Xiaomi is once again offering a cheap alternative to high-priced flagship smartphones. The low-cost Chinese technology company announced the Redmi 3 smartphone on Monday.

The Xiaomi Redmi 3 will only cost about $105 when it goes on sale in China on Jan. 12, Android Central reports. The highlights of the Redmi 3 are its big 4,100 mAh battery and metal body.

The massive battery will allow extended battery life, and when the juice runs out, the device can be charged quickly with fast-charging capabilities. Xiaomi claims that the big battery will add up to 80 percent more talk time as compared to the Redmi 2.

The metal body on the Redmi 3 also makes it appear more like a premium device than a budget smartphone. The Redmi 2, on the other hand, was made entirely of plastic. To add to the luxury feel, the back of the Redmi 3 sports a diamond pattern.

For such a low price, the Redmi 3 actually has some nice internal specifications. The smartphone will be powered by the eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor and will have 2GB of RAM. The phone comes with 16GB of internal storage, but there is a microSD slot that allows it to be expanded up to 128GB.

The screen on the Redmi 3 is five inches in size and it has a resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels on the HD display. This means it will not be fully 1080p like most smartphones these days, but that likely helped the manufacturer keep the price down.

The main camera on the smartphone is a 13 megapixel (MP) sensor with phase detection autofocus. The autofocus technology helps users lock in on their target in 0.1 seconds. The front-facing camera is 5 MP.

The phone comes with the Mi User Interface (MIUI) out of the box, but it is unknown which version of Android it will run. The smartphone will be available only in China at first, but it is expected to spread to the rest of Asia and emerging markets like Brazil.

The Redmi 3 might eventually make it to the U.S. with a full working version of Android and all of its apps. Most Android phones in China do not come with many Google apps like Google Maps or Gmail.

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