Xiaomi Announces Special Offers for Redmi 1S Flash Sale on Tuesday

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 4 November 2014 13:55 IST

Xiaomi has announced some special offers for the ninth flash sale of the budget Redmi 1S on Tuesday, which will see will see 1,00,000 units going on sale.

The flash sale will kick off at 2pm IST on Flipkart for registered users. Xiaomi India on its official Twitter handle has said the company will be adding one Redmi 1S unit to the carts of customers who failed to pick up the smartphone in previous sales. Users have to log in at the start of the sale to avail the offer. The company also announced a 10 percent discount will be available on Redmi 1S covers on Tuesday.

We promised you something special on 4th Nov. Well we have not one but two surprises! =) 1/3 pic.twitter.com/Oj9Kpb7rCP
-- Mi India (@MiIndiaOfficial) October 31, 2014

(Also see: Xiaomi Now World's Third-Largest Smartphone Vendor, Claims Another Report)

This is the third flash sale for Redmi 1S, priced at Rs. 5,999, that will see more than 60,000 units going on sale. The other two instances saw 1,00,000 units going on sale in the sixth flash sale and 90,000 units going on sale in the seventh.

It's worth mentioning that the company did not announce the time taken for the Redmi 1S to go 'out of stock' in the last two flash sales, which might be a sign of fading demand for the Xiaomi Redmi 1S, after the first six flash sales saw thousands of smartphones being snapped up in seconds.

The Flipkart registration page notes that only one smartphone will be available for sale per email ID and also advises users to log in at least 2 hours before the flash sale begins.

(Also see: Mi Account Passwords Compromised Claims Report, Old Information Says Xiaomi)

It's worth pointing out that Flipkart's procedure requires people to just add the handset to their cart for it to be classified as 'sold out', and people are given additional time to complete their purchase.

The company's budget Redmi 1S smartphone follows in the Mi 3's footsteps for breaking sales records with the entire inventory going out of stock within seconds in previous flash sales.

On Wednesday, a market research firm claimed that Xiaomi replaced Huawei to become the third-largest mobile phone vendor in terms of smartphones sold in the third quarter. According to market researcher, Xiaomi sold 19 million smartphones in Q3 this year to leave behind Huawei who sold 16.8 million smartphones in the same period.

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