Xiaomi Redmi 6A Specs and Price

This is a more budget version of the Xiaomi Redmi 6 and maybe the A added is supposed to stand for affordable I don’t know. What I do know is that it is cheaper and offers less in terms of specs, however, the Xiaomi Redmi 6A looks almost as stunning as the other phone.

Some of the noticeable difference is the absence of a fingerprint sensor here but still maintains the same screen resolution though. The question here is if the cut in price still offers a good value for your money.

Design and Display

The Xiaomi Redmi 6A is a sleek smartphone that comes with the now implemented styles of building smartphone part of which includes having as little bezels as possible.

There’s a compact build here with a fair weightiness measuring just 145g ruling out a difficulty in handling for long. In essence, both the Xiaomi Redmi 6 and 6A have a similar build as well as size.

In the display department, the two smartphones are equals coming with the same 5.45-inch screen and the same set of screen panel. With just an HD+ (1440 x 720 pixels) resolution to spare, a fair offering by budget standard. There are diminished bezels so you have a full view when using the smartphone.

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Battery and Camera

In the area of battery capacity, the smartphones pack a 3, 000 mAh Li-Ion battery a decent feature if you don’t do anything other than making calls, take few pictures and surf the web a little.

Other than that, a more intensive usage would warrant plugging the smartphone in from time to time. You also miss fast charge on this one but on the other end charges with the MicroUSB from the days of yore.

In the picture snapping scene, there is just the normal single camera on both sides of the Xiaomi Redmi 6A. A 13MP camera at the back and another 5MP sensor for taking selfies and wefies as you might have it.

Hardware and Software

The main difference between the Xiaomi Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 is seen in the much less powerful SoC that the latter comes with in comparison to the former. Instead of the eight cores in the Redmi 6, the MediaTek Helio A22 now has four cores and much less gusto.

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In accordance with the budget status, the smartphone just has a16GB space for storage that can be extended to a whopping 256GB. For multitasking, the Xiaomi Redmi 6A has 2GB internal memory and meanwhile, it boots Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI 9.

Xiaomi Redmi 6A Price and Availability

The Xiaomi Redmi 6A is available in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. You can buy the smartphone at leading online stores and phone stores near you.

Xiaomi Redmi 6A price in Nigeria ranges from 34, 000 Naira to 45,000 Naira depending on the location, at different online stores and retail outlets.