The new Redmi phone starts at Rs. 20,999 and will go on sale from October 7 through Amazon and Xiaomi’s online store.
Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has launched the Redmi 17C 5G in India. The new budget smartphone was launched on Thursday as the second model in the company’s latest lineup.
The Redmi 17C 5G joins the recently unveiled Redmi 17 5G. The new handset will be available in Coffee Brew, Dark Night, and Purple Dawn colour options.
The phone has a 6.9-inch HD+ LCD display with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset and packs a 6,000mAh battery.
Redmi 17C 5G price in India and sale date
The Redmi 17C 5G starts at Rs. 20,999 in India. This price is for the version with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The 6GB RAM and 128GB storage model costs Rs. 22,999. The phone will go on sale in India from October 7 through Amazon and the Xiaomi online store.
The smartphone is available in three colour options. These are Coffee Brew, Dark Night, and Purple Dawn.
Redmi 17C 5G specifications and features
The Redmi 17C 5G is a dual-SIM smartphone. It runs HyperOS 3, which is based on Android 16.
The phone has a 6.9-inch HD+ display with a resolution of 720 x 1,600 pixels. The LCD panel supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz and brightness of up to 810 nits in HBM.
The display also supports a touch sampling rate of up to 240Hz. It can show 16.7 million colours and covers 83 percent of the NTSC colour range.
The handset has TÜV Rheinland certifications for Low Blue Light, Circadian Friendly, and Flicker Free features. It also has an IP64 rating for dust and splash resistance.
Under the hood, the Redmi 17C 5G uses the octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset. The processor can reach a peak clock speed of up to 2.4GHz.
The phone comes with a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU and up to 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM. It offers 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage.
Users can expand the RAM virtually by up to 6GB. Storage can also be expanded by up to 1TB with a microSD card.
The phone has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for device security. It also supports 5G and 4G LTE networks.
Camera and battery details
The Redmi 17C 5G has a single 50-megapixel rear camera. The main camera has an f/1.8 aperture and can record video at up to 1080p at 30 frames per second.
For selfies and video calls, the phone has an 8-megapixel front camera. It has an f/2.0 aperture.
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Camera features include HDR, Soft-light Ring, Portrait, Time-lapse, and Night modes. The rear camera setup uses a single camera sensor.
The smartphone packs a 6,000mAh battery. It supports 33W wired fast charging.
Connectivity and other features
The Redmi 17C 5G supports dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.4. It also has a USB Type-C port for charging and data transfer.
For navigation, the phone supports GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou. The sensor list includes an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, and an e-compass.
The Redmi 17C 5G measures 171.56 x 79.47 x 7.99mm. It weighs about 211 grams.
The Redmi 17C 5G is set to go on sale in India from October 7 through its listed online sales channels. Its key specifications include a 120Hz display, MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset, 50-megapixel rear camera, and 6,000mAh battery.
