Upcoming Redmi with 4G LTE & Dual-SIM leaked ahead of announcement

UPDATE: Xiaomi Redmi 2 is now official. Priced under RM400.

Xiaomi is probably the first maker in 2015 to announce a new device. Its new affordable Redmi smart phone will be announced this coming Sunday. If speculations we’ve seen so far are correct, this would be a refreshed Redmi 1S that’s updated to support both 4G LTE and dual-SIM cards.

If you’re curious to find out how it looks like, the purported smart phone has been leaked in its full glory. While the overall design looks mostly unchanged, you’ll noticed that it runs on a newer MIUI 6 interface and the capacitive buttons below have been revised with a similar design as its Mi 4 flagship model. Over at the back, there are some minor changes with the placement of its LED flash and loudspeakers too.

According to the source, the new model will be slightly smaller and lighter than before with a 9.2mm thickness and it weighs just 132 grams. As comparison, the current Redmi 1S is 9.9mm thick and weighs a lot more at 158 grams. In terms of colours, Xiaomi could be releasing it with a wider range of options such as Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Purple and Blue, as teased in their announcement image.

To recap on its purported specs, the new Redmi will retain its 4.7″ HD 720p display, 8MP main camera, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage that’s expandable via microSD. The noticeable difference is its 64-bit 1.2GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, upgraded 2MP front facing camera and a slightly larger 2,200mAh capacity battery. The only thing left to find out is the price and its international availability. We’ll find out more this coming Sunday.

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