The Redmi 14C 5G is a ₹10K cellphone, which claims to have the phase’s most effective 4nm chipset and the most important 120Hz show. And it has massive footwear to fill too, as it’s the successor to the highest 5G cellphone of H1 2024 in India (by way of shipments, knowledge by Canalys).
Let’s begin from the highest. The Redmi 14C 5G will go on sale on January 10 (this Friday) with a base value of ₹10,000 – that is for the 4/64GB mannequin. There are improve choices accessible, 4/128GB for ₹11,000 and 6/128GB for ₹12,000.
The cellphone is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, the primary 4nm chip within the 4-series. It options two Cortex-A78 cores (2.2GHz) and 6 A55 (1.95GHz), an Adreno 613 GPU and a X61 modem with twin 5G help and downlink speeds of as much as 2.5Gbps. It’s paired with 4/6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64/128GB UFS 2.2 storage. The latter is expandable with microSD playing cards of as much as 1TB with a devoted slot (so you possibly can nonetheless use two SIM playing cards).
The IPS LCD on the entrance has grown larger and sooner – it’s now a 6.88” panel with 120Hz refresh charge (up from 6.74” 90Hz) – nevertheless, it nonetheless solely has HD+ decision.
The digicam system didn’t see a lot of an improve, it nonetheless includes a 50MP essential and a helper on the again. The selfie digicam did get a brand new 8MP sensor (up from 5MP), however video recording is restricted to 1080p @ 30fps for each.
Redmi 14C 5G: 6.88″ 120Hz HD+ show • 50MP rear, 8MP entrance cameras
The 14C retains the three.5mm headphone jack and its single loudspeaker is 50% louder than the speaker on the earlier mannequin.
The cellphone is available in three colorways: Starlight Blue and Stardust Purple weigh 205g, Stargaze Black is heavier at 212g. Observe that Black and Purple telephones characteristic a “glass again design”, although that doesn’t fairly clarify the distinction in weight.
Redmi 14C in Starlight Blue, Stardust Purple and Stargaze Black
Anyway, 205g is greater than the 2024 cellphone weighed, however the brand new one comes with a barely bigger 5,160mAh battery (up 160mAh). The battery is rated for 1,000 cycles. Charging continues to be restricted to 18W, however you get a 33W charger within the field that you should utilize along with your different USB-C suitable devices too (which can quickly be all of them). The physique is rated IP52 for fundamental splash resistance.
The Redmi 14C 5G could be discovered on the Xiaomi India web site and you may join a reminder when it launches on Friday. The cellphone comes with HyperOS primarily based on Android 14 out of the field and can obtain software program help for two years and safety patches for 4 years.
