In March this year, Xiaomi had launched its Redmi 7A smartphone in China. Now, it seems that the company is all set to launch the Redmi 7A, the successor to the last year’s Redmi 6A, in India.
Teasing the launch of the Redmi 7A in India, the company shared a tweet through its official handle, which reads as follow: “Fact check! Total no. of Redmi A Series phones sold in > the population of #Australia. Crazy, right? 😲 And to take that legacy ahead comes the #Redmi7A – #SmartDeshKaSmartphone. Can you guess the launch date?”
https://twitter.com/XiaomiIndia/status/1144482958348181505
As per the tweet, the company has sold over 23.6 million units of the Redmi 4A, Redmi 5A, and Redmi 6A smartphones in India till April 2019. The teaser also notes that the sales number are more than the total population of Australia.
As of now, there is no confirmation of the launch date of the smartphone. However, in a recent report, the company’s had hinted that the Redmi 7A could arrive with Redmi K20 series smartphones in India. So, we can expect Redmi 7A, Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro smartphones to launch at the same event in India.
Xiaomi Redmi 7A Specifications
Xiaomi Redmi 7A sports a 5.45-inch 2.5D curved glass display with 1440 x 720 pixels HD resolution, an 18:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 SoC, clocked at 2.0 GHz. It comes with an Adreno 505 GPU, coupled with 2GB/3GB of RAM. It packs 16GB/32GB storage variants comes with a microSD card slot that further expands the phone’s storage capacity up to 256GB.
In terms of optics, it has a 13-megapixel single rear camera. Up front, there is a 5-megapixel snapper on the front. Camera features include AI Beauty camera, AI background blur with AI face unlock support. The device measures 146.30×70.41×9.55mm and weigh 150 grams.
Running on the Android 9 Pie-based MIUI 10, the handset is powered by a 4000 mAh battery that supports 10W charging. Connectivity features on the Redmi 7A include dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, and FM Radio.
Xiaomi Redmi 7A Price in India
In China, the Redmi 7A has been priced at CNY 549 (approx. Rs. 5,500) for the 2GB + 16GB variant. The 2GB + 32GB variant will retail at CNY 599 (approx. Rs. 6,000). It is available in Matte Black and Blue color variants.
