Xiaomi debuted in Indian market earlier this month. The Xiaomi Mi3 first went on sale in India on 22 July, at that time the device went out of stock in 40 minutes. After that second lot of sale began earlier today and surprisingly it went out of stock in just 5 seconds!!
Xiaomi confirmed the news through its social media accounts:
Thank you, Mi fans! Our Mi 3 was out of stock in just 5 seconds on @Flipkart today! pic.twitter.com/KkohiuWIDX
— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) July 29, 2014
While, Xiaomi has not announced that how many units of Mi3 were fot sale. But whatever may be the case, Inventory going out of stock in 5 seconds sounds fishy to me. All this indicates that all this is a marketing strategy from Xiaomi.
First of all Xiaomi should fill its inventory with lots of stock and then it should begin the sale. Well we can just suggest, the final decision comes from Xiaomi team only.
Xiaomi has now started taking per-registrations for the sale which will begin on 5 August. The device is now up for Registration on Flipkart for next lot of sale which will begin from 5 August.
Xiaomi Mi3 features a 5 inch Full HD IPS Display with 1920×1080 pixel resolution which has pixel density of 441ppi. It runs on 2.3 GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 8274AB Processor with 2GB RAM. For graphics it has Adreno 330 GPU cloaked at 600MHz.
Xiaomi Mi3 comes with 13 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash. It also has 2 megapixel front camera. It has 16 GB internal memory which cannot be expanded.
Xiaomi Mi3 has connectivity options like 3G, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS/AGPS, GLONASS, NFC, Wi-Fi Direct WLAN, Bluetooth, USB OTG and Micro-USB. It has 3,050 mAh Battery.
Xiaomi Mi3 runs on Android 4.4.2 optimized with MIUI version 5.
Key Specifications:
- 5 inch FHD IPS screen
- 2.3 GHz quad core processor
- 2 GB RAM
- Adreno 330 GPU
- 13 Megapixel rear camera with dual LED Flash
- 2 Megapixel front camera
- 3,050 mAh battery
- 16 GB Internal Memory, cannot be expanded
- Android 4.4.2 with a layer of MIUI version 5
Xiaomi Mi3 comes in multiple colors like white, blue, pink, yellow and black. It is priced at Rs. 13,999 only. You can pre register for the smartphone on Flipkart. The device will go on sale from 5 August. Xiaomi RedMi series will also go on sale in India from August, though exact date is still unknown. Xiaomi RedMi 1S is launched for Rs. 6,999 while RedMi Note is launched for Rs. 9,999.
