Xiaomi teases Redmi 1S successor, a Dual 4G LTE version for January 4 launch

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has teased about a successor to its popular smartphone Redmi 1S on its Weibo account by uploading a picture and claiming that the company will release its new version on January 4, Sunday. The picture has 3 women holding colorful smartphones with their back panels showing. These back panels resemble the panel seen in the TENNA listing image of Redmi 1S successor.

A 64-bit handset, touted to be the successor of Xiaomi Redmi 1S recently passed through AnTuTu and TENNA. According to the leaked specifications, the new smartphone has two SIM card slots and both will support 4G LTE connectivity. The current dual-SIM Redmi 1S does not support LTE.

Other features of the new Redmi 1S successor include a 4.7-inch (1280×720p) HD display, LTE enabled 64-bit quad-core Snapdragon 410 chipset clocked at 1.2GHz with Adreno 306 GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. It will sport an 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front-facing one, and will be powered by a 2,200 mAh battery.

The handset will run Android 4.4.4 KitKat with MIUI 6.0 and will support GSM, WCDMA, TD LTE and LTE FDD networks. The device will  have dimensions of 134×67.21×9.2mm and weight if 132g (26g less than the current Redmi 1S).

The Redmi 1S successor is supposed to go on sale in January itself, soon after its launch.

Via GizmoChina

Xiaomi teases Redmi 1S successor, a Dual 4G LTE version for January 4 launch

Xiaomi Redmi 1S successor, a 64-bit handset passes through AnTuTu and TENNA

Xiaomi has been staying much in news for multiple reason like raising of funds, of its next flagship Xiaomi Mi5 and now it is the successor of the Redmi 1S that is said to pass through AnTuTu revealing some of its specs. The AnTuTu benchmark who is famous for welcoming the device to its database before its official launch, has spotted a new Xiaomi device with codename HM2014811.

This purported Xiaomi Redmi 1S successor is said to have a 4.7inch display having a 1280×720 pixel resolution with 312 ppi density. The device is supposed to have a quad-core LTE enable Snapdragon 410 chipset supported with Adreno 306 GPU along with 1GB of RAM memory. The chipset is said to be Qualcomm’s 64-bit chipset having four Cortex A53 cores each of which is clocked at 1.2GHz.To its back is said to be an 8MP primary camera and the front is having a 2MP secondary camera. The device runs the Android 4.4.4 KitKat on-board. Dimension wise the device is said to be measuring 9.2mm of thickness and 8GB of internal expandable storage. The battery life and pricing of the device still remains a suspense.

The device has also currently been spotted at the Chinese telecom registration office TENNA images of which are attached below. We sould be eagerly waiting for this new handset from the Apple of China.

source: AnTuTu

Xiaomi Redmi 1S successor, a 64-bit handset passes through AnTuTu and TENNA