Xiaomi's budget smartphone, the
Redmi 1S, went on its sixth flash sale on Flipkart
in India on Tuesday, and this time it just took just 4.2 seconds for 1,00,000
units to be listed as 'out of stock'.The company posted the latest flash sale figures on Twitter via its MiIndiaOfficial handle.
Interestingly,
this was the first flash sale that saw up to 1,00,000 Redmi 1S units
going on sale, an increase of 40,000 units compared to last two flash
sales which saw 60,000 being made available.
Flipkart, the
exclusive online retailer of Xiaomi handsets in India, claimed that over
2,00,000 people were registered for the sixth flash sale of the Redmi
1S, which is priced at Rs. 5,999.
Considering that limited stocks of the
Redmi 1S (Review | Pictures) would be available in India, the popular
e-commerce giant had revealed that it would limit orders to one phone
per registered email ID per sale.
Xiaomi is also bundling a Micro
SIM-card adapter and a screen protector with the Redmi 1S, and notes
that orders will be delivered in 7-10 business days.
(Also see: Xiaomi Redmi 1S Update Fixes Heating Issue, Claims Company)
Flipkart has updated its Mi page to say the next Redmi 1S sale is on
October 21, and that registration will begin from Tuesday at 6pm IST. For now, the number smartphones that will be made available has not been revealed.
The last sale saw 60,000 Redmi 1S smartphones going out of
stock in 13.9 seconds. The fourth flash sale saw 60,000 Redmi 1S
units going out of stock in 5.2 seconds. 40,000 smartphones went out of
stock in just 3.4 seconds in the third flash sale, a good second faster
than the second flash sale, which saw 40,000 smartphones go 'out of
stock' in 4.5 seconds, meanwhile the first flash sale saw 40,000 units
going 'out of stock' in just 4.2 seconds.
Xiaomi, as part of the
Flipkart Big Billion Day sale on Monday, offered 1,50,000 Redmi 1S units
to consumers - the first Xiaomi sale in India not requiring
registration.
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