In conjunction with Xiaomi's 8th birthday, there will be a Mi Fan Festival hosted by Xiaomi where you can get freebies and discounts on your purchases. The festival, as well as their juicy discounts, are available at the official Mi Store on Lazada and in all participating Mi Stores in Malaysia.

Xiaomi or Mi Malaysia have officially announced that the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage versions of their Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus are now available in Malaysia from RM679 and RM749. Available from 7 February 2018 at all 3 Mi stores, participating Mi Zones and their official Mi store on Lazada, the smartphones both sport fullview 18:9 aspect ratio displays and will come in black, blue and gold.

As promised, the Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus have been revealed in Beijing, China. We got all the official full specifications, features and price tags thanks to the China sources online to witness it first hand. Without further ado, check out the details below!

Although the Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus aren't released yet, Donovan Sung, the Director of Product Management from Xiaomi has released the official image render of the phones online from his Twitter account. The phones do look good sporting full front displays with four colours of black, blue, gold and rose gold.

According to sources, it is confirmed that Xiaomi will be releasing two new smartphones on 7 December 2017 and most probably in their home-based, China. The two smartphones are to be called the Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus and apparently, popular pop band SNH48 will be introducing the models as seen in the cover image above.