New Redmi phone India launch teased, tipped to be Redmi 14C 5G | Tech Tips

Redmi has teased the launch of a new smartphone in India via a teaser image on X. This will be a global debut in the country. The official tweet from the brand reads, “Kick off the New Year with a bang” and the poster image says ‘2025G’, which suggests the launch could be around early 2025. While Redmi has not revealed the marketing name yet, leaks have tipped its identity. Read on.

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• The teaser poster shared by the brand has the phone’s silhouette, which shows what looks like a large circular module to house the camera sensors.

Kick off the New Year with a bang! #2025G is coming your way.

Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/ieL3J7qzgk

— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) December 23, 2024

• The ‘2025G’ hashtag serves as a hint that the phone will have 5G network support.
• As for the identity, tipster Paras Guglani claims the phone in question to be Redmi 14C 5G.
• This will arrive as a successor to the Redmi 13C, which debuted in India in December 2023. The Redmi 14C 4G debuted globally this year in September.
• The company is expected to reveal the exact launch date in the next few days.

Redmi 14C 5G Indian model was recently spotted on Geekbench with the model number 2411DRN47I. The listing revealed the phone scored 917 in the single-core round and 2,182 in the multi-core segment. It is likely to boot Android 14 OS out of the box and pack 8GB RAM. The phone could be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen chipset.

The same model number was also spotted on the IMEI database and the HyperOS source code. There are reports suggesting the Redmi 14C could be a rebrand of the Redmi 14R, which debuted in China in September and also uses the same Snapdragon SoC on board.

Redmi 14R specifications

Considering the Redmi 14C 5G is indeed a rebrand of the Redmi 14R, the hardware could be identical. Here’s a recall of the Redmi 14R specifications.

• Display: The Redmi 14R sports a 6.88-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 1640 x 720p pixels resolution and up to 600 nits in high brightness mode.
• Cameras: There is a 13MP primary camera on the back and a 5MP shooter on the front for selfies.
• Battery: The Redmi phone could house a 5,160mAh battery with 18W wired fast charging support.
• OS: The phone boots Android 14-based HyperOS custom skin.
• Processor: The Redmi 14R is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset with Adreno GPU for graphics.

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