Xiaomi Redmi 1S: Flipkart's Next Round of Sale on Tuesday Sept 16th

Xiaomi's Redmi 1S smartphone will be available in its third round of flash sale on Flipkart on September 16. Buyers interested in Xiaomi Redmi 1S have to register on Flipkart and the registrations will close on September 15 midnight. Xiaomi has already confirmed that 40,000 Redmi 1S units will be again available for sale on Tuesday's flash sale.

In the previous round of flash sale, the Xiaomi Redmi 1S sold out in seconds, disappointing many buyers. For 40,000 Xiaomi Redmi 1S smartphones on offer, more than 2 lakh interested buyers had registered on Flipkart.

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is following the same flash sale strategy for its new handset after successfully doing it with an earlier model Mi3. Xiaomi is estimated to have sold 90,000 units of Mi3 smartphone.

Last week, Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global had revealed that the Redmi 1S would come with a complimentary Micro SIM-card adapter and a screen protector, and that orders will be delivered in 7-10 business days. The Flipkart page notes, "Freebies will be delivered separately post your handset shipments."

Priced at Rs. 5,999, the dual-SIM Xiaomi Redmi 1S features a 4.7-inch 720x1280 pixel IPS-LCD display; Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI v5; 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC (MSM8228); Adreno 305 GPU; 1GB of RAM; 8GB of built-in storage; expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with flash; 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera, and 2000mAh battery.

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