Xiaomi Redmi 1S will be up for sale on Flipkart on October 14, up to 100,000 units up for grabs
Xiaomi’s Redmi 1S smartphone is ready to go on sale again next week on Tuesday. The Chinese company has ramped up the availability and this week up to 100,000 units of the smartphone will be available for buyers on Flipkart.
Xiaomi is sticking to its promises made over last month. At an event in Bangalore,Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra had revealed that the company was making provisions to sell as many as 100,000 units per week during Diwali. Last week in an interview withEconomic Times, Barra reiterated that Xiaomi was comfortably placed to meet Indian demand and that its flash sales on Tuesdays won’t be over in seconds any more.
Last week during Flipkart’s ‘Big Billion Day’ sale, Xiaomi had over 150,000 units available. The handsets were available for a few hours before Flipkart inevitably ran out of stocks. Over the five flash sales, and the mega sale last week, Xiaomi has now sold 390,000 units of the Redmi 1S in India. Its first five flash sales were over in 4.2 seconds, 4.5 seconds, 3.4 seconds, 5.2 seconds, and 13.9 seconds respectively.
Registrations for October 14’s sale is open till the midnight of Monday. According to Flipkart, over 300,000 buyers have already registered for the sale on Tuesday.
Source:BGR
