The Redmi A2 series is scheduled to launch in India on May 19th. The Xiaomi sub-brand confirmed the arrival of the new A-series smartphones in the country via Twitter on Friday. The upcoming models are said to have a 5,000 mAh battery and an octa-core processor. The Redmi A2 series, consisting of the vanilla Redmi A2 and Redmi A2+ models, was launched in selected global markets in March. They feature a 6.52-inch HD+ LCD screen and are powered by the MediaTek Helio G36 SoC. They have an 8-megapixel dual camera on the back.
Redmi India tweeted that the launch of the Redmi A2 series will take place on May 19th at 11:00 AM IST in India. A special microsite The company’s Indian website announces the specifications of the handsets ahead of launch. The Indian variants of the Redmi A2 series are said to come with a 5,000 mAh battery and an octa-core processor.
Price details of the smartphones are currently unknown. The Redmi A2 and Redmi A2+ are expected to be entry-level models. However, interested customers can click the “Notify Me” button on the website to receive the latest updates on the launch.
Both Redmi A2 and Redmi A2+ were launched in Europe in March. They run on Android 12 (Go edition) and have a 6.52-inch HD+ LCD screen (1600 x 720 pixels) with an aspect ratio of 20:9. The phones feature a waterdrop-style notch on the screen that houses the selfie cameras. The Redmi A2 series phones are powered by a MediaTek Helio G36 SoC paired with up to 3GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 32GB of eMMC 5.1 onboard storage.
They have a dual rear camera consisting of an 8-megapixel primary sensor and a QVGA camera. There is a 5 megapixel selfie sensor for selfies and video chats. The Redmi A2 series features 5,000mAh batteries with 10W fast charge support. The Redmi A2+ features a fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication.
