At noon today, Xiaomi in conjunction with QQ Zone officially released their first dual SIM card Redmi phone. Priced at 799 yuan, it attracted 7.45 million pre-order users, and the first batch of 100,000 units was sold out within 90 seconds.
At the same time as the launch of the Redmi phone, Xiaomi also promptly released a high-definition promotional video to give users a more comprehensive understanding of the Redmi. The Redmi phone features a 4.7-inch IPS Retina display (1280x720 resolution, 312PPI, Corning Gorilla Glass 2), powered by a quad-core 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6589T Turbo processor (with PowerVR SGX 544 GPU), equipped with 1GB RAM + 4GB storage space, and supports up to 32GB TF card expansion.
The phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel rear camera (Samsung/OV sensor, back-illuminated, F2.2 large aperture, supports 1080p recording) and a 1.3-megapixel front camera (back-illuminated, supports 720p recording). It has a battery capacity of 2000mAh, supports TD-SCDMA+GSM dual SIM cards, and runs on MIUI V5 system. It comes in three colors: Chinese Red, Ivory White, and Metallic Gray.
Those who didn't manage to grab one today will have to wait for the next round of sales, which will be on August 20th. In the meantime, you might want to take a look at the "Redmi Phone Purchase Guide", which could be quite helpful for the next purchase attempt.