Xiaomi Mi A2, Mi A2 Lite launched: Price, specifications and features

Unlike many other smartphones launched over the past year or so (including the Mi A2 Lite), Xiaomi's new Android mid-ranger doesn't feature a display notch, thus having a relatively conventional-looking front panel, though its rear plate is somewhat reminiscent of Apple's iPhone X, primarily due to the vertical arrangement of the two cameras which are separated by a dual-LED flash unit. Not only features, the official pricing and availability details has been leaked just before the launch.

The Xiaomi Mi A2 is making lots of waves and causing uproars days before its launch. It is also possible that the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite may sport an even lower price tag. The prices may go up to Rs 16,500 without discount.

In India, both the devices are expected to cost over Rs 14,000 to Rs 15,000. As expected, the former is essentially an global variant of the Mi 6X the company launched in late April, whereas the latter is a slightly more affordable version of the main model, with both being created to offer an extremely high value-to-price ratio and retail as the ultimate Android mid-rangers of 2018. There's also no microSD expansion option.

Xiaomi's Mi A2 Lite looks similar at a glance. Considering the software build, the Xiaomi Android One device has the latest Android Oreo 8.1 OS and added smart features, especially in the Mi A2 smartphones.

In 2017, a new wave of Android One phones launched in various countries, and they weren't all ultra-budget hardware.

The company has revealed that both the smartphones will be updated to Android P and both of them comes with unlimited storage in Google Photos. It can be expected that the model will receive Android P update sometime later this year, though the Mi A1 wasn't too quick with updates.

Powering the Xiaomi Mi A2 is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset with the Adreno 512 GPU. There are three storage variants of the Xiaomi Mi A2, a 4GB RAM and 32GB storage, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, and a 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant.

Xiaomi Mi A2 gets dual rear cameras, a combination of 12MP primary Sony IMX486 sensor and a secondary 20MP Sony IMX376 sensor. The front camera is 20 megapixels capable of taking portrait shots with a flash.

Mi A2 features a 5.99-inch Full-screen IPS LCD panel with 18:9 aspect ratio.

The Mi A2 sports an aluminum body and feels instantly familiar to users of the Mi A1 including the placement of the fingerprint sensor and dual rear cameras.

The Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite is all set to launch in Spain tomorrow.

China-based Xiaomi has risen to mobile industry prominence largely thanks to impressive domestic sales numbers during the company's first couple of years of existence, followed by astoundingly fast recent gains in market share across India.