- Redmi Launches the Redmi 6A apace with Redmi 6
- The phone’s starting price is CNY 599
- In China, the phone’s sale will start from 15th June
At Xiaomi’s event for product launch that took place in Beijing on Tuesday, Redmi launched the Redmi 6A apace with Redmi 6. The Redmi 6A is a successor to the previous version, the Redmi 5A and comes packed with features like 18:9 display ratio and the latest chipset of Helio A22. The design element of this handset is very similar to that of Redmi 6, but it does not come with a dual camera and also don’t flaunt the rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. However, the handset has the similar AI- driven capabilities of face unlocking and the digital assistant Xiao Ai. This article talks about the price, availability, and specifications details of the Xiaomi Redmi 6A.
Price and Availability of Redmi 6A
Redmi has launched the new mobile phone in China at a starting price of CNY 599, roughly INR 6300 for the variant with 2GB RAM and inbuilt storage of 16 GB. The Redmi 6A, like the Redmi 6, will be first made available in China, the home country and sale will start online and offline in Xiaomi’s stores from 10 am on 15th June.
Redmi 6A specifications and features
The Redmi 6A runs MIUI 9 on the latest Android Oreo 8.1 and comes with a dual-SIM (Nano) slot. The phone comes with a 5.45” HD+ display (720×1440 pixels), with an aspect ratio of 18:9 and 295ppi pixel density. 2GHz Quad-core MediaTek of 12nm and Helio A22 SoC powers the phone, along with 2GB RAM. Coming to the camera, the phone, unlike its predecessor which had dual sensors on the back, comes with a single camera of 13-megapixel rear and PDAF. The front of the phone adorns a 5-megapixel camera sensor and Portrait mode.
This phone comes with inbuilt storage of 16Gb, which is expandable up to 256 Gb using a microSD card via its card slot. 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (only 2.4GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, and Micro-USB are the various options of connectivity in the new smartphone. This amazing handset includes sensors like accelerometer, digital compass, proximity sensor and ambient light sensor. The phone is power packed with a 3000 mAH battery. 147.5×71.5×8.3mm and weight are 145 grams are the dimension and weight specifications of the phone respectively.
Alongside, the Redmi 6, predecessor of the Redmi 6A was announced at the same event and boasted of excellent features like the 12-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front facing camera setup, 4GB RAM, and a MediaTek Helio P22 SoC.