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

Xiaomi had priced the Redmi 1S for Rs 6,999 when they unveiled the product in India. However, they seem to have cut down the price by a whopping Rs 1,000 to finalize the price at Rs 5,999.

The Redmi 1S will be available exclusively on Flipkart and it looks like Flipkart is going to have a flash sale again just as they are having it for the Mi 3. Hope Xiaomi has stocked enough handsets for the Indian fans. Or chat with Hugo Barra, VP Xiaomi Global, stated that they are currently stocking up Redmi handsets for the upcoming sale.

A tweet went out by Xiaomi India announcing that the price for the Redmi 1S will be Rs 5,999 and the handset will go on sale on 2nd September 2014. Registrations for the Redmi 1S will be opened from 6PM on 26 August after the Flash sale of the Mi 3 ends for the day.

However, Flipkart still shows the price of Rs 6,999 with no information about the flash sale, registrations or sale date. We are yet to get official confirmation for the same.

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 Jelly Bean v4.3.