Xiaomi Redmi 8

The Redmi 8 is an entry-level Android smartphone from Xiaomi for the second half of 2019 and the first half of 2020. It has a 6.22-inch IPS LCD screen with HD+ resolution (1520x720 pixels) and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. There s a capacitive fingerprint reader on the rear, just below the dual-camera setup. The phone uses plastic chassis and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Thanks to P2i coating, the Redmi 8 is resistant to water splashes.

The Xiaomi Redmi 8 has a dual-camera setup on the rear, consisting of a 12MP primary sensor with Dual-Pixel PDAF and F2.2 aperture, and a 2MP depth sensor. The rear-facing camera can also record 1080p 30fps videos. The front-facing camera on the Redmi 8 uses an 8MP sensor with a fixed-focus lens, F2.0 aperture, and 1080p 30fps video recording. The phone can capture images with background blur effect.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 processing chipset, which has two ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores clocked at 2GHz and six ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores clocked at 1.45GHz, is used inside the Redmi 8. The chipset also features Adreno 505 GPU, a 4G LTE integrated modem, and all the connectivity options. The Redmi 8 has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage paired to the Snapdragon 439 chipset. It also features a microSD card slot for expanding the storage space. It runs Android 9 Pie-based MIUI 10 software UI.

Xiaomi is making a big jump in the battery life of the Redmi 8 when compared to the Redmi 7. The Redmi 8 uses a 5000mAh battery, which is bigger than the Redmi 7 s 4000mAh battery. The smartphone s wireless and wired connectivity features include 4G LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.2, IR port, USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It also features a dual-SIM card slot, of which both slots support 4G SIM cards.