Xiaomi cuts Mi4 price by Rs 2,000, now at Rs 17,999

Xiaomi has slashed the prices of its flagship smartphone, Mi4, by Rs 2,000 in India.

The Mi4 16 GB model will now be available for Rs 17,999, as against Rs 19,999 priced earlier.

On the other hand, the Mi4 64 GB version will now be available for Rs 21,999, as against Rs 23,999 priced earlier.

The new prices will be effective from Thursday noon onwards and will be available at Flipkart as well as The Mobile Store.

"Mi India offered a special price for Mi 4 during Mi Fan Festival, and it was very well received. We have thus decided to make this price drop permanent," the Economic Times reported quoting a release by the company.

The Mi 4 sports s stainless steel body and features a 5-inch IPS display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution at 441 ppi. It has a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection display.

The smartphone runs on a 2.5-GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU and has 3 GB of RAM. It runs on Android 4.4.3 KitKat operating system and is loaded with the MIUI 6 user interface. Connectivity options onboard include 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

The phone has a 13-MP rear camera and an 80-degree, wide-angle, 8-MP front facing camera. It can also record 4k videos. It packs in a 3080 mAh battery and quick charge 2.0.