The global chip shortage bedeviling the electronic industry at present isn’t expected to go away until 2023 but smartphone companies seem to have found a way around, or so we thought. Turns out the chip shortage is critically affecting the industry as Xiaomi Indonesia has come out to announce the discontinuation of the Redmi Note 10 smartphone’s production.
According to a report carried by the local arm of CNBC International, the company is encouraging fans to buy other models in the Redmi Note 10 lineup instead. The Redmi Note 10’s production is reportedly affected by chip shortage and there is hardly any doubt that the discontinuation will spread to other markets soon.
Already, Xiaomi has repeatedly increased the price of the Redmi Note 10 in India. The company has also increased the pricing of the Pro variant twice by ₹500 each time since the launch of the series smartphones in the Indian market. These increments are attributed to a shortage of components. Also, the 6GB+64GB variants of the Redmi Note 10 Pro and Redmi Note 10 Pro Max were discontinued entirely in India.
Buyers are encouraged by Xiaomi Indonesia to buy the Redmi Note 10 Pro, Redmi Note 10S, and the Redmi Note 10 5G instead. However, there is no guarantee those models won’t sell out soon as well.
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