Redmi S2 Unveiled in China

Highlights:-

• Redmi S2 Unveiled in China.
• Powered by Snapdragon 625 SoC clocked at 2.0 GHz and Adreno 506 GPU.
• 5.99″ HD+ Display.
• Finger print sensor.
• AI assisted 16MP Front Camera.
• Dual Camera (12 MP + 5MP ) with EIS at back.

Today Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi S2 in China. The device is positioned below the Redmi Note 5 in its domestic market, although it kept some of the features like dual cameras and tall screen.

The Redmi S2 is powered by the Snapdragon 625 chipset and runs MIUI 9 over the latest available stable Android version – 8.1 Oreo. The SoC has an octa-core CPU, clocked at 2.0 GHz and Adreno 506 GPU.

The Xiaomi Redmi S2 sports a 5.99” screen with HD+ resolution. There are no buttons on the front – the fingerprint scanner is on the back, while the UI navigation is done via onscreen keys.

There is a 16-megapixel front camera with soft LED flash that supports AI beauty feature and uses pixel binning technology, combining the information from four pixels to create one large 2.0µm pixel. It also has face unlock. The rear setup is the same 12 MP + 5 MP combo with EIS that we saw on the Redmi Note 5 Pro.

The Xiaomi Redmi S2 comes in two versions – 3 GB RAM + 32 GB storage and 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage – and they both come with a dedicated microSD card slot.

Xiaomi Redmi S2 specifications

• 5.99-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 1000:1 contrast ratio, 450 nits (typ) Brightness, 70.8% NTSC color gamut.
• 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU.
• 3GB RAM with 32GB storage / 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD.
• Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI 9.
• Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD).
• 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, secondary 5MP camera.
• 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash.
• Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor.
• Dimensions: 160.73 × 77.26 × 8.1mm; Weight: 170g
• 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS.
• 3080mAh (typical) / 3000mAh (minimum) battery.

The Xiaomi Redmi S2 comes in Rose gold, Champagne Gold and Platinum Silver colors, is priced at 999 yuan (US$ 156 / Rs. 10,560 approx.) for the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version and the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version costs 1299 yuan (US$ 204 / Rs. 13,735 approx.) .

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