Yesterday, there was an announcement of the Redmi Note 8 (2021). The company decided to play the card once again with the release of a budget smartphone that became a hit. It hopes to collect good cash this time too, assuming that there will be a lot of those who will choose a mobile phone with Helio G85. The start of sales of Redmi Note 8 (2021) is announced and Xiaomi has finally announced the price list for the new product.
Users can Buy the smartphone starting from May 25 and it will be available in two versions. The cheapest one with 4/64 GB of memory costs $ 169 and for the variant with 4/128 GB they ask for $ 189. For comparison, in China for the Redmi Note 8 with 4/64 GB at the start of sales they asked $ 139. And for the amount of $ 195 you could buy a variant with 6/128 GB.
Redmi Note 8 (2021) offers a 6.3-inch FullHD + IPS display, which is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. The smartphone is equipped with a 13-megapixel front camera, a quadruple rear camera 48 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP, a rechargeable battery 4000 mAh capacity with support for 18-watt fast charging and proprietary MIUI 12.5 shell based on Android 11. There is a fingerprint sensor on the back, a 3.5mm headphone jack, an inline speaker and a 22.5W charging adapter in the box.
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The device includes Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.2 adapters, an FM tuner, a USB Type-C port, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a 64/128 GB flash drive, and a fingerprint scanner. Dimensions are 158.3 × 75.3 × 8.35 mm, weight – 190 g.
Redmi Note 8 (2021) specifications
- 6.3-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 500nit (typ) brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa Core MediaTek Helio G85 12nm processor (Dual 2GHz Cortex-A75 + Hexa 2GHz 6x Cortex-A55 CPUs); with up to 1000MHz ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU
- 4GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 64GB / 128GB (eMMC 5.1) storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
- Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
- Android 11 with MIUI 12.5
- 48MP rear cameras with Samsung GM1 sensor, f/1.79 aperture, PDAF, EIS, 0.8μm pixel size, LED flash, EIS; 8MP 118° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture; 2MP macro lens and 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture
- 13MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor, IR sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, 1217 super linear speakers, FM Radio
- Splash resistant (P2i coating)
- Dimensions: 158.3×75.3×8.35mm; Weight: 190g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
- 4000mAh (typical) battery with 18W fast charging
2mp cameras are useless. Zoom lens would be more practical