A few weeks ago we posted a leaked image of an all metal Xiaomi Redmi 2 Pro with fingerprint scanner, now TENAA has updated it database with the same phone confirming the leak was genuine.
In the past, Xiaomi leaks had a tendency of being a little misleading, but the most recent all metal design of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro seems to have proven accurate as TENAA are showing the same design phone.
It is believed that the all metal Xiaomi will be a flagship Redmi Model, and will go on sale to compete with the growing number of all metal phones that boast fingerprint scanners. The Meizu Metal and LeTV Le1s are prime candidates for Xiaomi’s targets.
From the TENAA details the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro has the same all metal design that we saw in the previous leak, and shows a fingerprint scanner on the rear shell. This will be the first Xiaomi ever to have fingerprint recognition technology. A rear mounted scanner means the overall length of a phone can be shorter than a front mounted solution.
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If Xiaomi are gunning for the Meizu Metal then the specs sound about right. The 149.98 x 75.96 x 8.75mm phone weights in at 165.97g. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro has a 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 display, octacore MT6795 chipset running at 2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM and 16GB memory. It is likely that a more costly model will also launch with 2.2Ghz chipset, 3GB RAM and 32GB memory. Cameras are 5 mega-pixel front and 13 mega-pixel rear.
Like all Xiaomi phones the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro will ship with MIUI based on Android 5.0.2 this time around and pricing will be very attractive. Sources are already claiming a price of 1099 Yuan for the Chinese market, but we have a feeling the cost will be every so slightly lower perhaps 1049 Yuan.
Would you chose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Pro over other all metal Android phones like the Meizu Metal or LeTV Le1s?
so no snapdragon 808 inside ?
It will most likely use the same SoC as the regular Note 2 which is Helios X10 (6795). There really wouldn’t be a major performance boost using the 808 instead, you would get slightly better graphics support but nothing major.
Also to take into consideration: its a price figth (seems to me) Sd808 must be more spensive that MTk H.X10…. lets se for me if they put a micro-sd there i’m well served more so if the price wont go above 1200 yuan.
Historically SD chips are more expensive but its hard to figure out what each chip actually costs. A company like Xiaomi will pay less for chips than a company like Elephone because Xiaomi will buy 10x as many. Xiaomi is also the biggest buyer of Qualcomm chips so they have some bargaining power when it comes to prices.
Looks almost the same as Meizu Metal, except the fingerprint sensor and slightly bigger dimensions. Too roundish for me.
It needs either a clear price advantage or some secret weapons we can’t see on TENAA. Otherwise gonna be clear win to Meizu and Letv both.
removable battery and sd card slot
my thoughts as well… 🙂 Dual SIM (too) for me.
Which of those 3 devices does support double fap to wake?
no idea, sorry.
hopefully someone will answer this question for you.
You made my day 😉
Ah didn’t see that I missed the T key, I’ll leave it there 🙂
That’s just great 🙂
But Meizu Metal comes with YunOS, which can’t be rooted?!
And the LeTV X500 doesn’t have the Gyro and G-Force sensors (see the honorbuy benchmark video, at the end you can pause to see the sensors)
Looks like a blended meizu metal and a letv le 1s. With Rounded edges it’s almost similar to meizu metal while fingerprint sensor placement adds a le 1s feeling but le 1s stands up with base version with 3 gigs of RAM, while xiaomi should go with expandable memory feature but I am ok with 32gb inbuilt space.
I’ll wait for the Redmi note 2 pro prime mega ultra super
lol, terrible Meizu clone. Literally ripped their whole style, pathetic