ivingMuch to the delight of smartphone enthusiasts, Xiaomi has accidentally spilled the beans about its upcoming smartphone dubbed, Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 on its website. Let's delve straight into the details.
The Redmi Pro successor is coming
The long-rumored successor to the Redmi Pro smartphone recently made an appearance on the Beijing-based handset maker's official website. The company soon pulled it down, but not before divulging important shreds of information about the device. Despite the lack of an official announcement, the said listing points to an imminent launch of the freshly spotted smartphone.
If rumors running rampant online are anything to go by, the Redmi Pro 2 will come bearing a price tag of RMB 1,199 (about $174) in China. There's word floating around that the device will first launch in China and then will be unveiled in other countries including the United States.
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The alleged Redmi Pro 2 is likely to bring in a slew of changes as compared to its precursor, while still retaining some similarity. Although nothing is set in stone yet, there's hearsay that the device will run on Android Nougat OS out-of-the-box. In terms of specifications, the listing hints at a 5.5-inch OLED display. The device will reportedly pack Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 SoC, under the hood but there's no word on its internal memory and RAM.
On the photography front, the Redmi Pro 2 shows a rear-mounted 16MP camera, which is a considerable improvement from the 13MP camera the previous version featured. It remains to be seen whether or not the Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 will retain the dual rear camera setup from the precursor. The smartphone is backed by a 4,100mAh battery.
To put leaked specifications and features of the smartphone into perspective, the Redmi Pro sported a 5.5-inch FHD OLED display and was launched in two models. The base model packed a MediaTek Helio X20 processor, 32GB of internal storage and 3GB of RAM under the hood, while the more expensive variant was fired up by a MediaTek Helio X25 processor, with 64GB storage/3GB RAM, and 12GB storage/4GB RAM options.
Xiaomi Mi Max 2 is around the corner
Meanwhile, Xiaomi took the wraps off its Mi Max 2 smartphone on Sunday, May 21. The launch event took place in Beijing, China. The tech firm shared posters of the recently launched handset on Chinese microblogging website, Weibo, giving smartphone lovers a brief glimpse of the new device's specifications while throwing more light on other details at the same time, ahead of its scheduled launch.
The Xiaomi Mi Max 2 boasts a 6.4-inch full HD resolution display, just like on the previously launched phone. Aside from that, the handset's GeekBench listing showed Snapdragon 626 processor, 4GB of RAM and a robust 5000 mAh battery.
