The years 2016 and 2017 have witnessed quite a lot of smartphones that have come with a good front-facing camera to complement the rear shoots that were the most used usually. The selfie craze had picked up so much that the phones from brands like OPPO and Vivo had better selfie cameras than the ones offered on the back. The same day when we see the new flagship from OPPO, with the introduction of OPPO F5 in the Indian market, Xiaomi has also put in its offering with a good selfie camera, the Xiaomi Redmi Y series starting with the Redmi Y1. Alongside this, they are also launching the MIUI 9 interface officially.
Y as an alphabet stands for You, Youth – The Young You.
The Redmi Y1 is a rather budget-range device that comes with a 5.5-inch display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and the resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, while it is internally powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor along with 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage (and another variant with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage), and there is a dedicated MicroSD card slot for the storage expansion. There is an aluminum alloy mid-frame offered to keep the temperature in control.
As said above, the selfie camera is a prime focus and thus the Redmi Y1 has a 16-megapixel front facing camera with the F/2.0 aperture and 76.4 degree lens. The device takes advantage takes advantage of something called Pixel binning that gives a sharper and brighter photo. It is also the first Xiaomi smartphone to have a front-facing LED flash light. There are 36 smart beauty profiles, and a real-time beautify for video calls. The other features include selfie countdown and face recognition.
On the back is a 13-megapixel rear camera with the phase detection autofocus and F/2.2 aperture with some of the typical features that the MIUI camera app includes. There is a fingerprint sensor located on the back of the phone. Also, as is the case with most of the other Xiaomi phones, there is an IR blaster for the smart remote functionality.
This is a Dual SIM smartphone with two Nano SIM slots and there is support for 4G with VoLTE. The device is priced at Rs. 8999 for the 3GB RAM variant and Rs. 10999 for the 4GB RAM variant. The smartphone is going to be available exclusively on Amazon India.
