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40000 units of Xiaomi Redmi 1S sold in 4.2 seconds: Flipkart fueling the demand of Indian market
TT Correspondent |  |  03 Sep 2014

Xiaomi Redmi 1S is again in the headlines because once again its entire 40,000 unit sold on FlipKart on Tuesday within 4.2 seconds. The Xiaomi Redmi 1S is now becomes the most demanding budget smartphone in the Indian market, the way Xiaomi deliver its smartphone with high end specifications in manageable budget which attracted a lot of Indian masses specially a Indian youth which prefer high end smartphone in manageable budget, which Xiaomi successfully manage for the Indian youth and gain popularity and profit as well, without established their highly well maintained retail stores for sale in Indian market. They prefer online marketing trend of modern era to save their expenses and deliver more and more features in affordable price segment and established their valuable place in the Indian telecom market.

Xiaomi Redmi 1S

Xiaomi Redmi 1S is a dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) device with dual standby. It features a 4.7 inch IPS-LCD display with 720 x 1280 pixel resolution and comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection and a pixel density of roughly 312ppi. It runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI v5 skinned on top. The company has promised an upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat with MIUI v6 by the end of this year.

Xiaomi's Redmi 1S is powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor with 1GB of RAM. It comes with 8GB of built-in storage and up to 32GB of expandable memory via microSD card. The Redmi 1S also features an 8 megapixel rear autofocus camera with flash, alongside a 1.6 megapixel front-facing camera.

For connectivity Redmi 1S comes with 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Direct and hotspot functionality, Micro-USB, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB OTG. It is powered by a 2000 mAh battery, weighs 158 grams, and has dimensions of 137x69x9.9mm.

                                                     

The company has also announced accessories for the Redmi 1S, with screen protectors (matte and clear) priced at Rs. 179, a flip cover at Rs. 559, back cover in colours at Rs. 459, and a silica gel cover at Rs. 359.

Xiaomi Redmi 1S will be available from online retailer FlipKart for Rs. 5,999.

Xiaomi Redmi 1S will definitely give challenge to Indian domestic brands like Micromax, Lava, Karbonn which is known for its low cost value for money with high end features smartphones in the Indian market and not only these it can give tough competition to other brands like Samsung, Sony, Nokia and their entery-level smartphones.

    
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