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

As expected, Xiaomi India today announced the Redmi Y2 as a successor to the Redmi Y1, which was launched just six months ago. Xiaomi stated that the Redmi Y1 was the best-selling selfie smartphone in the last two quarters beating the likes of Oppo F7 and Honor 9i. The Redmi Y2 features a 16MP front-facing camera, same as its predecessor and of course, Xiaomi is touting it as the best selfie camera smartphone, which will take on the likes of Vivo V9 and Oppo F7. Also, the phone comes with dual rear cameras of 12MP and a 5MP secondary camera. The Redmi Y2 is the same Redmi S2 smartphone that was launched in China last month.

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 Specifications and Features
The Xiaomi Redmi Y2 features a 16MP selfie camera with 2.0µm, HDR and LED flash. Xiaomi says that the Redmi Y2 is AI-Selfie superstar as it comes with modes such as low-light selfie, auto HDR, AI-Beautify and AI Portrait Selfie. To the back, Xiaomi has added dual rear cameras- a 12MP primary camera with f/2.2 aperture, 1.25?m, PDAF is paired with a 5MP depth sensor. The rear camera also comes with Electronic Image Stabilisation and LED flash support.
The Redmi Y2 measures 8.1mm in thickness and has a weight of 170grams to it. The smartphone flaunts a 5.99-inch HD+ display with a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels and 18:9 aspect ratio. The screen has 269PPI. Under the hood, the Redmi Y2 has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC and comes in 3GB/32GB storage, 4GB RAM/64GB option. Xiaomi has added triple card slot to the smartphone, meaning users can use two SIM cards and a microSD card at the same time.
