For the past couple of weeks, we came across that every other smartphone country is launching phones focusing the youth. The company’s main focus is to lure the customers who are college goes looking for a phone that looks stylish, good specifications as well as light on their pockets. Keeping this in mind today Xiaomi launched Redmi 8A in India. The smartphone has been launched under the budget segment. The phone comes in three colour options Midnight Black, Ocean Blue and Sunset Red in a glossy finish. Apart from that, it comes loaded with a 5000mAh battery for a full day-long battery life. This phone easily competes with Realme C2 and Infinix Hot 8 in the same price segment. So before buying a new handset we suggest you go through our comparison
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Display
Redmi 8A: a 6.22-inch HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio along with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
Realme C2: 6 .1-inch HD+ waterdrop notched display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection
Infinix Hot 8: 6.52-inch HD+ display with a screen resolution of 1,600 x 720 pixels
Processor
Redmi 8A: Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 SoC processor
Realme C2: MediaTek Helio P22 Processor
Infinix Hot 8: Octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 processor
Rear camera(s)
Redmi 8A: 12 megapixel Sony IMX363 sensor with an aperture of f/1.8
Realme C2: 13MP + 2MP dual rear camera setup
Infinix Hot 8: triple-camera setup with a 13-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture, 2-megapixel depth sensor and a low light sensor
Selfie camera
Redmi 8A: 8-megapixel selfie camera
Realme C2: 5MP selfie camera
Infinix Hot 8: 8-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture
RAM and storage
Redmi 8A: 2GB of RAM with 32GB of storage option and 3GB of RAM with 32GB of internal storage
Realme C2: 2GB RAM/16GB storage and 3GB RAM/32GB storage
Infinix Hot 8: 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage
Battery
Redmi 8A: 5000mAH battery
Realme C2: 4,000mAh battery
Infinix Hot 8: 5,000mAh battery
Operating system
Redmi 8A: Android 9 Pie along with MIUI 10 skinned on top
Realme C2: Android 9 Pie skinned with ColorOS 6.0
Infinix Hot 8: Android 9.0 Pie-based on XOS 5.0
Price
Redmi 8A: Rs 6,499
Realme C2: Rs 5,999
Infinix Hot 8: Rs 7,999(limited period pricing of Rs 6,999 valid till October 31st)
Our Take
We see that Infinix Hot 8 takes on both Redmi 8A and Realme C2 in terms of specifications. But if we also consider the pricing which is the most important aspect we think that Realme C2 comes with cheaper pricing as well as good specifications. But is you are not afraid to spend Rs 500 more, then we would recommend you to go for the Infinix Hot 8.
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