New Delhi: Xiaomi is all set to launch the Redmi Note 3 in India today. According to reports the phablet is set to be priced below Rs 15,000, and is also likely to be exclusively available on Amazon India.
Xiaomi is hosting the launch event at Delhi's Talkatora stadium. The company had also invited its “Mi Fans” and received over 7,000 confirmations. The event will start at 2PM IST, but the live streaming will begin at 1:45PM today.
You can watch the entire event in the video below.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 will feature a 5.5-inch 1080p display with a dedicated Reading mode. The company has launched two variants in China — 16GB variant with 2GB of RAM and 4,000mAh battery, and a 32GB variant with 3GB of RAM and a 4,050mAh battery.
The smartphone comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and Phase Detection Autofocus support and a 5-megapixel selfie camera. In terms of connectivity the device has dual-SIM card slots, 4G LTE support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and GPS. It runs on Android Lollipop-based MIUI 7.
The Redmi Note 3 also has a hybrid SIM card slot, so you can either have two SIM cards or one SIM card and a microSD card. It is also the first Xiaomi device to come with a fingerprint sensor, which the company claims can unlock the phone in 0.3 seconds.