Xiaomi Redmi 5 in Pictures

Xiaomi has recently launched its latest smartphone, Redmi 5 in India. Following the latest trend of 18:9 display, the device comes with a price tag of Rs 7,999 for the 2GB RAM, Rs 8,999 for the 3GB RAM variant and Rs 10,999 for the 4GB RAM top variant and 64GB internal storage for Rs 10,999.

The display of the smartphone is protected by a 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass, though the protective glass is unspecified, assume it to be Gorilla Glass which should ideally prevent it from getting scratched in your pockets.

Further, the top region has the earpiece, selfie camera, LED flash and the proximity sensors, while the bottom gets the on-screen navigation controls, replacing the physical controls in Redmi 4.

The smartphone features a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display with the screen Resolution of 1440×720 pixels.

On the other hand, the rear camera comes with a 12-megapixel sensor with PDAF and LED flash. The camera feature an Aperture of f/2.2 along with the Pixel size of 1.25-micron.

Moving to the back panel of the handset, it is equipped with a single rear camera aligning with the single-tone LED flash, fingerprint sensor and Mi branding at the bottom.

Though the smartphone comes loaded with MIUI 9.2, it is still on Android 7.1.2 Nougat which is disappointing because Google has almost announced the Android 9, so Xiaomi could have pushed out the device with the Oreo 8.0.

At the top of the Redmi 5, you will get a 3.5mm Headphone jack along with IR blaster, while the bottom of the phone has micro USB port with the speaker and microphone grilles. The right houses volume controls and power on/off button while the left sports hybrid Dual-SIM slot.

The Redmi 5 is powered by a 2017 launched Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor, the platform uses the 14 nm technology along with the Adreno 506 graphics.

For selfie enthusiasts, the smartphone is equipped with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a LED selfie flash. It comes with features like, beautify 3.0, selfie countdown, face recognition and records video in the 1080p/720p format at 30fps.

The Redmi 5 houses a 3,300 mAh battery that is claimed with 477 hours standby time. Further, the Xiaomi does not offer the Fast charging capability in the handset, but it is said to offer a day of battery backup under normal usage. On the connectivity front, the smartphone supports 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS/GLONASS, 3.5mm Audio Jack and micro USB port.