Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone
maker rolled out its first smartphone for India this year, today. The device
comes in two storage variants and at different prices. The base model of 2GB
RAM and 32GB internal storage has been priced at Rs 9,999 and the premium model
with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage will come at a price of Rs 12,999. The smartphone
will be on sale as Flipkart exclusive from January 23 from 12 pm. It
can also be availed at the company’s website, Mi.com. Xiaomi has introduced a
new colour variant, that is matte black, apart from the earlier gold and grey
colour devices. There is no need for a pre-registration to buy this device. Earlier
Xiaomi had put out teasers on Twitter a few days before, which confirmed that
it will be announcing the Redmi Note 4 for India. The smartphone will be
released by Hugo Barra, the company’s global vice president.
Xiaomi stays true to its bigger
battery promise, as the new device comes with a huge 4100 mAh battery, which
according to the company is 25 percent better than the Redmi Note 3. The
smartphone packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, which uses the new 14nm FinFET
technology.
Xiaomi had earlier, sent out
invites for an event, which was held in New Delhi, today. The Chinese tech
giant had also conducted an explorer contest with users and had given them the
Redmi phone to test before it is finally launched in India. In 2016, the last
smartphone by Xiaomi called the Redmi Note 3, became highly popular in India
and also became the highest selling smartphone. Xiaomi had also reportedly
crossed a revenue of $1 billion and was ranked as number 3 smartphone vendor in
the country. The hugely anticipated Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 device was unveiled in
China in 2016 and it came in two storage variants, the 2GB RAM and 16GB inbuilt
storage model, and the 3GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt storage version.
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The prices of the handsets were
quoted at 899 yuan (Rs 9,000 approx) and 1199 yuan (Rs 12,000 approx)
respectively. The smartphone comes in Gold, Silver and Grey colours. Apart from
the metal build of the handset, the novel feature that the Redmi Note 4 has is
that it supports USB Type-C port. It is Xiaomi’s first smartphone to have the
new reversible slot. The new smartphone runs Xiaomi’s latest MIUI 8 based on
Android 6.0 Marshmallow and is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio X20
coupled with Mali-T880 MP4 GPU, which is expected to improve performance and
reduce battery consumption. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 has a display of 5.5-inch
full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) with 2.5D curved glass and 401ppi pixel density.
Both the variants of the storage capacity of 2GB and 3GB RAM models can have
expandable storage via microSD card (maximum of 128GB).
Redmi Note 4 contains a hybrid
type of SIM slot which lets users the options of going with a combination of
either dual-SIM cards or one Micro-SIM and one microSD card. With the feature
of PDAF (phase detection autofocus), the phone has a 13-megapixel rear camera
and the option of f/2.0 aperture. It can record 1080p videos at 30fps. The
front camera of 5-megapixels, which according to Xiaomi, can click wide angle
shots extended to 85-degrees. Note 4 comes with fingerprint scanner placed on
the back panel right below the primary camera. It also has a dual-tone LED
flash. Interestingly there is also an infrared sensor in the Redmi Note 4. Usual
connectivity options are already present, like GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, 4G with VoLTE,
Bluetooth, GPS, and GLONASS. Note 4 dimensions are 151x76x8.35mm with a weight
of 175 gms.
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