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Redmi A1

Android smartphone made by Xiaomi

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The Redmi A1 and Redmi A1+ are Android-based smartphones designed, marketed and manufactured by Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi. They were announced on September 6, 2022 and they were released on September 9, 2022. The smartphones have a MediaTek Helio A22 processor, leather design and 8MP dual camera. The Redmi A1+ features a fingerprint sensor.

The Redmi A1 is the first Redmi smartphone since Redmi Go that runs on Android Go.

In India, the Redmi A1+ was introduced as the Poco C50 with two color options with darker blue color.

01Design

The front of the smartphone is made of glass and the back is made of plastic with a leather-like texture. The design of the camera island is similar to that of the Xiaomi Mi 11.

On the bottom side, there is a microUSB port, an audio jack port, and a microphone. On the top side, there is a speaker. On the left side, there is a dual SIM tray with microSD slot. On the right side are the volume rocker and the power button.

The Redmi A1 and A1+ were available in 3 color options: Black, Light Blue and Light Green, while the Poco C50 was available in Royal Blue and Country Green color options.

The back of the Redmi A1 in black color
The back of the Redmi A1 in black color

02Specifications

Hardware

The smartphones feature the same MediaTek Helio A22 SoC with a PowerVR GE8300 GPU, which was previously used in the Redmi 6A. All three models were available in 2/32 GB and 3/32 GB memory configurations with LPPDR4X type of RAM and eMMC 5.1 type of ROM.

The smartphones are equipped with a non-removable 5000 mAh Li-Po battery that supports 10W charging.

Also, they feature a 6.52-inch display with IPS LCD technology at an HD+ (720 × 1600) image resolution, a 20:9 aspect ratio, a 269 ppi pixel density and a waterdrop notch.

The devices use a dual-camera system as the rear camera, consisting of an 8 MP wide-angle lens and a 0.08 MP (QVGA) auxiliary lens. There is also an 8 MP front camera.

Software

Smartphones use a slightly modified version of Android 12 (Go Edition), which is the version of Android for low-end smartphones.

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