Xiaomi Mi 5, Redmi Note 3 flash sale begins

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The flash sale of Xiaomi's two hot selling smartphones –Mi 5 and the Redmi Note 3 has just begun.

Xiaomi lovers can buy the smartphones on Amazon.com or Mi.xom.

The Xiaomi Mi 5 will be up for sale in black, gold and white colours.

The company through its official twitter page said:

Shaky hands? Not a problem with #Mi5's 4-axis OIS camera. Remember to register for tomorrow- https://t.co/E3lKW1F4Zz pic.twitter.com/f5cOxHTjDK

— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) April 12, 2016

The smartphone 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 company further tweeted:

https://t.co/2WHnjNmDlP - Mi 5's 5.15" display has 16 ultra-bright+power-efficient LEDs = rich, vibrant experience! pic.twitter.com/FIiq1Fb2R6

— Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) April 11, 2016

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.

Apart from the latest Adreno 530 GPU for ultimate gaming experience, it has a Kryo quadcore CPU with two of them clocked at 1.8 Ghz and the remaining two at 1.4 Ghz.

The smartphone wears 16-megapixel flat rear camera with dual tone flash, 6P lens, quick focus and 4-axis optical image stabilisation (OIS) and is assisted by a 2-micron pixel 4-megapixel secondary camera for selfies.

While the Redmi Note 3 features Qualcomm's Snapdragon 650 chipset and will come in two variants - 16 GB (with 2 GB of RAM) variant which has been priced at Rs 9,999 and 32 GB (with 3 GB of RAM) variant which has been priced at Rs 11,999.

The Redmi Note 3 is a 4G dual SIM handset which comes with a 5.5-inch display and runs Android-based OS MIUI 7. It also has a fingerprint sensor.

It also has a 4,050 mAh battery and measures just 8.65 mm at its thickest point. It also has a reading mode to help prevent eye fatigue.

Armed with a 16 megapixel rear camera and 5 MP front camera, users can click selfies with the rear camera using the fingerprint sensor to shoot the image.