Xiaomi recently unveiled its budget-friendly smartphone, the
Redmi 8A , in India a few days ago. During the launch, India head Manu Kumar Jain hinted that Xiaomi would soon be launching Redmi 8 in the country. The launch date of Redmi 8 was
**confirmed by the company** yesterday as 9 October. The tweet by the company hinted that the upcoming smartphone might come with a dual rear camera setup. Giving more insight into the specifications of Redmi 8,
a report by 91Mobiles reveals that the smartphone has been spotted on the Google Play Console listing. The report suggests that the smartphone might feature a dot notch HD+ display that is likely to have a 720 x 1,520 pixels resolution and 320p screen density. [caption id=“attachment_7400751” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Redmi 8A comes in three colour variants — Midnight Black, Ocean Blue, and Sunset Red.[/caption] Redmi 8 will reportedly come in 3 GB RAM variant and it is also possible that it might come in 4 GB RAM as well.
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On the design front, the report reveals that it might come with polycarbonate glass, dual cameras, and a fingerprint scanner on the back. It is expected that the upcoming phone will run on Android 9 Pie and might be powered by Snapdragon 439 SoC paired with Adreno 505 GPU. [caption id=“attachment_7450771” align=“alignnone” width=“948”] Redmi 8 is expected to offer 3 GB RAM. Image: 91Mobiles[/caption] The report suggests that there are chances that a “Pro” version will also launch alongside this Redmi 8. This Pro version might come with a name Redmi 8 Pro and sport a 48 MP camera at the back.