Redmi Y2 Smartphone Pricing And Detailed Specifications

TwistArticleDecember 6, 2018

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 Smartphone Specifications And Pricing

Redmi Y2 Smartphone is another budget phone, features lots of exciting features like a dual camera set up at the back, 5.99-inch display, and many more.

The Redmi Y2 mobile phone was launched on June 2018 under their budget phone segment Redmi. Xiaomi launched a Smartphone named Redmi S2 in China in May 2018, and the Redmi Y2 is the rebranding of the Smartphone Xiaomi introduces high-end specifications packed phones on their Redmi series. Like all other Redmi series Smartphones like Redmi 6A, Redmi 6, Redmi 6 Pro and others, this Redmi Y2 has lots of impressive features inside. At a glance, you might get confused about the looks of the Redmi Redmi S2.Y2 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro. Though this article is on Redmi Y2, we will highlight some of the physical differences between these two phones. Let’s get started.

Redmi Y2 mobile phone design:

The back of Redmi Y2 has metallic brush finish. On the hand, the phone feels very premium. It looks like metal, but the phone is made from plastic which makes it lightweight — the mobile phone measures 160.7 x 77.3 x 8.1 mm and 170 gm in weight. At the back, you will see the same dual camera set up and rear-mounted fingerprint sensor but on Redmi Y2 there are two antenna lines curved at the edges, and on the Redmi Note 5 Pro there is a single antenna line. At the front, there is an HD+ notch less display has given. At the top, the 3.5 mm headphone jack, IR blaster and secondary microphone has given. At the bottom, the speaker grills, the primary microphone, and the micro USB port has given. At the right, the triple slot SIM and microSD port has given. You can put there two nano SIM cards and one microSD card. The power button and the volume rockers are placed at the left of the phone.

Redmi Y2 Smartphone Camera Specification

Apart from the antenna lines the headphone jack, I placed at the top on the Y2 whereas on the Note 5 Pro the headphone jack is placed at the bottom. Not like the Y2, on the Note 5 Pro, there is a hybrid SIM slot has given. That means you can use only one nano-SIM along with a microSD card.

Redmi Y2 smartphone display:

The Redmi Y2 sports a 5.99 inch IPS LCD HD+ display with the aspect ratio of 18:9. The resolution of the display is 720×1440 pixels and screen to body ratio is 74.5 %.

On the Redmi Y2, you will not see the 2.5D curved glass but Note 5 Pro has that, and the screen of Note 5 pro is a FULL HD+ screen.

Redmi Y2 Processor and memory:

Redmi Y2 runs on 8.1 Oreo and t is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Processor. It is an octa-core chipset. Y2 comes in two storage variants; 3GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt memory and 4GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt. The inbuilt memory can be expanded up to 256GB through a microSD slot.

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 Smartphone Performance

The camera of Xiaomi Redmi Y2:

The Xiaomi Redmi Y2 has the dual camera set up at the back. The primary camera is of 12 megapixels and f/2.2 aperture, and secondary depth sensor camera is of 5 megapixels. For taking selfies a 16 megapixels sensor has given. With the rear camera, you can shoot 1080 pixels videos at 30 fps. As this phone is a youth-centric phone LED flash as given in front as well as the rear.

Battery, connectivity, and other specifications:

The Xiaomi Redmi Y2 is fueled by 3080mAh non-removal battery. As connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, WiFi Direct, hotspot has given. Rear mounted fingerprint sensor, Compass/ Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor are provided on Y2.

Some Key specifications of Redmi Y2 at a glance:

Redmi Y2 Dual Camera Mobile Phone Design

5.99 inch IPS LCD HD+ display with 720×1440 pixels.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core Processor.
3GB RAM+32GB in-built and 4GB RAM+64GB in-built.
Android 8.1 Oreo. Adreno 506 GPU.
12+5 MP dual camera set up at the back and 16MP selfie camera.
Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor.
3080 mAh non-removal battery.

The pricing and availability of Xiaomi Redmi Y2:

The 3GB RAM variant costs Rs. 9,999 and the 4GB RAM variant costs Rs. 11,999. The Redmi Y2 is available in Blue, Black, Gold, Dark Grey, and Rose Gold color variants.