The head of Xiaomi India, Manu Jain, has tweeted to say that the Xiaomi Mi5 and Redmi Note 3
will be available in India (without registration) on June 1 from 10 AM
local time. The Xiaomi Mi 5 will be available on mi.com but the Redmi
Note 3 will be available on mi.com and Amazon India. The
surge strategy of flash sales has obviously worked a treat though, with
Xiaomi recently reporting it has sold over 600,000 Redmi Note 3 units
in India. Even though June 1 marks the start of open sales of both
devices, Xiaomi has noted the sale is “only while stocks last”, so there
may still be some waits if you’re not quick (remember there were open
sales last month too, but those stocks sold out in minutes). The Xiaomi Mi5 Pro
was launched in late-March, and is priced at Rs. 24,999. To recap on
the specs, the Mi 5 runs on Android Lollipop with MIUI 7 on top. The
dual-SIM smartphone features a 5.15-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) with
curved 3D Ceramic glass, and a pixel density of 428ppi. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro
on the other hand was launched in India in March with a special
Snapdragon 650 variant. The Redmi Note 3 is available in two RAM and
storage versions - one including 2GB of RAM and 16GB of inbuilt storage,
and other 3GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage. The 2GB variant is
priced at Rs. 9,999, while the 3GB variant is priced at Rs. 11,999. Which do you think is the better buy? Have you owned a Xiaomi mobile in the past? Source: Xiaomi Device
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