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Xiaomi is all set to launch its next Redmi smartphone in India on Tuesday, at an event in New Delhi scheduled to begin at 11:30am IST. The Xiaomi Redmi 4[1] is expected to be launched, and we already know that Amazon India will be the  exclusive retail[2] partner for the smartphone.

The Xiaomi Redmi 4's launch event will be live streamed[3] on the company site[4]. Amazon India has also started accepting[5] registrations for notifications about the smartphone. Xiaomi[6] is also expected to launch the Redmi 4 Prime[7] in India alongside the Redmi 4 at the event.

The Redmi 4 and Redmi 4 Prime were launched in China[8] in November last year, alongside the Xiaomi Redmi 4A[9], which has been available[10] in India since March. In China, the Redmi 4 is priced at CNY 699 (roughly Rs. 6,900), while the Redmi 4 Prime is priced at CNY 899 (roughly Rs. 8,900).

Both the Redmi 4 and Redmi 4 Prime bear identical metal unibody designs, 2.5D curved glass displays, hybrid dual-SIM slots, and a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel, but have some major differences in specifications such as display resolution, memory, processor, and inbuilt storage. Both smartphones run MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and were launched in in Gold, Grey, and Silver colour variants.

The Redmi 4 bears a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display, and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC clocked at 1.4GHz coupled with the Adreno 505 GPU and 2GB of RAM. It sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.2 aperture, 5-lens system, PDAF, and dual-LED flash. On the front, it bears...

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