Xiaomi Mi 3 Flash Sale: 15,000 Units Available to Buy on Flipkart Today

By Vivek

| Updated: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 11:32 [IST]

After Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission slapped a fine of $20,000 for advertising false sales figures in the native market, Xiaomi must have realized to maintain the transparency between the customers and other respective authorities.

The Latest Xiaomi Mi3 Smartphone Gallery

Thus, ahead of the third flash sales of the Mi 3 in India, the company has tweeted saying specifically that 15,000 units of the device will be up for sale this time on Flipkart. To refresh you about the earlier two flash sales, Xiaomi, which had taken a registration from 100,000 customers could only deliver the units to 10,000 customers. However, it looks like 5,000 more units of Mi 3 might just do the work.

Xiaomi said on Twitter, "Make this Raksha Bandhan a special one for your sister! Reg. now at http://www.mi.com/in to buy a Mi 3 on 05 Aug!" The Chinese handset maker also revealed that 100,000 people have already registered for the next flash sale on Tuesday.

In the past two flash sales, the company said that it sold 20,000 Mi 3 units via Flipkart in India. Moreover, Xiaomi also claimed that the first batch of Mi 3 smartphones in India was sold out within 40 minutes and the second batch of 10,000 units just too 5 seconds to be sold out. If you are not aware, the Xiaomi Mi 3 is priced at Rs. 13,999.

Xiaomi Mi 3: Key Specifications

The Xiaomi Mi 3 comes with a 5-inch full-HD LCD display (1080x1920 pixels) offering a pixel density of 441ppi. It is powered by 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8274AB) processor coupled with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU. It runs on Android 4.4 KitKat, with MIUI version 5 UI layered on top. There is a 16GB of inbuilt storage, 13-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel camera, and 3050mAh battery.

You might also want to watch the unboxing of the Mi 3 smartphone below: