Xiaomi has officially announced that the company is holding a one-day sale for the Xiaomi Mi3 in the country on January 26, 2015. The Mi3 was originally launched in the country back in July 2014, and was temporarily discontinued in August. The smartphone was again made available for purchase during Diwali. This is the final sale of Mi3 in India, as the company is reported to launch the Mi4 early next week.
As always, interested customers need to register for the sale. Xiaomi has not revealed the number of units available for sale tomorrow, but has noted that the quantities will be limited and will be based on the first-come-first-serve.
According to Xiaomi, the registration will start at 12 noon on January 26th, and lucky customers will find the smartphone added in their Flipkart cart by 5PM on the same-day. Official instructions from Xiaomi for Mi3 sale:
- Like this post on Facebook and share with 3 or more friends
- Submit your Flipkart registered email address once the registration link is available on 12 noon here.
- Log into www.flipkart.com at 5PM on the same day – if you were fast enough to sign up, you will find the device in your shopping cart.
- Complete the payment on Flipkart.
To remind you, Xiaomi Mi3 comes with a 5.0-inch Full HD IPS display with 441 ppi pixel density, 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974AB) processor, Adreno 330 GPU, 2GB RAM and MIUI V5 based on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The smartphone is 8.1mm thick and weights grams.
Other specifications include an 13MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP front facing camera, 16GB fixed internal storage and 3,050 mAh battery. Connectivity series include 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi-Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and A-GPS.
In related to the news, Xiaomi has also announced that the Redmi Note 4G is available from Flipkart without any flash sales for 3 days, from Jan 24 - Jan 26. The Redmi Note 4G comes with 4G support and is priced at Rs. 9,999.
Specifications-wise, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G comes with a 5.5-inch HD IPS display, 1.6GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, Adreno 306 GPU, 2GB RAM and Android 4.4.2 KitKat. The smartphone comes with single-SIM support, and is 9.45mm thick and weights 199 grams.
Other specifications include an 13MP rear camera with LED flash, 5MP front facing camera, 8GB internal storage with upto 32GB expandable using microSD card and 3,100 mAh battery. Connectivity series include 4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and A-GPS + GLONASS.