(Photo: Reuters / Anindito Mukherjee)Three models of China's Xiaomi Mi phones are pictured during their launch in New Delhi July 15, 2014. China's Xiaomi said it intends to invest heavily in India as the budget smartphone maker launched on Tuesday its flagship Mi phone and other products in the world's third largest smartphone market, currently dominated by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
Owing to the tough competition, Xiaomi has reportedly cut down the prices of the 2014 flagship Mi4 smartphone, the MiPad tablet and the Xiaomi TV. An online Xiaomi store named Tmall hints that the price of Xiaomi headphone and the battery pack, along with the aforementioned devices will likely be discounted as well. Plus, Xiaomi's innovative Pay-TV service MiBox's price has already been cut down.
The Xiaomi Mi4 handset was originally priced at CNY 1,999 (that roughly translates to $326). The Mi4 has been seeing strong competition from the latest Meizu MX4. The Mi4 is another Chinese handset with killer high-end specs. Moreover, the Oppo Find 7, the OnePlusOne and IUNI U3 with 2K display are the other three rivals of the Mi4. All these handsets come with killer features, bigger displays complemented by reasonable price tags. According to reports, the Xiaomi Mi4 will reportedly be sold at a discounted price of CNY 1,799 (that roughly translates to $293). Apparently, the site Tmall shows the prices with a question mark hinting the forthcoming price cut, says GSM Arena.
The Xiaomi MiPad, also widely referred as Apple iPad Mini's replica, mainly because there is an uncanny resemblance between the tablets. The MiPad is powered by none-other-than the superior NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor. This tablet was originally priced at CNY 1,999 range, however now, the device might likely be priced at CNY 1,799, opines the same site.
The Xiaomi MiBox's original price and the current discounted prices are as follows - CNY 399 and CNY 299 (that roughly translates to $65 and $48) respectively.
The Xiaomi battery pack and the well-known headphone set will also be slashed and they are now selling at CNY 100 (i.e. $16). Meanwhile, the new Xiaomi MiTV 2 is an Android OS-powered 49-inch UHD TV. The starting price of this TV set is CNY 3,999 (that roughly translates to $653). It is worth noting that, this price range is too low when compared to other 4K TV sets available in the market. Also, the aforementioned MiTV price will be reduced by a few hundred CNY shortly.
Here is a list of key specifications for readers interested in buying the Xiaomi Mi4. The handset features a 5-inch IPS LCD display and 1,080 x 1,920 pixels resolution. It is powered by a quad-core (Qualcomm Snapdragon 801) Krait 400 processor, clocked at 2.5 GHz and 3 GB of RAM. Plus, the device runs on Android v4.4.3 (KitKat) OS with MIUI 5.0 and backed by a good Li-Ion 3080 mAh battery unit. A 13 MP and 8 MP camera units occupy the rear and the front of the handset. Lastly, the smartphone comes in 16 GB and 64 GB variants with no microSD card support.
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