How to book Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphone in India

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Thursday released its much-awaited flagship device Mi 5 at Rs 24,999 to maintain its dominance in the world`s largest market with budget devices.

Mi5 will be available in black, gold and white colours from 11 a.m. on April 6 exclusively on Mi.com.

Here's what you need to do to book Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphone

You will have to go to Xiaomi's India website: http://www.mi.com/in/events/mifans2016/

Thereafter you will have a learn more option.

Once you click that, you will be taken to another page.

On top of the page, you will see a "Notify me" option.

Click that option and you will be lead to a sign-in/sign-up page

If you already have an account, you can punch in your details. Or else you will have to sign-up for creating your Mi account.

Currently, the Xiaomi Mi 5 is out of stock.

So you will be directed to a Notify me page which will ask for your email and your phone number. Fill in the details, so that you can be alerted whenever the stock is replenished.

Xiaomi Mi 5 comes with a 5.15-inch ultra-thin bezel-less 16 LED display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels at a PPI of 428 pixels-per-inch.

The phone has a 3D-curved glass body is made of Gorilla Glass 4 that makes the phone slimmer and gives the best "hand feel". The front fingerprint scanner unlocks the phone in a blink.

The 129-gram Mi 5, which is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, remains true to the brand`s pricing strategy with 3GB RAM and 32GB onboard memory.