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

Xiaomi, at an event in China officially announced its budget smartphones- the Redmi 5 and the Redmi 5 Plus. The Redmi 5 succeeds the much popular Redmi 4 smartphone, and it might launch in the Indian market in early 2018. Xiaomi has been teasing both the smartphones for quite some time. Here’s everything you need to about the Xiaomi Redmi 5 and the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus smartphones.

Xiaomi Redmi 5
Xiaomi touts the Redmi 5 as the cheapest smartphone with an 18:9 display. It packs a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 display, and is powered by the power-efficient Snapdragon 450 chipset. The device comes in two variants- one with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, and the other one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Both the variant has support for microSD card for storage expansion.
The Redmi 5 runs MIUI 9 out of the box with several features such as game booster mode, split screen mode, etc. This entire package is backed by a 3300mAh battery. Sadly, this a downgrade when compared to the 4100mAh battery seen on the Redmi 4. However, Xiaomi is packing a much efficient Snapdragon 450 SoC, that might deliver better battery life as compared to the Redmi 4.

Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus
Next up, Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5 Plus smartphone, a bigger variant of the Redmi 5. The Redmi 5 Plus has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, compared to the 5.7-inch HD+ display on the Redmi 5. Xiaomi’s love with the Snapdragon 625 SoC continues with the Redmi 5 Plus as it uses the same SoC. So far, Xiaomi has launched as many as five smartphones with Snapdragon 625 SoC. Nevertheless, it’s one of the best chipsets from Qualcomm’s house.
