Xiaomi Redmi 4A Is Essentially the Redmi 3s With a Snapdragon 425 SoC and a Smaller Price Tag

Adding yet another smartphone to the already cluttered entry-level segment, Xiaomi had unveiled the Redmi 4A a couple of days ago. Going by the specs, the smartphone seems to compete head-to-head against the company’s very own Redmi 3s handset which was launched back in August last year.

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Now, before we start comparing both the smartphones, let’s take a quick look at what the Redmi 4A has to offer.

The smartphone features a 5-inch HD display, a 1.4GHz quad-core Snapdragon 425 SoC, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of expandable storage space (up to 128GB via a microSD card). In terms of camera, the smartphone features a 13MP sensor at the back and a 5MP front-facing camera. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow based MIUI 8 and is backed by a 3,120mAh battery which supports fast charging.

On the connectivity front, the smartphone supports 4G VoLTE (B3, B5, B40), 3G (B1, B8), and 2G (B2, B3, B5, B8), Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz), dual-SIM, IR Blaster, GPS, AGPS and standard set of sensors.

The Redmi 3s, on the other hand, has a similar set of specs except for the Snapdragon 430 chipset and a mammoth 4,100mAh battery which means battery performance and battery life. Apart from these, one of the major differences is the fact that the Redmi 3s has a metal unibody design as opposed to the polycarbonate exteriors of the Redmi 4A.

Having said that, the metallic finish on the Redmi 4A does add to the aesthetics but again if it’s not metal, it isn’t metal, right? Also, owing to a smaller battery, the Redmi 4A weighs lower than the Redmi 3s (144g) at 131.5g.