Xiaomi Plans to Conquer the Budget Segment Once Again by Unveiling the Redmi 4 in India

The Redmi 4 Prime, on the flip side, has a 5-inch Full HD display and gets Snapdragon 625 under-the-hood. It has the same camera setup and runs MIUI 8. However, the phone comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. Both the phones feature metal bodies and offer support for dual SIM and 4G VoLTE.

Redmi 4 is rumoured to bear a price tag of Rs. 6999, whereas the Redmi 4 Prime could be the cheapest Snapdragon 625 powered smartphone in India at Rs. 8,999 or Rs. 9,499.

That said, chances are, Xiaomi will change the hardware of the Redmi 4 and launch it with Snapdragon 435 chipset in India keeping other specs similar to the Chinese variant. We’re assuming it because the Redmi 3s had the same Snapdragon 430 SoC and it doesn’t make any sense for Xiaomi to launch an upgraded device with the same processor. There are other possibilities too. The company could use the same Snapdragon 430 or Snapdragon 435 chip and bump the storage, RAM and release it as Redmi 4 Prime.

All the scenarios mentioned above are possible. Regardless of the pricing and specifications, the phones will sell like hot cakes, like other Xiaomi phones. The Apple of China has launched the Redmi Note 4 in January 2017, but the phone still goes out of stock within seconds on the sale day. The same case applies to the Redmi 4A as well. Even the Redmi 3s/3s Prime go out of stock within few seconds from the commencement of the sale.

Such is the popularity of Xiaomi devices in India. Xiaomi is bringing the Redmi 4 to India at the perfect time as Nokia is planning a comeback to the Indian market in June and is looking to put a brake to Xiaomi’s success spree in India. Clearly, Xiaomi is looking to own the budget smartphone segment in the country once again with the launch of Redmi 4.