Redmi S2

[amazingone]

A rugged, tough phone is better than having AI, bokeh etc. lah.

小米 phones seems to be getting more fragile with each passing day ... not good enough for outdoor sports activities like cycling, yachting, hiking, mountaineering yo.

CATERPILLAR phones for you?

Xiaomi phone is not designed for outdoor adventure sport uses, it's more for daily lifestyle uses.

 

[K202020K]

For daily usage also don't seems to be sturdy enough. Drop from one meter height sure die one.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

CATERPILLAR phones for you?

Xiaomi phone is not designed for outdoor adventure sport uses, it's more for daily lifestyle uses.

tbh CAT phone was the 1st thing to comes to my mind as well

but am not sure are they still ard doing this phone or not.

and i think Samsung A series 1 of the models as well.

 

[amazingone]

tbh CAT phone was the 1st thing to comes to my mind as well

but am not sure are they still ard doing this phone or not.

and i think Samsung A series 1 of the models as well.

Courts is selling Caterpillar rugged phones, but it's not cheap..
https://www.courts.com.sg/catalogsearch/result/?q=caterpillar+smartphone

Samsung has a rugged phone called the Galaxy S8 Active, but it's only available in USA.

 

[K202020K]

Motorola and Sony last time have models with IP67, IP68 protection. My older Motorola phone is waterproof, dust-proof & shock-proof designated.

 

[K202020K]

Toshiba also have low end, rugged models.

 

[amazingone]

Take better selfie with the Redmi S2, the selfie phone of Redmi

 

[K202020K]

Android OS should have an option to disable the front camera when it's not in use for privacy protection. Some people apply an opaque sticker on their front camera to deter privacy intrusion. Mark Zuckerberg has got one on his notebook PC's webcam to avoid prying eyes.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

wah xiaomi still going on with their own processor

The Pinecone Surge S2 is rumored to be a 16nm 64-bit octa-core processor, which consists out of four Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.2GHz, and four Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.8GHz.

That chip is rumored to arrive with the Mali G71 MP8 GPU, and it will supports LPDDR4 RAM. The Surge S2 is rumored to be on the same level of performance as the Kirin 960, which was Huawei’s chip for 2016 and most of 2017. Xiaomi did not list an announcement date on a teaser image, so we’re not sure when will the event take place, but we’re guessing it’s coming soon.

same lvl as kirin 960 means could be same lvl as SD 821? or SD 630/636/650?

 

[K202020K]

Hmm, got 2 nano-sim and 1 sd card slot.

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...712.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.69d863e3bZDZ7Y

好料。谢了。
Good stuff. Thanks bro.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Hmm, got 2 nano-sim and 1 sd card slot.

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...712.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.69d863e3bZDZ7Y

Wah not even 10 may and they got the detail specs XD

 

[amazingone]

The Redmi S2 comes with a 5.99" 18:9 fullscreen display

The same gentle-curve design as the Mi 6X, now on the Redmi S2

Aesthetically-designed back

Comes in three colors:
Rose Gold

Champagne Gold

Space Grey

 

[amazingone]

Branded as the selfie phone of Redmi, the Redmi S2 comes with a high-res 16MP front camera, coupled with a big 2μm pixel size for brighter selfie in low-light! It also comes with Auto HDR too, selfies can now be taken under strong backlight too!

16MP high-res front camera, clearer selfie under daylight

16MP with big 2μm pixel size, ensuring more light in low-light selfie with good PQ

Redmi S2 comes with the Selfie-light, with a tone of natural light

With the intelligent AI Beautification, the Redmi S2 automatically enhances your selfie with its algorithm

Taking a selfie with your makeup? The Redmi S2 preserves the original makeup, while enhancing the lip color details and other small facial details

Selfie samples

 

[amazingone]

With such a powerful front camera, the rear camera isn't a slouch! The Redmi S2 comes with a AI dual camera on its rear, with similar specs as to the flagship Mi 6.

12MP + 5MP dual camera setup

Camera samples

 

[amazingone]

The Redmi S2 is powered with a Snapdragon 625 SoC

Comes with a triple-card tray, allowing you to have a microSD card along with two SIM cards! Redmi S2 is 4G+3G dual SIM capable too

Secure your Redmi S2 with AI Facial Unlock

Redmi S2 (China) comes built in with the Xiao AI(小爱同学) AI Assistant

 

[amazingone]

The Redmi S2 retails from RMB 999 onward!

3GB+32GB→ RMB 999
4GB+64GB→ RMB 1299

Available from May 17 onward~

 

[amazingone]

 

[K202020K]

Good job by 小米 team. Especially on the imaging department. The only faults I could pick are :

◎ the double lines on the back is fine with Chinese or eastern culture but don't think it would be favourable accepted elsewhere. Some may find it a turnoff. Why not camouflage them with something more appealing or just hide them using the phone's primary theme colors?

◎ build is not sufficiently rugged for normal day to day usage.

◎ limited color choices. Black and white are must haves. But gold and pink (rose gold) are not.

Maybe the good old Nokia (Lumia) could teach them a thing or two on this very crucial aspect of mobile phone design.

 

[carboy00]

No headphone jack, slowly trickling down to Redmi series as well.

 

[Hailgod]

for 100 yuan more you can have:
Better SOC
Better display
Bigger Battery
oh theres the jack
Better cameras (?)
AC wifi support
Slightly smaller phone

You lose:
100 yuan
Unibody design