After a couple of months of delaying the launch, Xiaomi finally announced the Redmi Note for the Indian market earlier today. The phablet was previously announced for 9,999 INR (U$160), but in typical Xiaomi fashion, the price was taken down to just 8,999 INR or US$145.
Interestingly, not one, but two variants of the device were launched. In China, the phablet sells in 1.4GHz octa-core and 1.7GHz octa-core versions (besides the 4G variant); but for the Indian market, Xiaomi gave the slower 1.4GHz octa-core a miss, and announced the 4G LTE version along with the 1.7GHz octa-core variant.
So as it stands, the Redmi Note will sell in 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6592 octa-core and 1.6GHz Snapdragon 400 quad-core versions, with the latter having support for 4G LTE networks. The 3G-only MediaTek version will sell for an entry-level 8,999 INR (US$145), while the 4G LTE Snapdragon version will go for 9,999 INR, a 1,000 bucks over the base price, which is not bad at all.
Mi India’s Manu Kumar Jain and Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra
The Redmi Note also happens to be Xiaomi’s first ever phablet. It comes with a 5.5-inch 1280 x 720p display, 2GB of RAM, a 13 mega-pixel rear shooter, a 5 mega-pixel front snapper and a 3100mAh battery. A downside to the cheaper MediaTek version is the fact that it will only come with Android Jelly Bean pre-installed, while the Snapdragon variant will flaunt KitKat right out of the box.
The Redmi Note will be available for purchase starting 2nd December, which means that the Redmi 1S will go on sale for the last time in India tomorrow, i.e., on the 25th of November. Also, the 4G version of the Redmi Note will interestingly not be a Flipkart exclusive. It will be available via Airtel offline stores in the country, which will be a first for Xiaomi. Buyers can also expect some friendly treatment from Airtel in the form of discounted 4G LTE data deals, although there’s no official word on this yet.
Note: The press image posted on top contains an error, the MediaTek version (left) in fact has an octa-core processor.
Funny picture above! 😉
I hope for some nice words about Redmi Note 2 in the next time.
No words for Note 2. I finally think that it will arrive next year.
BREAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I thought this site was about new chinese android devices, not what tat is now being sold in India.
Seriously, this is not news. This is complete bollocks most of the English speaking world does not care about.
Save all these non-stories for gizchina.in
It’s a site about Chinese devices and brands in general. If a Chinese phone is available in a different country, it’s still news about the brand and it’s device.
Not when every other story is about available now in India.
Interesting news for Indians to be sure but it is just page filler. It is an article for the sake of an article. Imagine we had the same article for EVERY (already announced) device released in EVERY country. It would be relentless garbage.
lol
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