New Delhi: The cheapest smartphone from Xiaomi - the Redmi 1S - will go on sale in India starting today. Flipkart's first flash sale for the phone starts today from 2 PM. Priced at Rs 5,999, the phone will be available exclusively via Flipkart.
The Redmi 1S will be available only to those who have registered by midnight on September 1.
The Redmi 1S is the first phone of Xiaomi's Redmi family made available in India. The dual-SIM Redmi 1S features a 4.7-inch display, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory (expandable upto 64 GB), 8MP rear camera and 1.6MP front camera.
This is the second smartphone from Xiaomi to go on sale in India after it debuted with the Mi 3 in the country in July. The Mi 3, however, has received rave reviews from both the enthusiasts and reviewers, but customer complaints about faulty units and poor service have somwehat dampened the excitement.
Xiaomi is estimated to have sold 90,000 units of Mi3 smartphone, which was launched in the country for Rs 13,999. So far, the company has conducted six rounds of sale with about 10,000-20,000 units being offered each time. Reports say that Xiaomi and Flipkart have for now paused Mi 3 sales in India.
Touted as the 'Apple of China', Xiaomi is one of the latest entrants in the multi-billion Indian smartphone market, following other Chinese firms like Oppo and Gionee.
India is the fastest growing smartphone market globally with research firms like IDC pegging the growth here in double and triple digits.
According to IDC data, the smartphone market in India grew 84 per cent in the April-June 2014 quarter to to 18.42 million units from 10.02 million units in the year-ago period.
Samsung dominated the market with with 29 per cent share, followed by Micromax 18 per cent, Karbonn 8 per cent and Lava six per cent in Q2 2014.
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