Xiaomi Red Rice to have dual SIM support and SD card expansion!

AndiJuly 23, 2013

The Xiaomi Red Rice has had more than it’s fair share of leaks and spy photos and now finally we could be heading near an actual launch date!

The following slides come from what Chinese tech sites are claiming to be the launch of the Xiaomi Red Rice. Although an official date still hasn’t been brought forward some believe that the new entry-level Xiaomi might on sale before the end of this month!

Xiaomi Red Rice Specifications

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So how about the specifications? Well it appears that things haven’t changed much since early reports. From these slides we can see the Red Rice will run 1.5Ghz quad-core processor (likely an MT6589T) 1GB RAM and 4GB memory. The display is a 4.7-inch 720 panel making the Red Rice the largest Xiaomi to date cameras are 8 mega-pixel rear and 1.3 mega-pixel front!

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The most exciting pieces of the Xiaomi Red Rice puzzle though are the fact the slides tell us that it will support dual SIM standby and offer SD memory card expansion for up to 32GB cards!

Pricing will be 999 Yuan ($160) for those of use living in China, which is quite a bargain for such a well spec’d phone!

With the entry-level Red Rice receiving SD card expansion does this mean the flagship Xiaomi Mi3 will also get the same treatment?

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Andi

So aside for the smaller battery, this rivals the Jiayu g4 basic.
Guest
July 23, 2013
date?

Mark
July 23, 2013
$160 is the same price as the G4 advanced in China. Are we likely to see the massive mark up in price which the G4 advanced has had? It’s currently $305 from spemall so thats an increase of $140.
Xiaomi build quality better than Jiayu?
- July 23, 2013
  Well the current MI2s is $280 in China and about $340 from international resellers. So there is a mark up but not as much. It all depends on the supply and demand though. Xiaomi devices are usually very hard to buy at launch.
  - Mark
    July 24, 2013
    Cheers for the info Andi. Thats only a $60 mark up, so I suppose since the mark up on the G4 Advanced is $145 then the demand must be extremely high.
    Perhaps we will see a price drop for the G4 advanced once the initial flurry of international sales has taken place.

Guest
July 23, 2013
Positive aspects:
Dual sim
Accept SD card.
Negative aspects:,
low RAM, only 1Gb. The ideal would be 2Gb.
low ROM, only 4Gb. The ideal would be 16 or 32Gb.
Battery 2000 mAh. The ideal would be 3000 mAh or over this.
- Guest
  July 23, 2013
  For a 999Yuan phone it’s a solid spec
- Guest
  July 23, 2013
  I agree,
  I seems just like the phone for me. It’s just the largest size I think is acceptable for me to drag around.

Guest
July 24, 2013
$160 is the same price as the G4 advanced in China. Are we likely to see the massive mark up in price which the G4 advanced has had? It’s currently $305 from spemall so thats an increase of $140.
Xiaomi build quality better than Jiayu?
- Guest
  July 24, 2013
  Well the current MI2s is $280 in China and about $340 from international resellers. So there is a mark up but not as much. It all depends on the supply and demand though. Xiaomi devices are usually very hard to buy at launch.
- Guest
  July 25, 2013
  Cheers for the info Andi. Thats only a $60 mark up, so I suppose since the mark up on the G4 Advanced is $145 then the demand must be extremely high.
  Perhaps we will see a price drop for the G4 advanced once the initial flurry of international sales has taken place.

Mauri
July 31, 2013
Hey, on the Xiaomi web site the dimensions of the Red Rice are 137x69x9.9 mm, and the weight is 158g: http://www.xiaomi.com/hongmi
Really a big difference from what is reported on that slides. Too bad this phone is so big, it is a no-go for me 🙁
Guest
August 1, 2013
Hey, on the Xiaomi web site the dimensions of the Red Rice are 137x69x9.9 mm, and the weight is 158g: http://www.xiaomi.com/hongmi
Really a big difference from what is reported on that slides. Too bad this phone is so big, it is a no-go for me 🙁