Earlier this month, we heard that China-based Xiaomi is about to commemorate its 5th birthday (which happens to be today, by the way) with a new device announcement, and it turns out that this is indeed the case. The so-called “Apple of China” just lifted the veil off of its newest device, the Redmi 2A, a toned-down variation of the recently-announced Redmi 2, which proudly joins the ranks of the affordable members of Xiaomi’s entry-level range with its ultra-low starting price of 599 yuan (which is roughly $96).

Well, we shouldn’t expect stellar hardware or any unique features for this price. Honestly, the price tag itself is a pretty notable aspect of the phone. In particular, the device is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Leadcore L1860C chipset, paired with 1GB of RAM, while a Mali T628MP2 GPU takes care of graphics.

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