New Delhi Nov 2 (IANS) Xiaomi India on Thursday launched the selfie-centric Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones and announced the release of the global version of MIUI 9 -- an upgrade to its customised Android-based operating system (OS).
Redmi Y1 has been launched at a price point of Rs 8 999 for 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant and Rs 10 999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant.
Redmi Y1 Lite is the cheaper sibling in the selfie-centric series at a price of Rs 6 999.
Both the smartphones will go on sale starting November 8 on e-commerce site Amazon.in.
Radmi Y1 is Xiaomi s first smartphone in India which features selfie light and a 16 MP front facing camera. It has a 13MP f/2.0 rear camera.
The device has 5.5 inch HD display with Corning Gorilla glass and is powered by a 3 080mAh battery.
Redmi Y1 houses Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 octa-core chipset a dedicated micro-SD card slot and dual-SIM (nano+nano) slots. The fingerprint sensor is placed at the rear of the device.
Meanwhile Redmi Y1 Lite features an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor sports a dedicated micro-SD card slot with dual-SIM (nano+nano) capabilities and 5.5 inch HD display.
Similar to Redmi Y1 the smartphone features a 13 MP f/2.0 rear camera and is powered by a 3080mAh battery.
Meanwhile MIUI 9 upgrade will start rolling out from November 3 starting with three devices -- Mi Max 2 Mi Mix 2 and Redmi Note 4 smartphones.
The update includes India-specific features such as a "panchang calender" Indian festival cards and IRCTC card that makes SMSes by IRCTC easy to read.
According to Jai Mani Lead Product Manager Xiaomi India MIUI 9 will be as fast as stock Android OS.
The new OS based on Android Nougat also supports three major style notifications which are multiple styles bundling notifications and quick replies.
--IANS
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