Xiaomi flagship mid-range smartphone Mi 4i has received its first price-cut in India.

"It's official! Starting 17th midnight, your favourite Mi 4i 16GB will be available at an all new price of Rs.11,999!" confirmed Xiaomi on  Facebook.

Earlier this month, Xiaomi, as part of Diwali festive offer, sold Mi 4i (16GB) for Rs. 10,999 exclusively on Mi.com/in for a limited period (3-5 November). Now, the company has permanently reduced the device's price to Rs 11,999, Rs 1,000 less than the original price, across all affiliated e-commerce sites -- Flipkart, Amazon India, Snapdeal including Xiaomi's own e-shop website.

However, Xiaomi Mi 4i (32GB) model has not received any price-cut and will continue to be sold for Rs. 14,999.

With the official price-cut, feature-rich Xiaomi Mi 4i (16GB) might initiate a price-war between rivals and force Lenovo, Motorola, Micromax, Huawei (& Honor), ZTE (Nubia), OnePlus and others to reduce their respective device's price.

For the uninitiated, Xiaomi Mi 4i sports a 5.0-inch full HD screen and run on the Android 5.0 Lollipop OS (with MIUI 6.0) backed by the second generation Snapdragon 615 Octa-core SoC, Adreno 405 graphics engine, 2GB RAM, 16GB inbuilt storage capacity and high-capacity 3,120mAh battery, which can power the phone for close to 1.5 days.

Xiaomi Mi 4i price slashed in IndiaXiaomi India via Facebook

Key specifications of Xiaomi Mi 4i:

Models

Xiaomi Mi 4i

Display

5.0-inch full HD (1280x720p) IPS screen with Sharp / JDI OGS (One Glass Solution) full lamination;

  • 178° wide viewing angle; Sunlight Display technology
  • Pixel density : 441 ppi (pixels per inch)

OS

Android 5.0 Lollipop with MIUI 6.0 (MIUI v7.0 based on Android v5.1 released)

Processor

2nd Generation 1.65GHZ Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Series Octa-core (1.7GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A53 + 1.0GHz quad-core A53) CPU

GPU

Adreno 405

RAM

2GB LPDDR3

Storage capacity

16GB (eMMC)

Camera

  • Main: 13.0-megapixel Sony/Samsung camera with dual-tone LED flash, f/2.0 aperture,  auto-focus, HDR, touch-focus, full HD video recording ability
  • Front: 5.0-megapixel camera with 80-degree wide-angle lens, f/1.8 aperture with full HD video recording ability

Battery

3120 mAh

Network

4G-LTE

Add-ons

Visual IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Dual-SIM (micro+ micro) slots, Wi-Fi (802.11 ac; MU-MIMO), GPS/GLONASS, uni-body design,

Dimensions

138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8 mm

Weight

130 g

Price

Old price:

  • 16GB: ₹12,999/-

New price:

  • 16GB: ₹11,999/-