Xiaomi Redmi Y1 and Y1 Lite to go on sale on Amazon at 12 PM today; to come with offers from Idea Cellular

Xiaomi’s selfie-oriented budget smartphone **Redmi Y1** and its variant, **Y1 Lite** is going on sale today. The recently launched smartphone will be available for customers at 12 PM on Amazon India and the company’s e-commerce outlet Mi.com. [caption id=“attachment_4189261” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Redmi Y1. Image: tech2/Rehan Hooda.[/caption] The sale comes bundled with an offer from Idea allowing users up to 280 GB of additional 4G data. The offers also include a free subscription to Hungama Music for a year and Hungama Play for three months. The Redmi Y1 has a 5.5-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage variant is priced at Rs 8,999 and the 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage variant is priced at Rs 10,999 in India. The Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite is priced at Rs 6,999 and comes with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. Both of the variants of Redmi Y1 are powered by a Snapdragon 435 chip clocked up to 1.4 GHz and it also comes with QuickCharge 3.0 option. It has a 3,080 mAh non-removable battery and runs on Android Nougat 7.1.2. Xiaomi is also providing MIUI 9 on this smartphone. The smartphone features a 13 MP rear camera and a 16 MP front-facing camera with flash for taking pictures in low light. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS and an infrared port. Also available is a standard micro USB port for charging and data transfers. Redmi Y1 Lite features a 5.5-inch HD display, 13 MP rear camera and is powered by Snapdragon 425 Soc.