After
the success of its Mi 3, Xiaomi is all set to bring yet another
uber-affordable smartphone with awesome specs in India. The Redmi will
be up for grabs on September 2, following the ‘Xiaomi Tuesdays’ trend.
The company, known to reveal information via its social channels, now
reveals that 40,000 units of the device will go on sale on September 2.
It is almost four times the number of Mi 3 units put up for sale in the first batch.
It
should be noted that Redmi 1s is a budget phone priced at Rs 5,999, and
the company is betting big on its success. Looking at its specs and the
price point, we wouldn’t be surprised if the company manages to achieve
yet another record sale in seconds.
Following the similar
annoying strategy seen during Mi3 flash sale, users will have to
register to participate in the sale. Registration doesn’t guarantee a
unit and it only means you are eligible to buy one. The company claims
to have already received over 1,00,000 registrations, but the window is
still open. No wonder, the company is accused of creating more demand
than it can supply.
In
July, Xiaomi had announced that the Redmi 1s will be sold at Rs 6,999
for the Indian market. However, the price has been dropped to 5,999 to
further intensify the competition in the budget mobile segment in
India. Despite the affordable price tag, the Redmi 1s comes with
high-end specifications such a jaw-dropping quad-core 1.6GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon 400 MSM8228 processor, 1GB RAM and an Adreno 305 GPU.
The
Redmi 1S sports a 4.7-inch 720p IPS display. It comes with 16GB of
onboard storage and a microSD card slot that further expands it up to
64GB. It is fuelled by a 2000mAh battery and runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
with Xiaomi’s MIUI layer on top. There’s an 8MP rear shooter and a
1.6MP front camera.
Compared
to smartphones in the similar price range, the Redmi 1S sports a larger
and sharper 312 ppi display, thanks to the HD resolution. In terms of
processing speed, it should offer a tad better performance than the Moto
E and Asus Zenfone 4. Take a look at how it stacks up against the Moto E and Zenfone 4.
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