Published 17:36 IST, August 30th 2019
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, Redmi Note 8 coming to India by October end
The Redmi Note 8 Pro and Redmi Note 8 phones are coming to India in exactly 8 weeks from now, Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain has confirmed.
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Redmi te 8 Pro and Redmi te 8 phones are coming to India in exactly 8 weeks from w, Xiaomi India he Manu Kumar Jain has confirmed. Which in simpler terms means that Xiaomi will launch Redmi te 8 Pro and Redmi te 8 phones in India by end of October – possibly around festival of Diwali. “We'll do our best to bring m to India asap! However, certification & testing might take ~8 weeks,” Manu Jain wrote on Twitter soon after Redmi te 8 Pro and Redmi te 8 reveal in China.
Even though Realme tried to steal its thunder, Xiaomi has become world’s first brand to formally launch a smartphone equipped with a 64MP camera – aka Redmi te 8 Pro. Realme is also gearing to launch its own 64MP camera toting Realme XT phone in India by Diwali, just so you kw. Redmi te 8 Pro is also first smartphone in world to pack MediaTek’s newly anunced Helio G90T processor – Realme XT will meanwhile be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 712, much like Realme 5 Pro.
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Speaking of core specs, Redmi te 8 Pro has a 6.53-inch 1080p+ IPS LCD display with Xiaomi’s dot-tch and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on front as well as on back. processor inside, as mentioned earlier, is Helio G90T which is paired with up to 8GB RAM and up to 128GB stor. Software inside is Android 9 Pie-based MIUI 10. Redmi te 8 Pro furr comes with a 4,500mAh battery with 18W fast charging through USB -C.
On to cameras, Redmi te 8 Pro has a four-camera setup on rear consisting of a 64MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP depth camera, and a 2MP macro lens. That main camera uses Samsung’s 64MP GW1 sensor that can shoot 16MP photos by default and 64MP photos through software interpolation. On front, Redmi te 8 Pro has a 20MP camera.
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As for vanilla Redmi te 8, phone has a 6.39-inch 1080p+ display with Xiaomi’s dot tch and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on front as well as on back, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor paired with up to 6GB RAM and up to 128GB stor, a 48MP main plus 8MP ultra-wide plus 2MP depth plus 2MP macro qu rear camera setup, a 13MP front camera, and a 4,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging.
China pricing of Redmi te 8 Pro and Redmi te 8 are quite similar to Redmi te 7 Pro and Redmi te 7 – something similar would be expected in terms of India pricing as well.
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17:23 IST, August 30th 2019