Good news for all Indian Xiaomi fans. Today morning we reported on the unnamed Xiaomi smartphone and offered you to catch the live streaming of the launch event via its official website. The secret has been made unfolded and we are here with the news of the day. Xiaomi has launched its Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite devices in the Indian market shelves. The new Redmi Y series smartphones sport incredible features, the essentials are right below.
Xiaomi Y1 Key Specs and Features
In the design language, Xiaomi Y1 sports a 5.5-inch HD display with a screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels. For extra protection, the smartphone comes with Corning Gorilla Glass. Underneath, there’s an octa-core Snapdragon 435 SoC housed with a pair of 3GB of RAM. It consists of a native storage of32GB which is further expandable up to 128GB by using a microSD card slot (reported here).
On the software front, the Xiaomi Redmi Y1 smartphone is an Android 7.0 based device that runs MIUI 9. The smartphone is fueled by a 3080mAh battery. On optics front, it features a 13-megapixel rear camera alongside a front camera of 5-megapixel. On the connectivity front, the device also includes 4G VoLTE along with other standard connectivity options.
Xiaomi Y1 Lite Specs and Features
The Redmi Y1 Lite features an extended 5.5-inch HD screen with a screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels. On the software front, this Android 7.0 based device runs MIUI 9 software. Underneath, there’s a quad-core Snapdragon 425 processor clocked at 1.4GHz. On the optics front, there’s a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a selfie shooter of a 5-megapixel sensor.
Prices and Availabilities
As per pricing, the Redmi Y1 comes with Rs. 8,999 and Rs. 10,999 price tag for 32GB storage + 3GB RAM and 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variants respectively. On the other hand, the Redmi Y1 Lite is priced at Rs. 6,999. Both the devices will be available via offline stores, Amazon and Mi.com.