Xiaomi’s newly launched smartphones — Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite went on sale for the first time in India today and has received an impressive response. The company claims that it managed to sell over 150,000 units of Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite within just 3 minutes of sale going live.

The smartphones were exclusively available on Amazon India and Mi.com — Xiaomi’s own online store. The next sale for the smartphones will take place on November 15 and the phones are also expected to be available through offline stores as well.

The Xiaomi Redmi Y1 is priced at Rs. 8,999 for the 32GB storage and 3GB RAM variant and Rs. 10,999 for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant. On the other hand, the Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite is priced at Rs. 6,999.

Xiaomi Redmi Y1 features a 5.5-inch HD display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. There is a layer of Gorilla Glass on top of the display, protecting it from minor scratches. Under the hood, it is powered by a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 octa-core 64-bit processor, paired with Adreno 505 GPU.

The smartphone is available in two different variants — 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB onboard storage. There is also a microSD card slot for further expanding the phone’s storage capacity.

It features a 16-megapixel front-facing camera, with 76.4-degrees wide-angle lens, “LED Selfie” light, and f/2.0 aperture. On the back, there is a 13-megapixel camera with phase detection autofocus, dual LED and f/2.2 aperture. There is also a circular fingerprint sensor at the back and also comes with an IR blaster. It is powered by a 3,080mAh non-removable battery.

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On the other hand, the Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite features the same set of specifications as Redmi Y1, apart from processor and memory. The Redmi Y1 Lite is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 425 processor, with 2GB RAM along with 16GB of internal storage.

Both Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite comes with Android 7.1 Nougat-based MIUI 8 out-of-the-box, but the company has assured that the smartphones will receive MIUI 9 updates this month itself.

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Xiaomi Redmi Y1 was announced in India last week and we can say that the model is a Redmi Note 5A called by another name. Well, that isn’t entirely correct as there are some differences between both models. For one, the Redmi Y1 comes with a 16MP selfie camera as against the 5MP on the Redmi Note 5A. However, both models seem to have the same design but the Redmi Y1 was manufactured in India and may likely be exclusive to the Indian market. Let’s check that out in these hands-on photos of the Redmi Y1 to see how it compares to that of the Redmi Note 5A. Image credit goes to the Fonearena team.

The Redmi Y1 sports a 5.5-inch HD display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and a Corning Gorilla Glass protection. As stated earlier, the device packs a 16MP selfie shooter and it comes with a Soft LED flash at the front for better selfies. The front camera also comes with autofocus. Thus, while the front design looks similar to the Redmi Note 5A, the modules at the top bezels are more than one whereas the Redmi Note 5A has only one module for the selfie camera.

At the rear, you’ll hardly find any feature which differentiates the Redmi Y1’s design from that of the Note 5A. The rear camera and LED flash are located in the same aspect. In this case, the rear camera is a 13MP sensor just like on the Redmi Note 5A but with PDAF. Also, the rear fingerprint sensor and antenna band are similarly located. A peek inside the packing box also shows it’ll come with just the charging adapter and USB cable. 

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The Redmi Y1 is powered by an Octa-core Snapdragon 435 processor backed by 3GB RAM and there is 32GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 128GB. There is also a 4GB + 64GB variant. The Redmi Y1 runs MIUI 9 based on Android Nougat out of the box. It has standard connectivity options, including 4G VoLTE. It is powered by a 3080mAh battery and it has dual SIM slots. There is also a dedicated microSD slot onboard and an IR blaster. ee more photos from below.

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