Xiaomi's CEO Lei Jun has revealed the
launch date for the successor to the
Redmi Note smartphone. Jun on Monda
confirmed a launch later this month for
an upcoming Note smartphone via a po
on Weibo. He also shared a screenshot
the home screen likely from the new
Redmi Note 2.
The official confirmation from Xiaomi
comes within a week after the Redmi No
2 reportedly was certified in China
tipping new details on the innards.
The June-end launch of the Redmi Note
2 seems in line with a leaked roadmap
last month that claimed Xiaomi might
launch the Redmi Note successor in Jul
We can expect the Chinese company to
kick off sales of the Redmi Note 2 in Jul
It also indicated that the Xiaomi Redmi
Note Pro might launch alongside the
Redmi Note 2 model.
Some of the rumoured specifications of
the Redmi Note 2 gleaned from the
certification site include a 5.5-inch full-
HD (1080x1920 pixels) display; Androi
5.0 or 5.1 with MIUI on top; a 13-
megapixel rear camera; a 5-megapixel
front camera, and battery larger than
3000mAh. The smartphone is said to
support TD-LTE network connectivity
tipping that this time there might be jus
one Redmi Note variant.
To recall, Xiaomi launched two Redmi
Note handsets: a 3G-only variant and
another featuring 4G LTE support.
Notably, the Redmi Note 2 is said to pa
MediaTek's recently launched Helio X10
(MT6795) chipset.
An earlier report however claimed that t
Redmi Note 2 will be powered by a
Snapdragon 410 (MSM8919) processor
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