Xiaomi Confirms 15,000 Mi 3 Units Will Go on Sale via Flipkart on Tuesday

Xiaomi, ahead of the third flash sale of its Mi 3 smartphone on Tuesday, has revealed that 15,000 units will be up for sale this time on Flipkart.

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The company took to social media to announce the total number of units going on sale in the next flash sale. Xiaomi said on Twitter, "Make this Raksha Bandhan a special one for your sister! Reg. now at https://apis.kostprice.com/api/redirect/t.php?from=gadgets360&redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mi.com%2Fin to buy a Mi 3 on 05 Aug!" The Chinese handset maker also revealed that 100,000 people have already registered for the next flash sale on Tuesday.

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Last week, Xiaomi, often called as 'China's Apple', detailed the total number of Mi 3 units sold in India so far. The company confirmed that it sold 20,000 Mi 3 units in the two flash sales on Flipkart.

Xiaomi had claimed that the first batch of Mi 3 smartphones in India was sold out within 40 minutes of its availability. The second batch of Mi 3 handsets was sold out within 5 seconds.

In order to avoid backlash from consumers, the company had confirmed that the second batch of Mi 3 handsets were sold through a different process. Xiaomi explained that the process allowed users to add the handset to their cart at the start of the sale, and let them checkout the smartphone at a later time.

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The Xiaomi Mi 3, priced at Rs. 13,999, runs a highly tweaked version of Android 4.4 KitKat, with MIUI version 5 on top. It comes with a 5-inch full-HD LCD display (1080x1920 pixels) offering a pixel density of 441ppi; a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8274AB) processor; 2GB of RAM; Adreno 330 GPU; 16GB of inbuilt storage; 13-megapixel rear camera; 2-megapixel camera, and 3050mAh battery.