Xiaomi's 2014 flagship smartphone, the
Mi 4, has received its first price cut in
India, making the smartphone Rs. 2,000
cheaper than its launch price.
The Xiaomi Mi 4 (16GB) will be available
at a price of Rs. 17,999, down from
previous price tag of Rs. 19,999, while
the 64GB model will retail at Rs. 21,999,
down from previous price tag of Rs.
23,999. The new prices will be effective
starting Thursday noon and will be
available at Flipkart alongside The
Mobile Store.
Xiaomi India Head, Manu Kumar Jain
confirmed the news via Twitter and said,
"Mi4PriceDrop - Great news! Starting
today 12 noon, we're dropping the price
of Mi 4: 16GB will now go for Rs 17,999,
n 64GB for Rs 21,999."
In another tweet, Jain also revealed that
this is a permanent price cut for the
Xiaomi Mi 4. He also confirmed that the
Mi 4 will soon be available at its new
prices via Snapdeal and Amazon India.
(Also see : Xiaomi Mi 4 vs. OnePlus One )
The Chinese handset company earlier thi
month announced two new partnerships
in India , which ended the exclusive
partnership with Flipkart since it
launched in July 2014, but now, the Mi
phones will be available on Snapdeal
and Amazon apart from Flipkart. The ne
price cut also brings the price of Mi 4
64GB down to the price of the '2014
flagship killer' OnePlus One 64GB variant
The Mi 4 16GB variant is now also Rs.
1,000 cheaper than the 16GB variant of
the OnePlus One, which still retails for Rs
18,999. Alongside the announcements o
the new retail partnerships, the company
had announced special discounts and
bundled offers for its devices in India for
the Mi Fan Festival on April 1 - the same
Rs. 2,000 discount for the Mi 4
smartphones was provided as this week'
announced price cut.
It's worth noting that the price cut come
just a week away from the company's
global event on April 23, which is likely t
see the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 4i , a ne
variant of the Mi 4 handset. It also wort
nothing that the company announced a
similar price in China earlier this month,
but only for the 16GB variant.
To recall, the Xiaomi Mi 4 (Review |
Pictures ) runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with
the company's MIUI 6 skin on top. It is
powered by a quad-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at
2.5GHz alongside 3GB of RAM. The Mi 4
sports the same 5-inch full-HD display
(1080x1920 pixels) found on the Mi 3;
although this time the company has use
a JDI OGS full lamination display. There
is a 13-megapixel rear camera and an 8
megapixel front-facing camera on the
Xiaomi Mi 4, with both sporting Sony's
stacked CMOS sensors. The smartphone
is backed by a 3080mAh Li-ion battery.
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