As expected today, Xiaomi has officially launched its new Redmi 6 series smartphone in China, the standard Redmi 6 and a water down Redmi 6A. Both comes with an HD+ screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and are powered by MediaTek’s Helio series processor. Their similarities extended to their battery capacity, which is 3000mAh, and they both shared the same front camera configuration.
In terms of design the phones look alike too, and all the visible hardware arrangement are the same. In fact you will have a hard time identifying them when set apart and placed at a short distance. The only thing that distinguished both in look is the lack of a fingerprint sensor at the back of the Redmi 6A, which the Redmi 6 have.
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The Redmi 6A packed MediaTek’s new Helio A22 chipset, the first quad-core MediaTek Helio processor, while the Redmi 6 packed a more mature octa-core Helio P22 chipset. Moreover, the Redmi 6 is equipped with 12MP+5MP dual rear camera while the Redmi 6A photography is handled by a single 13MP rear camera.
The smartphones runs Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI 9 (upgradeable to MIUI 10), comes with infrared sensors, and offers dual SIM supports.
Xiaomi Redmi 6 Specifications
- 5.45-inch 2.5D curved glass display with HD+ (1440×720) resolution, 18:9 aspect ratio
- 64-bit 2GHz octa-core Helio P22 processor, PowerVR GE8320 GPU
- 3GB / 4GB RAM
- 32GB / 64GB built-in storage (expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD card)
- 12-megapixel rear camera, 1.25μm pixel size, LED flash, 1080p video recording; secondary 5-megapixel camera
- 5-megapixel front camera
- OS: Android 8.1 Oreo, MIUI 9
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dual SIM
- Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth 5, 4G VoLTE, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, GPS, IR sensor
- Battery: 3,000mAh
- Dimensions: 147.46 × 71.49 × 8.3mm
- Weight: 146 grams
Xiaomi Redmi 6A Specifications
- 5.45-inch 2.5D curved glass display with HD+ (1440×720) resolution, 18:9 aspect ratio
- 64-bit 2GHz quad-core Helio A22 processor
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB built-in storage (expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD card)
- 13-megapixel rear camera, LED flash, 1080p video recording
- 5-megapixel front camera
- OS: Android 8.1 Oreo, MIUI 9
- Dual SIM
- Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, 4G VoLTE, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, GPS, IR sensor
- Battery: 3,000mAh
- Dimensions: 147.46 × 71.49 × 8.3mm
- Weight: 145 grams
The 3GB/32GB and 4GB/64GB versions of the Redmi 6 are priced at CNY 799 ($128) and CNY 999 ($160), respectively, while the Redmi 6A is priced at CNY 599 ($96). The phones comes in Blue, Gold, Rose Gold, and Gray colors and will be available from June 15th in China.
