Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime (Made in India) Launched @ Rs. 6,999

Xiaomi has officially launched its affordable smartphone, 'Redmi 2 Prime' today. Its a company's first 'Made in India' smartphone which is manufactured at Sri City manufacturing plant, India. It comes with a price tag of INR 6,999. It is also known as the upgraded version of Redmi 2 which was launched in the starting of 2015. Moreover, Xiaomi has also joined its hand with Foxconn to manufacture more smartphones in India and to tackle the demands in Inidan market.

On the launch event, Xiaomi Global VP Hugo Barra said, “Redmi 2 Prime is the first smartphone from Xiaomi to be assembled in our facility in Sri City. We would like to thank Andhra Pradesh government for helping us to start local manufacturing within just six months. Initial talks started in February and today we have already started to sell the Redmi 2 Prime,”

Talking about the specs, Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime share many of its features with previous version except the storage and RAM units. It includes a 4.7-inch IPS display at front with AGC Dragontrail Glass protection and 1280x720 pixels resolution.  It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410, 64-bit processor and 2GB RAM. It runs on MIUI v6 on top of Android 4.4 Kitkat operating system. For the photography, it has 8MP primary and 2MP front-facing camera.  The camera features it offers are LED flash, Omnivision sensor, BSI sensor and f/2.2 aperture.

On connectivity front, it offers 4G LTE/3G, Bluetooth 4.0, USB OTG, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and GPS service. For backup, it relies on 2200mAH battery. For the choice, there are two colors on offer - Dark Grey and White. From today onwards, it will be available from the online retailers Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon as well as company's official page Mi.com.