Alleged Xiaomi Redmi S2 spotted in Mi Store

Xiaomi's upcoming smartphone, the Redmi S2 has mysteriously appeared in a store in Czech Republic, incidentally on the same day as the company decided to tease it on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo.


The image of the Redmi S2 in the store was shared by GSMarena. The same report also stated some key specifications of the alleged Redmi S2.

As per the report, the smartphone features a 5.99-inch screen of 1440x720 pixel resolution and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor. It will run on MIUI 9 over Android Oreo. The rear camera of the Redmi S2 is going to be 12MP+5MP and the front camera is listed to be a 16MP snapper. The device is going to be backed by a 3080mAh battery. As per the image shared by the GSMarena, the handset looks like the recently launched Xiaomi smartphones such as the Redmi Note 5 or the Note 5 Pro with an 18:9 aspect ratio. There is a 3.5mm jack on the top.

Coming to the teaser, Xiaomi has posted a soon to be launched product teaser on Weibo. The post reads "Predict an upcoming new product. Guess this "S" represents ______?" There is an image of a smartphone with an 'S' written on what appears to be the screen of the smartphone.

Given Xiaomi's penchant for building up hype around its upcoming launches, it may be a while before they launch the device. Meanwhile, Indian smartphone market is expected to soon get the recently launched Mi 6X, as the Mi A2 smartphone. It is being speculated that it will be the successor to the Xiaomi Mi A1 smartphone, the Chinese smartphone maker's first Android smartphone. In China, the handset was launched in three variants -- the 4GB+64GB model costs CNY 1599, while the 6GB+64B and 6GB+128GB variant costs CNY 1799 and CNY 1999 respectively.