Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled a variant of its Redmi 3 smartphone in China, called the Redmi 3 'Pro' or 'high version', featuring some upgrades in the memory, inbuilt storage, and sensor areas.

The new Xiaomi Redmi 3 variant has been priced at CNY 899 (approximately Rs. 9,000) and will become available in China next month, with its first flash sale on April 6. To recall, the original Redmi 3 was priced at CNY 699 at launch.

As of now, there is no word on the handset's availability in other markets including India. It will be available in Gold, Grey, and Silver colours.

The new Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro features bumped RAM and storage. It also packs a fingerprint sensor which was missing on the original Redmi 3. The rest of the features and specifications of the Redmi 3 Pro are identical to the Redmi 3.

The Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display and packs an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor, with four cores clocked at 1.2GHz, and four cores at 1.5GHz. The handset includes 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM, Adreno 405 GPU, as well as 32GB of inbuilt storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). The original Redmi 3 sported 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of inbuilt storage.

Much like the Redmi 3, the Redmi 3 Pro also packs a 4100mAh non-removable battery, a highlight of the device. It runs MIUI 7 though Xiaomi has not revealed the Android version on the Redmi 3 Pro. On the camera front, the Redmi 3 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/ 2.0 aperture, PDAF autofocus, and also supports 1080p full-HD video recording. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera as well which also supports full-HD recording. The dual-SIM Redmi 3 Pro comes with hybrid SIM slot that support one Micro-SIM and other Nano-SIM alongside microSD card.

For connectivity, the Redmi 3 Pro comes with 4G LTE connectivity, with support for LTE bands in India. Other options include Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, GPRS/ EDGE, Micro-USB, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. It measures 139.3x69.6x8.5mm and weighs 144 grams.

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Coolpad Max sports a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel.
• It bears a 5.5-inch full-HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
• It has been launched in its 4GB RAM, 64GB inbuilt storage variants.

Coolpad has launched its flagship smartphone in India, the Coolpad Max, priced at Rs. 24,999. It will be available exclusively from Amazon India from 12pm May 30 in Rose Gold and Royal Gold colours. 

The Coolpad Max runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop overlaid with the company's CoolUI 8.0. The smartphone has dual-SIM dual-standby capabilities which means that the user could use both the SIM cards at the same time. 

Apart from having dual-SIM and dual standby support, the smartphone also offers a 'Dual in One' system. It sports a separate external system and a secure internal system for encryption of the user's calls and texts. The internal system can be used to download 'fully secure' apps.

The Coolpad Max also features a Dual Space system that enables users to have two accounts of WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and other apps on the same phone. The smartphone also bears a fingerprint sensor on the back panel that is claimed to work with wet fingers as well.

Talking about the specifications, the Coolpad Max has a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display with pixel density of 401ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 4. It is powered by the 64-bit 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 617 SoC - an upgrade over the Snapdragon 615 on the China variant.

While the smartphone is available in several memory and storage variants in China, it has been launched  in its 4GB of RAM/ 64GB storage variant in India. The smartphone comes with a hybrid SIM slot, which means the second SIM card slot that it can be used as a microSD slot (up to 64GB) to expand storage further.

Coming to the camera, it sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with an Isocell sensor, f/2.0 aperture, phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and dual-tone LED flash. It also bears a 5-megapixel front facing camera with f/2.2 aperture. It supports 4G LTE connectivity and other basics like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It is backed by a 2800mAh non-removable battery, which the company claims can last up to 310 hours of standby time and up to 17 hours of talk time. Coolpad further claims that the smartphone has the coveted Quick Charge 3.0 feature that in 5 minutes can provide up to 3 hours of talk time. 

The company added it is in discussions for making its handsets available via offline channels, and said it has opened an R&D centre in Bengaluru to better assess the needs of the market. After sales service will be taken care of by HCL.

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Until now, we have seen the leaked images of the Motorola Moto G4 Plus smartphone in Black colour variant. Now, another image has popped up on the Web showing the handset in its full glory. The design of the white-coloured version of the Moto G4 Plus corroborates with the ones that we saw in previous leaks. In the meanwhile, a hands-on video claimed to be of the Moto G (Gen 4) prototype has made its way online.

Prolific tipster @evleaks shared the new leaked image of the Moto G4 Plus, showing a similar square-shaped fingerprint sensor placed as a home button, a speaker grille, a front-facing camera, and the rear camera with flash and autofocus sensors enclosed in a pill-shaped module and a dimple with the company logo below the camera. There are two microphones visible, placed besides the fingerprint sensor and the rear camera. Unfortunately, we still have now word on the specifications.

Meanwhile, a video (now taken down) was published on YouTube (via 9to5 Google) showing what's purported to be a prototype of the Moto G (Gen 4), and it visibly lacks a fingerprint sensor. The black-coloured smartphone was compared with 2014 Moto X model and clearly seemed slightly bigger in size than any other Moto G handsets. 

Besides showing the smartphone from virtually all the angles, the video also showed its Active Display technology, something that has been there in the Motorola handsets since quite a while. The overall shape of the Moto G (Gen 4) seems rounder on the corners. It features a similar matte finish back panel and rear camera design as seen in the Moto G4 Plus.

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