The Redmi 4 is the second highest selling smartphone for Xiaomi in India.
Xiaomi will be putting the Redmi 4 on sale today. The devices will be available at 12:00PM via Amazon India and Xiaomi’s official website mi.com. Among its current portfolio, the Redmi Note 4 is the fastest selling smartphone, followed by the Redmi 4, according to Counterpoint report. In addition, Redmi 4 managed to sell a record 250,000 devices in eight minutes earlier this year.
Xiaomi Redmi 4 is the successor to last year’s Redmi 3s. Buyers will be able to choose from three variants, priced at Rs 6,999, Rs 8,999 and Rs 10,999. While all three variants are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 435 SoC, the difference is in the RAM and internal storage. The base variant comes with 2GB of RAM, and 16GB internal storage. The mid variant comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage, and the top-end variant comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage.
As a part of today’s sale, Xiaomi will be offering free subscription to Hungama Music and Hungama Play for 12 and three months respectively. The Mi Case will be available for Rs 349, while the Mi headphones will be available for Rs 599, just like in the previous sale. Amazon India also suggests that 50 lucky winners will get 100 percent cashback on buying the Redmi 4 via net banking or credit/debit card. The e-commerce site also mentions that after you add the Redmi 4 to your cart, customers will just have 15 minutes to complete the payment process.
Xiaomi recently announced that the Redmi 4 will also be available to purchase via offline channels in India. However, Xiaomi has increased the price of the smartphone by Rs 500, and the revised prices stand at Rs 7,499 and Rs 9,499 for the 16GB storage and 32GB storage variants respectively. ALSO READ: YU Yureka Black to Xiaomi Redmi 4: Top 10 budget Android smartphones with a fingerprint sensor
Xiaomi Redmi 4 specifications, features
The smartphone comes with a 5-inch HD (720p) IPS display. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 435 octa-core SoC under the hood. Keeping the smartphone ticking is a 4,100mAh battery. On the camera front, the smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase detection auto-focus (PDAF) support. Up front, there is a 5-megapixel selfie camera. ALOS READ: Xiaomi sells a record 1 million Redmi 4 smartphone units in 30 days, says Manu Kumar Jain
The smartphone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box wrapped under MIUI 8. On the connectivity front, the smartphone comes with options like dual-SIM card slots, 4G with VoLTE support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.