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Just months after the launch of the Redmi 7A, Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi has launched its successor, the Redmi 8A , with a big screen, better design and a more powerful battery. With a price starting at Rs 6,499, the affordable smartphone comes in 2GB and 3GB RAM variants, both with 32 GB storage (expandable to 512 GB). People can choose from among sunset red, ocean blue, and midnight black colour variants. I used the 2GB sunset red model for good two weeks and here's how it performed: Design The Redmi 8A is a beautiful phone, especially considering its low price tag. One of the reasons I say this is that it incorporates the trendy thin bezel design, usually seen in higher-end phones, makes an already decent 6.22-inch display seem even bigger. The screen's HD+ (1520 x 720p) resolution is slightly lower but the colours are vivid even under bright daylight. The screen is shielded by the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 — another feature found usually in expensive phones. T...

Chinese information technology company Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the Redmi 8A in India on Wednesday. This budget smartphone is said to boast a bigger capacity battery, USB type-C charging and data transfer port, and a new aura grip design – according to the phone’s page on the home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart. Here is a look at expected specifications and features of the upcoming smartphone: Xiaomi Redmi 8A specifications and features The Xiaomi Redmi 8A Xiaomi is expected to sport a 6.3-inch IPS LCD screen of HD+ resolution, stretched in 19:9 aspect ratio. The screen would feature a waterdrop-shaped notch on the top, accommodating the phone’s front camera. Powering the phone would be Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 system-on-chip, paired with up to 32 GB of internal storage and 3 GB of RAM. The phone is expected to run on Android 9 Pie operating system, covered under Xiaomi’s MIUI 10 user interface. Imaging is expected to be covered by a 12-megapixel sensor on t...