Xiaomi Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime next sale on September 7: All you need to know before buying

Xiaomi Redmi 3S and 3S Prime will be available on sale on September 7. The fifth sale for the budget devices start at 12 pm on Mi.com and Flipkart. This will be an open sale and users do not register for the same in advance. Xiaomi Redmi 3S is priced at Rs 6,999 and Redmi 3S Prime comes at Rs 8,999. The highlight of the smartphones is their big 4,100 mAh battery, which easily lasts for up to 2 days. Xiaomi Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime are Made in India phones and come with 4G VoLTE support.

Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime features a 5-inch HD display and runs MIUI 7 with Android 6 Marshmallow. It has a metal unibody design and curved back. The smartphone is powered by a 1.4Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage (expandable up to 128GB via microSD slot). The device sports a 13MP rear camera, and a 5MP front camera. The Redmi 3S Prime has a fingerprint scanner on the back. It is available in gold, silver and grey colour variants. Xiaomi Redmi 3S has 2GB RAM+16GB storage, and no fingerprint scanner on the back. The rest of the specifications are the same as Redmi 3S Prime.

In our review of Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime, we called the smartphone the battery king. We didn’t have to charge the Redmi 3S Prime at all during the weekend, even as we made it my primary phone for browsing the internet, watching Netflix etc. Camera on the Redmi 3S performs well in bright outdoors.

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Xiaomi conducted the first sale for Redmi 3S Prime on August 9, where it sold over 90,000 units of the device in just eight minutes. Xiaomi says this is “the highest volume ever” for a first sale that has been held by them.