Xiaomi Redmi 5A launched: Full specs, top features, India price

Xiaomi launched the Redmi 4A successor, aka the Redmi 5A, in India on Thursday. The Redmi 5A is a little different from the Redmi 4A however even though it shares much of the hardware specs with its predecessor phone. Xiaomi is touting the Redmi 5A as 'Desh ka Smartphone' or a smartphone that has been designed from grounds up for India. It is directed towards first-time smartphone users and users who are looking to switch from a feature phone to a smartphone, without having to spend a fortune on a good handset.
The Redmi 5A, although it's an entry-level phone, doesn't compromise much in terms of hardware specs. In fact, at its price point, the Redmi 5A is the most powerful phone that money can buy, and a build quality to match if not better than newly launched phones at similar prices like the Nokia 2. Here's a quick look.

Specifications:

Processor: The Redmi 5A is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor clubbed with Adreno 308 GPU. This is the same core hardware that was also inside its predecessor, the Redmi 4A.

RAM: The Redmi 5A will be available in two RAM variants in India: 2GB and 3GB.

Internal storage: The Redmi 5A will be available in two storage variants in India: 16GB and 32GB, both further expandable by up to 128GB via a dedicated micro-SD card slot.

Screen: The Redmi 5A comes with a 5-inch 720p IPS LCD display.

Rear camera: The phone comes with a 13-megapixel camera on the rear with f/2.2 aperture, Phase Detection Autofocus and LED flash. The rear camera is capable of shooting 1080p videos at 30fps.

Front camera: On the front, the Redmi 5A comes with a 5-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture.

Software: The phone runs Android Nougat-based MIUI 9.

Battery: The Redmi 5A is backed by a 3,000mAh battery.

Special features:

-- The Redmi 5A is successor to the Redmi 4A and retains much of its predecessor's hardware set as also its ultra-affordable price tag. The Redmi 5A -- launched in India -- is banking heavily on the fact that it's a "Desh Ka Smartphone" which invariably means that it is designed for India, and will be made (assembled) in India as well. Xiaomi, to recall, now assembles a considerable chunk of phones that it sells in India -- more than 90 per cent, according to Xiaomi -- here in the country itself.
-- The made 'for' India aspect also stems from the fact that although the Redmi 5A launched in India shares much of the hardware specs with the Redmi 5A that's already available in China, the one that will sell (and will be made) in India will come with some India-specific nuggets likely to appeal to India's masses. The Redmi 5A India version, will for one, come with a dedicated slot for two nano SIM cards and one micro-SD card for storage expansion. Secondly, the 3GB RAM/32GB storage version of the Redmi 5A is an India-exclusive since in China only one 2GB RAM/16GB variant is available.