At the much awaited launch event, Xiaomi today launched its flahgship phone Mi3 along with Redmi 1S and Redmi Note as expected priced at 14,999 INR, 6999 INR and 9999 INR . Xiaomi also showcased Mi Pad and Mi Tv in India, which will perhaps arrive later. You can prebook starting today on flipkart, Availability starts on 22 July 2014.
The well known Xiaomi Mi3 brings 2.3 GHz Quad Core Snapdragon 800 beast to a very affordable price range. The chipset includes Adreno 330 GPU, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage to give you great user experience. Storage is however not expandable.
The 5 Inch Full HD display will be a window to Xiaomi’s home brewed and weekly updated MIUI ROM which is feature rich and quite smooth. It is based on Android 4.4 Kitkat, and not Android 4.2 Jelly bean as previously stated. Imaging hardware is also top notch with 13 MP rear f/2.2 sensor and a 2 MP front shooter, both capable of full HD video recording. All hardware is powered by Ample 3050 mAh battery.
Xiaomi Redmi 1s on the other hand comes with a smaller 4.7 inch HD display and employs a 1.6 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset. Other features include 1 GB RAM, 8 GB onboard storage, MicroSD card slot, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and a 3100 mAh battery.
Xiaomi Mi Pad features a 7.9 Inch IPS LCD display with 1536 x 2486 pixels spread across it, amounting to 324 pixels per inches. The sharp display is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and is fueled by 2.3 GHz Nvidia Tegra K1 quad core processor with Cortex A15 cores and ULP GeForce Kepler GPU. RAM capacity is 2 GB and storage options include 16 GB of native storage backed by up to 128 GB microSD support
Other features include 8 MP rear camera, 5 MP front shooter, Bluetooth 4.0, USB OTG, WiFi and a 6700 mAh battery. The device does not support 3G or SIM card calling.
The Redmi Note comes with a 5.5 Inch HD display powered by 1.7 GHz MediaTek Octa core chipset paired with 1 GB/ 2GB RAM and 8 GB native storage. The storage is expandable by another 32 GB using MicroSD card support. It comes with Android Jelly bean 4.2 on board and a 13 MP/ 5 MP rear-front camera combination, all fueled by a 3200 mAh battery.
As for after sales support, Xiaomi claims around 10 fulfillment centers, 24 x 7 Customer care and 18 Mi homes. Xiaomi Personnel’s from china will train all service center employees.
Key Specs
| Model | Xiaomi Mi3 | Xiaomi Redmi Note | Xiaomi Redmi 1S | Xiaomi Mi Pad |
| Display | 5 Inch, Full HD | 5.5 Inch , HD | 4.7 Inch, HD | 7.9 Inch, 1536 x 2486 |
| Processor | 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 | 1.7/ 1.4 GHz octa core | 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 | 2.3 GHz Nvidia Tegra K1 quad core |
| RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB/ 2 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Internal Storage | 16 GB | 8 GB, Expandable | 8 GB, Expandable | 16 GB/ 64 GB, Expandable |
| OS | Android 4.4 Kitkat with MIUI ROM | Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with MIUI ROM | Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI ROM | Android Based MIUI ROM |
| Camera | 13 MP/ 2 MP | 13 MP/ 5 MP | 8 MP/ 1.3 MP | 16 GB/ 64 GB |
| Battery | 3050 mAh | 3200 mAh | 2000 mAh | 6,700 mAh |
| Price | 14,999 INR | 9,999 INR | 6,999 INR | To be Announced |
