Xiaomi Redmi 5A vs Xiaomi Redmi 4A: What Has Changed?

Xiaomi unveiled their all-new Redmi 5A in India on Thursday. The new Redmi phone dubbed “Desh Ka Smartphone” is manufactured in India. To recall, the Redmi 5A smartphone was launched in China last month. As the name suggests, the Redmi 5A is the successor to the Redmi 4A which itself was launched in India earlier this year.

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Packing similar hardware & features, Xiaomi’s Redmi 4A and Redmi 5A are more or less the same. In fact, for most people will find it difficult to pinpoint the differences. Still, there are few minor upgrades to Xiaomi’s latest offering.

As far as the design is concerned, both the devices come with a plastic design. However, the 5A comes with a metallic finish instead of a plastic look of the 4A.

Xiaomi Redmi 5A vs Redmi 4A Specs:

The Redmi 5A features a 5-inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720p and 296ppi pixel density. The older gen Redmi 4A too features the same 5-inch HD display.

Similar to the Redmi 4A, the Redmi 5A is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor clocked at 1.4GHz. Both the devices come in two RAM and storage variants: 2GB RAM and 16GB storage, and 3GB and 32GB memory. Also, Redmi 5A and 4A come with microSD card expansion up to 128GB. However, the Redmi 5A has a dedicated microSD card slot, instead of the hybrid card slot.

The Redmi 5A ships with same core camera hardware as the Redmi 4A. The device packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with a f/2.2 aperture, coupled with LED flash and PDAF. On the front, there is a 5-megapixel camera with a f/2.0 aperture. The Redmi 4A also has a 5MP selfie camera, but the aperture size is different at f/2.2.