Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Wednesday (October 16, 2024) announced a new entry segment smartphone under the Redmi sub-brand powered by the Qualcomm’s newly launched Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 processor.

Both, Xiaomi and Qualcomm unveiled the Redmi A4 5G at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024.

Xiaomi India President Muralikrishnan B said that the new Redmi A4 5G will be priced under ₹10,000 and will be launched commercially later this year.

He also said that Xiaomi intends to ship 70 million affordable 5G devices in next ten years in India.

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 was announced to power entry segment 5G phones under $99 price bracket.

The 4nm-based Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 SoC can support dual 16 MP lenses or a 32 MP sensor at rear. It can also handle 40 W charging.

The Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 processor is able to support FHD+ display with up to 90 Hz refresh rate.

The octa core mobile processor has 2 performance cores at 2 GHz and 6 efficiency cores at 1.8 GHz. It offers LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 support and also has dual band NavIC for better accuracy.

Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset is capable to support AI-enhanced audio as well.