Update: Xiaomi Redmi 1S launch in India delayed, listed on Flipkart

Xiaomi has set a new record in the country by launching high-end smartphone for very low costs. After Micromax, which is known to introduce low-cost smartphones in India, Xiaomi seems to topple the smartphone market in India. The recent craze has seen Xiaomi and Flipkart selling a whopping 70,000 Mi 3 smartphones within a month. Another set of 20,000 Mi 3 handsets are expected to be swept off the counter this week.

Xiaomi is now gearing up to launch the Redmi 1S and the handset will be priced at a sweet Rs 6,999. The Redmi 1S sports a 4.7-inch HD IPS display with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset running a quad-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz. A good 1GB of RAM and an internal storage of 8GB has been provided. The dual SIM Redmi 1S will also sport an 8MP primary camera and a 1.6MP front-facing camera.

Expect the Redmi 1S to also give you a good gaming experience, thanks to the onboard Adreno 305 graphics processor. The internal storage can be expanded to 64GB using a micro SD card. The micro USB port can also be used to expand the storage even further buy plugging in a USB pen drive (OTG mode). Lastly, the Redmi 1S will sport the famous Xiaomi MIUI Android operating system based on Android KitKat v4.3. Media reports earlier stated that the Redmi 1S will launch on 26 August, but there was no official confirmation from Flipkart or Xiaomi on the same.

We did have a word with Xiaomi about the launch of the Redmi 1S and got a confirmation that  the smartphone will not launch on 26 August. Xiaomi also mentioned that they are in process of shipping a huge stock of handsets to India and the launch would be somewhere in the first or second week of September. Xiaomi seems to be buying some time in order to have a huge inventory after the results of the Mi 3 handsets in India. 

The Redmi 1S was  spotted on Flipkart for a very brief period with a specification stating that the display will be a full HD. Our inputs from Hugo Barra, VP of Xiaomi, Global, confirms that the Redmi 1S has no Indian variant and will sport an HD display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. Read the entire story here.

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However, Flipkart has made corrections to the Redmi 1S specifications and has listed the handset on the shopping website. The Redmi 1S has been listed on Flipkart. 

Update: Xiaomi reduces price of the Redmi 1S to Rs 5,999