Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 to be available today via open sale on Flipkart

Xiaomi's highly anticipated budget smartphone, the Redmi Note 4 was announced in India last week. Unlike the Chinese version, the Indian version gets a new Snapdragon chipset along with few other changes over the Redmi Note 3. The handset will be available for purchase starting today exclusively on online shopping portal Flipkart. It is an open sale starting at 12pm. The handset is being offered in three variants which include 2GB RAM+16GB variant, priced at Rs 9,999, 3GB+32GB for Rs 10,999 and 4GB+64GB for Rs 12,999.Of course the 4GB RAM variant is an obvious choice, but offering three variants is a good strategy. As for the features the handset comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor clocked at 2GHz with a 14nm manufacturing process which also features an Adreno 506 GPU. The smartphone offers an option to expand the memory using a microSD card of up to 256GB using the hybrid SIM card tray.Other features include a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display with a 3.5D curved protective glass on top, a 13MP f/2.0 CMOS sensor on the back with a 5-piece, 77 degree wide-angle lens along with Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF) and a dual tone LED flash. On the front is a 5MP CMOS sensor with an f/2.0 aperture. As for the connectivity options it supports 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi , Bluetooth v4.1, GPS, GLONASS, micro-USB 2.0 with OTG and an infrared sensor. There’s also a fingerprint reader on the back and a 4,100mAh battery. The smartphone runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with MIUI 8 on top.The smartphone will be offered with gold, silver and gray colour options while a special black matte colour option will be made available next month.