Xiaomi Mi 5, Redmi Note 3 open sale today; no need for registration

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: After witnessing heavy sales on Redmi Note 3 and the flagship Mi 5, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is once again ready with the sale of both these smartphones.

Both the phones are up for grabs in an open sale on Mi.Com at 2 pm on May 4.

The next round of sales will be an open sale which means that you will will not have to register yourself for buying the phones.

The Mi 5 comes with a 5.15-inch ultra-thin bezel-less 16 LED display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels that results to 428 ppi and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor along with 3GB RAM.

It has16MP 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 selfie.

And it comes with a 32GB internal memory.

On the other hand, 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.