Redmi 10C

The Redmi 10C is an Android-based smartphone as part of the Redmi series, a sub-brand of Xiaomi Inc. The phone was announced on March 21, 2022, and is marketed as a lite version of Redmi 10 being at the same time better in some specifications.

In India, the Redmi 10C was introduced as the Redmi 10 (not to be confused with the global Redmi 10 which is sold in India as Redmi 10 Prime) with a bigger battery. It succeeds the Indian version of the Redmi 9 (Redmi 9C NFC without NFC chip), which was released in August 2020.

Also, exclusively for was released the Redmi 10 Power which has more memory capacity than the Indian Redmi 10 and a different back.

Design
The front of the smartphones is made of Gorilla Glass 3. The back is made of plastic with a wavy texture on the Redmi 10C and Indian Redmi 10 and with a leather-like texture on the Redmi 10 Power.

The design of smartphones is similar to the realme narzo 50A with a camera unit merged with a fingerprint sensor.

On the bottom of the smartphones, there is a USB-C port, a loudspeaker, and a microphone. On the top is a 3.5mm audio jack. On the left, there is a dual SIM tray with microSD slot. On the right, there is the volume rocker and the power button.

The phones were sold in the following color options:

Platform
The smartphones feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G with the Adreno 610, like the Redmi Note 11.

Battery
The smartphones use non-removable batteries with a capacity of 5000 mAh in the Redmi 10C and with a capacity of 6000 mAh in the Indian Redmi 10 and Redmi 10 Power. All models have 18 W fast charging support but in-box charger has a power of 10 W.

Camera
The smartphones have a dual rear camera with a 50 MP, wide camera and a 2 MP,  depth sensor, and a 5 MP,  front camera. The rear and front cameras can record video in 1080p@30 fps.

Display
The phones feature a 6.71-inch IPS LCD display with HD+ (1650 × 720; ~269 ppi) image resolution and a waterdrop notch.

Memory
The Redmi 10C was sold in 3/64, 4/64 or 4/128 GB configurations; the Indian Redmi 10 in 4/64 and 4/128 GB configurations; Redmi 10 Power in 8/128 GB configuration.

All models have LPDDR4X type RAM and UFS 2.2 type storage which could be extended by a microSD up to 1 TB.

Software
The smartphones were released with MIUI 13 custom skin based on Android 11 and later they were updated to MIUI 14 based on Android 13.