Xiaomi India has been recently increasing the price of its smartphones every other week. It all started when the new 18% GST(Goods & Services Tax) went live for mobile phones in April. The last hike for the whole Redmi 8/Redmi Note 8 series was in late May. Now, once again, the second cheapest model in that series, Redmi 8A Dual (3GB + 32GB) gets a new price bump along with Redmi Note 9 Pro Max.
This is the second price hike for both Redmi 8A Dual (3GB + 32GB) and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max respectively. The price of these two handsets has been increased by ₹1,300 and ₹2,000 from their launch.
The Redmi 8A Dual launched as the cheapest Xiaomi smartphone with a dual-camera setup in India. Unfortunately, the company has hiked the price of the base 2GB + 32GB three times and mid-3GB + 32GB variant two times apart from launching a new 3GB + 64GB version for ₹8,999.
Here’s the current price of all the variants of Redmi 8A Dual in India after the new ₹300 price hike for the mid-variant.
Device |
Launch Price |
GST Hike |
Early May Hike |
Late May Hike |
Mid-June Hike |
Current Price |
| Redmi 8A Dual (2GB + 32GB) | ₹6,499 | ₹500 | ₹300 | ₹200 | – | ₹7,499 |
| Redmi 8A Dual (3GB + 32GB) | ₹6,999 | ₹1000 | – | – | ₹300 | ₹8,299 |
| Redmi 8A Dual (3GB + 64GB) | ₹8,999 | – | – | – | – | ₹8,999 |
Further, Xiaomi also increased the price of Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, by another ₹500 for the 6GB + 64GB and 6GB + 128GB storage configurations. The base variant is now only ₹500 cheaper than the POCO X2 but the mid-variant of both the handsets cost the same.
However, the high-end 8GB + 128GB version did not receive any price hike this time.
Device |
Launch Price |
GST Hike |
Mid-June Hike |
Current Price |
| Redmi Note 9 Pro Max (6GB + 64GB) | ₹14,999 | ₹1,500 | ₹500 | ₹16,999 |
| Redmi Note 9 Pro Max (6GB + 128GB) | ₹16,999 | ₹1000 | ₹500 | ₹18,499 |
| Redmi Note 9 Pro Max (8GB + 128GB) | ₹18,999 | ₹1000 | – | ₹19,999 |
The new price of Redmi 8A Dual and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is live on Mi Online Store and Amazon India.
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