Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Xiaomi is already working on the successor to the much-popular Xiaomi Mi A1 (Mi 5X) aka the Xiaomi Mi A2 (Mi 6X). Today, a mysterious Xiaomi smartphone with model number M1804D2SC is spotted on Chinese certification portal TENAA along with a couple of images. Going by the images, the Mi A2 will resemble the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro (Redmi Note 5 in China) in terms of the design, but it will arrive in a new Red colour option. Last year as well, Xiaomi launched a Red colour variant of the Mi A1/Mi 5X in several markets including India. However, besides the model number and images, there are no details regarding the upcoming device including the specifications.

A Weibo user has posted these TENAA images quoting that Xiaomi will release the smartphone in April alongside some other IoT products in China. That said, the phone will be launched in China as Mi 6X like last year, but in other markets, the smartphone will be sold as Mi A2 with stock Android on board. But it will be interesting to see when Xiaomi launches it in other markets and the biggest question for the manufacturer will be: Should we launch it with Android P onboard?
The stable build of the Android P will arrive sometime in August 2018 as per Google’s update timeline. The Mi A1 arrived in September 2017, so it’s safe to assume the Mi A1 will launch around the same time of the year. However, nothing is confirmed for now.
