07/12/2014
NDTV Correspondent, 6 December 2014
Xiaomi has announced that the popular Redmi 1S
budget smartphone will go on sale on Monday via
Flipkart without registration 'while stocks last'.
The company has not announced exactly when
the sale will begin.
The December 8 sale of the Xiaomi Redmi 1S was
announced by the firm on its page and
Twitter handle, with the image captioned 'Open
for all. No registration. While stocks last.'
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The previous time the Redmi 1S went on sale was
on November 25, but Xiaomi did not reveal how
many units had gone on sale, and it was widely
held as the last flash sale for the popular Rs.
5,999 smartphone.
Xiaomi, also known as China's Apple, had in the
same week launched its new budget offering in
the market, the Xiaomi Redmi Note phablet, and
had successfully conducted the first flash sale on
Flipkart on December 2, seeing 50,000 units go
'out of stock' in 6 seconds.
The week before that, Xiaomi had put up 65,000
units of the Redmi 1S for sale on Flipkart. The
company however did not detail how fast these
units were snapped up. The dual-SIM Xiaomi
Redmi 1S features a 4.7-inch 720x1280 pixel IPS-
LCD display; Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI v5;
1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC
(MSM8228); Adreno 305 GPU; 1GB of RAM; 8GB
of built-in storage; expandable via microSD card
(up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera
with flash; 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera,
and 2000mAh battery.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note is the company's new
cash crop in India until the higher-end Mi 4
flagship finally rolls out in the country. The
company launched two models in India, with a
single-SIM 4G LTE variant priced at Rs. 9,999,
and running Android 4.4.2 KitKat on a quad-core
1.6GHz Snapdragon 400 CPU and 3GB of RAM.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G - becoming available
via flash sales and Airtel stores in the second half
of December.
The regular dual-SIM Xiaomi Redmi Note 3G is
priced at Rs. 8,999 and runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly
Bean on a 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MTK6592
SoC, coupled with 2GB of RAM. Both variants
bear a 5.5-inch 720x1280-pixel IPS LCD screen,
and feature a 13-megapixel rear autofocus
camera with LED flash, as well as a 5-megapixel
front-facing camera. They come with 8GB of
built-in storage with expansion via microSD card
(up to 32GB).
Common connectivity options on the Redmi Note
variants include GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/
g/n with Wi-Fi Direct and hotspot functionality,
Bluetooth 4.0, a Micro-USB port with OTG
support, and A-GPS. They are powered by a
3,100mAh battery.
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