Xiaomi 'discontinues' Mi 3 just a month after launch

Xiaomi has suspended the sales of Mi 3 for an undefined period of time.

NEW DELHI: It appears that Xiaomi will not hold fresh flash sales for its Mi 3 smartphone in India as it wants to focus on its newly launched entry-level smartphone, Redmi 1S. The Redmi 1S goes on sale on September 2 and registrations for the sale commenced yesterday.

In a surprise move, Xiaomi did not open registrations for its premium smartphone phone after the completion of its sixth flash sale on August 26. The company will only conduct flash sales for the Redmi 1S phone for the next few weeks. It has suspended the sales of Mi 3 for an undefined period of time.

Speaking with TOI Tech, Xiaomi India GM Manu Jain said the company wants to focus on pushing the sales of Redmi 1S and Redmi Note for the time being, and has suspended the sales of Mi 3. He said the company will assess the market situation for a few weeks and take a call on resuming sales of Mi 3.

Interestingly, Xiaomi executives appeared happy with the sales of Mi 3 and had even said that the company was trying its best to improve supplies, at the Redmi 1S launch event. The company plans to launch its new flagship phone, Mi 4, towards the end of the year and the company's decision to discontinue the Mi 3 will create a vacuum. The company claims to have sold 95,000 Mi 3 phones in the six flash sales and a number of prospective buyers are still waiting to participate an get their hands on the phone that offers high-end specifications at a budget price.





Just to recall, Xiaomi Mi 3 has a 5-inch Full HD display and runs on a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB RAM. It is powered by Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Xiaomi's proprietary MIUI skin on top. It packs 16GB internal storage, but does not support storage expansion via microSD cards.

Xiaomi Mi 3 sports a 13MP camera with dual-LED flash on the back and a 2MP camera in front. Connectivity suite of the smartphone consists of 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0 and NFC. It has a 3,050mAh battery, and Xiaomi claims that the smartphone can deliver talk time of up to 21 hours on 3G networks
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