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New Delhi: Flipkart has sold 38,000 units of Xiaomi Redmi 1s within seconds of the opening of the sale.
Priced at Rs 5,999, the Redmi 1s is the second smartphone from Xiaomi in India. The decision to put Redmi 1S handsets on flash sale comes after the overhweming response from putting up the most coveted smartphones this season, the Xiaomi Mi 3.
Registrations for the sale of the Xiaomi Redmi 1s which was set to open at 2pm on Tuesday started at 6 pm August 26, 2014 and went on till Sept 1 midnight for Flipkart subscribers.
The Redmi 1S comes with a 4.7-inch 720p IPS display, portected by Dragontrail, and is powered by a 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor coupled with 1GB RAM and an Adreno 305 GPU.
The device offers 16GB of in-built storage and a microSD card slot that further expands it up to 64GB. The device gets its juice from a 2400mAh battery and runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with Xiaomi's MIUI layer on top. There is also an 8MP rear shooter and a 1.6MP front camera.
Connectivity options include 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Direct and hotspot functionality, Micro-USB, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB OTG connectivity options. It weighs 158 grams, and has dimensions of 137x69x9.9mm.
It packs a 2,000mAh battery, runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with MIUI v5 skin on top.