Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 to be available today via open sale on Flipkart

Xiaomi’s highly anticipated budget smartphone, the Redmi Note 4 was announced in India last week. Unlike the Chinese version, the Indian version gets a new Snapdragon chipset along with few other changes over the Redmi Note 3 . The handset will be available for purchase starting today exclusively on online shopping portal Flipkart . It is an open sale starting at 12pm. The handset is being offered in three variants which include 2GB RAM+16GB variant, priced at Rs 9,999, 3GB+32GB for Rs 10,999 and 4GB+64GB for Rs 12,999.

Of course the 4GB RAM variant is an obvious choice, but offering three variants is a good strategy. As for the features the handset comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor clocked at 2GHz with a 14nm manufacturing process which also features an Adreno 506 GPU. The smartphone offers an option to expand the memory using a microSD card of up to 256GB using the hybrid SIM card tray.

Other features include a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display with a 3.5D curved protective glass on top, a 13MP f/2.0 CMOS sensor on the back with a 5-piece, 77 degree wide-angle lens along with Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF) and a dual tone LED flash. On the front is a 5MP CMOS sensor with an f/2.0 aperture. As for the connectivity options it supports 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi , Bluetooth v4.1, GPS, GLONASS, micro-USB 2.0 with OTG and an infrared sensor. There’s also a fingerprint reader on the back and a 4,100mAh battery. The smartphone runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with MIUI 8 on top.

The smartphone will be offered with gold, silver and gray colour options while a special black matte colour option will be made available next month.