Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Xiaomi has increased the price of its entry-level yet disruptive smartphone, the Redmi 5A in the Indian market to Rs 5,999 as it promised at the launch event. The 2GB RAM and 16GB storage model will be available at its original price of Rs 5,999 going forward without any limited period discount. This news was posted on Redmi India’s official Twitter handle without any further details. As usual, the Redmi 5A will be available on mi.com and Flipkart at the original price going forward.

The Xiaomi Redmi 5A, also known as Desh Ka Smartphone was launched back in November 2017. It was the same month when Xiaomi India became the leading smartphone brand in India and to celebrate that, the company decided to offer the 2GB RAM variant of the Redmi 5A at Rs 4,999 for the first five million buyers. Just a month later, Xiaomi said that it sold over one million units of the Redmi 5A altogether. And it now seems like the company has reached its target of five million units sale, which could be the reason behind the price hike.
However, there’s no confirmation on the same from Xiaomi India yet. So in the future, if you want to purchase the Redmi 5A’s base variant, you’ve to shell out a Rs 1,000 extra and purchase the phone at Rs 5,999. The Redmi 5A is also available in a 3GB RAM and 32GB storage model at Rs 6,999 since the launch.