Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi just unveils the new Xiaomi Redmi Pro smartphone with a metal body and dual-camera setup on the back at the Beijing press conference. It is the latest model in its budget brand of Android phones and is the first smartphone from the company to sport the metal body and dual-camera setup.
Xiaomi had already released a few teasers online to confirm the Redmi Pro launch back on July 27. The company's Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun confirmed this unveiling event at its recent Weibo post on July 26 with a teaser photo of him holding the smartphone in his hand. In the photo, the upper half of the smartphone's back is seen, giving a good idea of the design and the dual-camera setup.
According to BGR, Redmi Pro has a metal body and a 5.5-inch full high-definition OLED 1080p display. It is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio X25 chipset. It runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system with MIUI 8. It is packed with a 4050 mAh battery. Since its dual-camera setup is on the back, the fingerprint scanner is embedded in a physical home button below its screen display.
When it comes to the dual-camera setup of Redmi Pro, a 13-megapixel Sony IMX258 sensor for a dynamic depth of field and a 5-megapixel Samsung sensor for the secondary depth sensing are at the back to produce DSLR-quality photos. Users can choose the focus point after a shot is taken because of its hardware-level depth of field processing, as the company claimed. Effects such as blurred backgrounds can also be used, as The Verge reported.
Redmi Pro comes with three storage options: a 3 GB of RAM in a 32 GB of internal storage for a price tag of $224, a 3 GB of RAM in a 64 GB of internal storage for $254, and a 4 GB of RAM in a 128 GB of internal storage for $299. It also features a dual-SIM slot and USB-C port. Its connectivity options are 4G LTE, VoLTE voice calling, GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi 802.11ac.
Redmi Pro is expected to come with three color options such as space gray, gold, and black on August 6 in China.
Here is the video of the new Xiaomi Redmi Pro smartphone that is released at the Beijing press conference.