Xiaomi at its Tuesday event in China
revealed new devices on the occasion of
its fifth anniversary, alongside
announcing a price cut for the Mi 4.
The firm's 2014 flagship smartphone, th
Xiaomi Mi 4 will now retail at CNY 1,799
(approximately Rs. 18,000) for the 16GB
variant down from the previous price tag
of CNY 1,999 (approximately Rs. 20,000)
According to GizmoChina , a 'lite' variant
of the Xiaomi Mi 4 with 2GB of RAM
instead of 3GB, will now retail at CNY
1,699 (approximately Rs. 17,000) - a
CNY 100 price cut from the earlier price o
CNY 1,799. Notably, both the Mi 4
variants will be available at reduced
priced starting April 8.
Unfortunately, there is no clarity whether
both the 64GB storage variant will also
receive a similar price cut in China. The
firm has also not detailed when the
reduced prices will be made available in
other countries.
To recall, Xiaomi took the wraps off its
2014 flagship handset in July last year.
It was launched at CNY 1999 while the
64GB model was priced at CNY 2499
(approximately Rs. 24,200).
Currently, Xiaomi India is selling the
16GB Xiaomi Mi 4 at Rs. 19,999, while
the 64GB Mi 4 at Rs. 23,999 in the
country via Flipkart.
For specifications, the Mi 4 (Review |
Pictures ) runs Android 4.4 KitKat with th
company's MIUI 6 skin on top. It feature
a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 80
processor clocked at 2.5GHz; 3GB of
RAM; 5-inch full-HD display (1080x1920
pixels); 13-megapixel rear camera; an 8-
megapixel front-facing camera, and a
3080mAh Li-ion battery.
Xiaomi on Tuesday unveiled a more
affordable variant of the Redmi 2, the
Redmi 2A. The Chinese company
alongside also unveiled the Mi Note (Pin
Edition).
The Xiaomi Redmi 2A has been launched
at CNY 599 (approximately Rs. 6,000)
and will be available at a special price of
CNY 499 (approximately Rs. 5,000) on
April 8 in China. The Xiaomi Mi Note (Pin
Edition), on the other hand, has been
priced at CNY 2,499 (approximately Rs.
25,000), which is slightly more than the
original Mi Note that was launched at
CNY 2,299 (roughly Rs. 23,000) for the
16GB model.
Apart from the new handsets, the Chines
company also launched three other
products - the Mi Smart Scale, Mi Smart
Power Strip, and Mi TV 2 55-inch model.
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