New Delhi: The first flash sale of Xiamoi Redmi 2 smartphone started today on Flipkart and the company claimed that Twitter that 50,000 units of the Redmi 2 were sold out in 87 seconds. Over three lakh buyers had registered on Flipkart for the sale today.
The Redmi 2 comes with a 4.7-inch 720p HD IPS fully laminated display (312ppi) along with AGC Dragontrail glass protection. The device is powered by a 64-bit 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU based on Cortex A53 with Adreno 306 GPU, 1GB LPDDR3 RAM. It also offers 8GB of inbuilt storage which can be expanded up to 32GB.
The device comes with an 8MP BSI f/2.2 rear camera with 28mm wide-angle 5-element lens and a 2MP BSI front camera with support for 720p video recording. It runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat operating system sugarcoated with MIUI 6,
The device is fueled by a 2,200 mAh battery with Quick Charge technology.
Connectivity options include two micro SIM card slots with support for 4G on both. The slots also support 3G connectivity. Both FDD-LTE Band 3 (1800 MHz) and TDD-LTE Band 40 (2300 MHz) are supported. Xiaomi has also included few software tweaks which help users to simultaneous use data on both 4G SIM cards.
