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Xiaomi Welcomes Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Into Its New Selfie-Focused Series

Xiaomi Redmi Y1 is the first Xiaomi smartphone to be announced in the month of November. Yesterday, the smartphone OEM announced this affordable smartphone, and promised to launch the smartphone on November 8. Xiaomi Redmi Y1 is the first smartphone in the new Xiaomi selfie-focused series. Xiaomi Redmi Y1 was announced alongside Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite. First of all, let’s review the Xiaomi Redmi Y1 smartphone. Stay with me.

DESIGN AND DISPLAY

The smartphone has a large 5.5 inches display that comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Xiaomi, one of the dons of smartphone designs decided to go with a simple aesthetic on this piece. The front of the smartphone has no side bezels but bears the front camera and some in-built sensors at the top bezels while the bottom bezel houses the Android navigation buttons. The smartphone will be available in Gold and Dark Grey. Being a light smartphone, its weight is pegged at 157 g (battery inclusive) and it’s also slim at 7.7 mm thickness.

The large HD IPS LCD touchscreen has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to its name. Its resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and 267 ppi pixel density controls the screen’s sharpness and clarity. Multi-touch input is supported on the smartphone. The smartphone’s display comes with a 2.5D Curved Glass and it has a 9% screen-to-body ratio.

HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND MEMORY

The smartphone features Qualcomm Snapdraon 435 MSM8940 as its chipset with an Octa core 1.4GHz ARM Cortex-A53 as its CPU. The 64-bit CPU uses the 28nm process technology. Addressing the graphics presentation is the Qualcomm Adreno 505 GPU. Xiaomi Redmi Y1 runs on the Android v7.1.2 Nougat OS that’s the basis for the smartphone’s MIUI9 user interface. In the memory segment, the smartphone has two variants in both the RAM and ROM. There is a 3GB RAM variant that’s accompanied with a 32GB ROM for multi-tasking roles and storage functions respectively. The other variant is a 4GB RAM that comes along with a 64GB ROM. The smartphone variants can have their internal storage extended to 256GB with a micro SD card usage.

CAMERA AND CONNECTIVITY

The smartphone’s front camera has a 16MP shooter for excellent selfie production. The camera has the f/2.0 aperture and a 76.4 degree wide angle lens. The rear camera has a 13MP shooter with f/2.0 aperture for image capturing and video recording. The rear camera has a dual-LED flash support for brightening the scene. The cellular connectivity gradient on the smartphone are 2G GSM, 3G HSDPA and 4G LTE network types.

BATTERY

A non-removable Lithium Ion 3,080mAh battery that gives a talk time of about 30 hours is present on the smartphone. There is no Quick charge technology on the smartphone to quicken the charge time.

Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Xiaomi Y1
Announced 2nd November, 2017
Released No
Status Launching Soon

Network

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
4G Network LTE – 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300) MHz
SIM Type Nano SIM
SIM Count Dual SIM

Data

2G GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps
3G Up to 42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA)
4G Up to 150 Mbps
Speed HSPA 42.2 Mbps
Web Browser Yes, HTML5

Design

Type Smartphone
Dimensions 153*76.2*7.7mm
Weight 153 g
Body Material Aluminium Alloy
Colours Gold, Dark Grey

Display

Display Type IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen
Size 5.5” HD
Resolution 1280 * 720 pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density ~267 ppi pixel density
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features Multi-touch input, Scratch Resistant, 2.5D Curved Glass
Secondary Display No

Camera

Primary 13 MP
Image Yes
Video 1080p@30fps
Features HDR, autofocus, Geo-tagging, ISO, panorama camera with LED flash
Flash Yes, Dual-LED flash
Secondary 16 MP

Software

Operating System Android OS, 7.1.2 Nougat OS
User Interface MIUI 9.0
Java Support No
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940
CPU Octa core 1.40GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Qualcomm Adreno 505
RAM (Memory) 3 / 4 GB RAM
Internal Storage 32 / 64 GB
Card Slot Expandable to 256GB
Sensors Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, proximity, compass, ambient light sensor
Controls Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Bluetooth Yes, Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP (Advance Audio Distribution Profile), LE Profile
Infrared n/a
Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Dual Band
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Micro USB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC n/a
HDMI n/a
Wireless Charging n/a

Battery

Battery Type Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3,080 mAh Battery
Placement Non-removable
Standby Up to 241 hours
Talk Time Up to 30 hours
Music Play Up to 66.5 hours

Messaging

SMS Yes (threaded view)
MMS Yes
Email Yes, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
IM Yes & BBM

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out n/a
FM Radio Yes, Stereo FM radio with RDS
Alert Types Vibration, Ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes
Handsfree Yes, 3.5mm Jack

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer

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PRICE

When Xiaomi Redmi Y1 gets released, there is high chance it will be sold at $139 that’s about NGN50,000.

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