuan, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version was priced at 799 Yuan, while the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version costs 999 Yuan. As of now, it is not clear if the company will launch all its versions or go with a select few.
As far as specifications are concerned, Xiaomi Redmi 7 comes with 6.26-inch (1520 × 720 pixels) HD+ 19:9 2.5D curved glass display with 84% NTSC Color Gamut. The phone is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It houses a 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 632 14nm processor with Adreno 506 GPU and comes with an option to expand the storage up to 512GB via microSD card slot. The phone has a fingerprint sensor at the back and comes with AI face unlock feature as well.
It gets its juices from 4000mAh non-removable battery and runs on Android 9.0 Pie with MIUI 10 on top of it. For the optics, the Redmi 7 sports a dual rear camera setup with a combination of 12-megapixel primary sensor with LED Flash, 1.12um pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, a secondary sensor of 2-megapixel. For the front, the smartphone has an 8-megapixel camera for selfies. Connectivity features include dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + GLONASS. It measures 158.65 x 76.43 x 8.47mm and the weight is 180 grams.