Xiaomi, which has confirmed the launch of Mi 5, has now announced that it will launch the much speculated Redmi 3 on January 12.
The China-based mobile phone maker released a poster on Chinese social networking website, Weibo, that shows the back panel of the device. From this image, it looks like the Redmi 3 has a metal body and appears like a 5 inch device.
As you can seen in the image also, the device’s back panel has got an interesting criss-cross pattern design. An LED flash light is also there besides the rear camera. The volume rocker and the power button are also visible.
Earlier, Redmi 3’s specs were leaked on the website of Tenaa (the Chinese certification authority) as per which the Redmi 3 has a 5 inch HD display, an octa core CPU, 2 GB RAM, 4G connectivity, 13 megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front camera, 16 GB of internal storage, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop operating system and 128 GB micro SD card slot. The listing further revealed that the Redmi 3 measures 139.3×69.6×8.5mm and weighs 143 grams.