Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi 5 now available on sale: All you need to know before buying

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and Mi 5 are now available. Manu Jain, company’s India head tweeted the smartphone can be bought directly, without any registrations. While, Redmi Note 3 was only available on flash sale, since it launched in India; Xiaomi’s Mi 5 went on open sale in April end. Mi 5, however, is still exclusive to Mi.com. Whereas, Redmi Note 3 can be bought from Mi.com, Amazon India, Flipkart and Snapdeal. Read more here

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 was launched on March 3 in India. The budget smartphone by the company starts at Rs 9,999. Redmi Note 3 is available in two versions: 2GB+ 16GB at Rs 9,999 and 3GB+32GB for Rs 11,999. Read our review here

Xiaomi has sold 6 lakh units of Redmi Note 3 within 60 days of sale in India, the biggest record for the company. Read our review here

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is the first smartphone to feature all new metal unibody design and has a large 4000 mAh battery. Read our review here

Mi 5 is a smartphone that offers top-end specs like the latest Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB RAM, a full HD display, 16 megapixel rear camera with 4-axis OIS and a five megapixel front camera. Read our review here

Mi 5 is a pretty fast performer and has already topped benchmark scores. The camera also works really well in daylight, though we did face issues with focusing on objects at times. What we liked about the Mi 5 was its beautiful design, the lightweight body coupled with a really vivid and crisp display. Read our review here

Our major problem with the Mi 5 would have to be that the smartphone is prone to over-heating, at least on the beta ROM build that we had running on our review unit. Read our review here