Xiaomi launches affordable Redmi 3S smartphone in India

Chinese multinational company Xiaomi launched its range of Redmi 3S smartphones series in India, initially available online through Mi.com and Flipkart, an official said here on Wednesday.

Targeting the sub-10K market category, Redmi 3S is priced at Rs 6,999 and the higher memory model Redmi 3S Prime with fingerprint sensor at Rs 8,999.

Xiaomi has already sold 110 million Redmi mobiles worldwide in the past three years which come with a variety of enhanced features and a long lasting battery capacity.

Xiaomi Vice President Hugo Barra said: "Once again we change the game in the sub-10K smartphone industry in India. Redmi 3S packs a punch with a large 4100 mAh battery to last two days on a single charge, it is the first smartphone in India powered by the Qualcomm-Snapdragon 430 Octa-core processor, at incredible prices."

Committed to the 'Make In India' initiative since last year, every Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime are being made in India.

On joining the initiative, the first Mi phone manufactured in India was a Redmi device, the Redmi 2 Prime and till date more than three-fourths of Xiaomi's smartphones sold here are made in India, Burra said.

Crafted in premium metal body, Redmi 3S has a five-inch HD screen weighing just 144 gms and its body is 10 per cent thinner than the Redmi 2.

Its 13mega pixel rear camera - which builds on Redmi 2's success which saw users producing high quality photos - comes with phase detection, auto focus and supports 1080 p video recording with modes for various shooting conditions.

Redmi 3S also supports expandable memory upto 128GB microSD cards and the Redmi 3S Prime additionally features ultra-fast phone unlocking with fingerprint sensor, a 3GB RAM and 32GB storage.

Both models are presently available in Dark Grey, Silver and Gold colours.