Redmi 3S Plus is Xiaomi’s first offline-only smartphone – Here’s everything you need to know

In a move to take advantage of the ongoing festive season in India, Xiaomi has launched yet another budget 4G smartphone, dubbed as the Redmi 3S Plus. It is a new variant of the recently launched Redmi 3S, and surprisingly it will be up for offline sale only. The specifications of the Redmi 3S+ are similar to the Redmi 3S Prime, except for the RAM capacity, this one comes with 2GB of RAM.

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The Redmi 3s Plus is priced at Rs 9,499 and is now available through more than 7,500 offline stores in Dark Grey, Silver, and Gold color options. Some of the known stores that will be selling the device are Poorvika, Sangeetha, BIG C, and LOT mobiles, through Xiaomi’s distributors such as Innocomm, Redington, and Just Buy Live.

The Redmi 3S Plus comes with a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display. It is powered by a 1.4GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chipset clubbed with Adreno 505 GPU. The device features 32GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 128GB via microSD card. There is a 13-megapixel primary camera onboard with features such as PDAF, LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video recording, along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone also has a fingerprint sensor on the rear, and is backed by a 4100mAh battery.

On the software front, the Redmi 3S Plus runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based MIUI. The device supports connectivity options such as dual-SIM, 4G with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS + GLONASS. Going by the specifications and pricing, the device seems to compete with the Coolpad Note 3 Plus and Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus.