Xiaomi Redmi 2 with 4G LTE, 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC announced

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Xiaomi has announced the Redmi 2 4G smartphone in China as expected. It has the same 4.7-inch HD screen present in Redmi and Redmi 1S, but this is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with MIUI 6 on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
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It has Dual SIM support with 4G LTE (TDD-LTE (B38/B39/B40 /B41), FDD-LTE (B3 / B7) on both the SIM cards. It also comes in separate China Unicom and China Telecom variants with support for suitable bands.

Xiaomi Redmi 2 specifications

  • 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display
  • 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916 ) 64-bit processor with Adreno 305 GPU
  • 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, micro SD card up to 32GB
  • Dual SIM
  • MIUI v6 on top of Android 4.4 (KitKat)
  • 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor, f/2.2 aperture, Omnivision sensor, 1080p video recording
  • 2MP front-facing camera, 720P HD video recording
  • 4G LTE/3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 2200mAh battery
The Xiaomi Redmi 2 comes in White, Dark gray, Bright Yellow, Light Green and Pink colors and is priced at 699 Yuan (US$ 113 / 7,120 approx.). It is available for pre-book in China from QQ Tencent and the first flash sale begins 9th January. No details about the global roll out yet.
 
Unless Xiaomi have done some serious optimizations to MIUI the phone is going to crawl with just 1 GB ram
 
I dont understand everyone is talking about the hardware, well no one really cares of the software?
Just having a top end hid spec'd hardware under the hood and a half baked s/w over it is not worth it!
4.7" and 720 is more than enough, 1080p, what does it bring to the table on the mobile front of a 4.7" screen?
 
They need to make the phone slimmer, lighter and thinner bezels. Not much, but atleast incremental. How hard could it be >_>

The software can just be flashed to a custom rom.
 
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Nope. Been using MI3 for few months. No another Xiaomi product again.

You know it over the time how limited and crappy they have made the UI and experience in their quest to foolishly copy iOS to the book (except in the implementation and execution). It has a sad screen-to-body ratio. Speaker sound is less. Camera is below average. Call quality often drops. Launcher crashes like a feature.

Their build (externals) is at best average. The outer case (which prettily looks aluminium) gives in on ever flight impact or friction for the ugly white smudged plastic. I get it you get what you pay for and I will still hold it ahead of those Samsung and HTC phones prices 4 times its cost. But then again I will move on to something like Moto X or a good (and smaller) One Plus One.

And most importantly I've had experience with their customer care centre and it is run by the HTC guy where they also serve 100 other phone brands and I guess Xiaomi probably didn't pay them enough hence you are given the lowest priority and this bias is not even subtle by the executives there.
 
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And most importantly I've had experience with their customer care centre and it is run by the HTC guy where they also serve 100 other phone brands and I guess Xiaomi probably didn't pay them enough hence you are given the lowest priority and this bias is not even subtle by the executives there.
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Xiaomi Redmi 2 Enhanced Edition Outed, Has 2GB RAM And 16GB Internal Storage
http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/181...ed-has-2gb-ram-and-16gb-internal-storage.html
Slated to go on sale from February 13th, the Redmi 2 Enhanced Edition will come with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. The rest of the handset's specs - 4.7" HD display, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 chipset, 8MP rear and 2MP front cameras, 2200 mAh battery, and Android 4.4.4 KitKat with MIUI v6 on top.
The Xiaomi Redmi 2 Enhanced Edition is said to cost $128.
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