Xiaomi's budget Redmi Pro phone has dual camera, 10-core processor

Remember when budget phones had middling specs? It makes sense: To keep the price low, the manufacturer had to include a cheaper part or three. But nowadays, those cheap parts might mean a tiny performance hit, and — due to the heated race in China to offer a great phone at a low price — in some areas they're actually technologically ahead of the more expensive versions. 

Case in point: Xiaomi's new Redmi Pro smartphone. It's a 5.5-inch phone with a metal body, a full HD OLED display, a 10-core MediaTek Helio X20/X25 processor, a fingerprint sensor, and a 4,050mAh battery. It also has a dual camera on the back — a 13-megapixel sensor coupled with a 5-megapixel one for additional depth information, and can be configured to have 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.  Read more...