Xiaomi Mi3 buy

Next batch of Xiaomi Mi3 to sell on Flipkart Tuesday

The third batch of smartphones manufactured by Chinese firm Xiaomi went up on sale last Tuesday and the smartphones were sold out within two seconds.

A total of 15,000 units were put on sale by the company last week. The Chinese firm had used Raksha Bandhan as an opportunity to market its next round of smartphones.

The Mi 3 is priced at just Rs 13,999 and it has got Snapdragon 800, which makes it the cheapest high-end phone available in the market. It is competing with the likes of the Nexus 5, Galaxy S4, Xperia Z at nearly half the price.

The sale of next batch is scheduled to start tomorrow exclusively on Flipkart tomorrow. Registered users will have to register again to participate in tomorrow's sale. The registrations are still open.

Sources said that over 35,000 phones have been sold by Xiaomi in India since it was launched on July 22. On the first day of sale, the smartphones were sold out within 40 minutes and the second batch sold in five seconds.