BANGALORE: The Chinese Smartphone giant Xiaomi has joined hands with the Taiwan Company Foxconn in order to assemble phones in India. India is the third largest market in the world for smartphones. And Xiaomi is being able to sell a good number of products in the country due to its lower cost. In the current situation having a manufacture in the country will help the company to boost its sales as well as to reduce the shipping time and expenses, reports F.Business.
The Southern state of Andra Pradesh will be the primary customers to experience the companies first ever locally made smart phone called as Redmi2 prime, an enhanced version of Redmi 2 with 2GB RAM and 16GB Flash, which will be available for Rs 6,999 on Mi.com and other internet portals from August 10th. It also features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor, 4G Dual SIM support, and a 4.7" HD display. With the memory upgrade it offers an even smoother user experience and more space for apps and media. Foxconn has already started producing Redmi 2 Prime at their Sri City factory.
The company’s global vice president Hugo Barra stated that "It's not only about designing for India; we want to make in India and be closer to our consumers, “The unit in Brazil and the one here are exactly the same. It took us about three times more the time to start manufacturing in Brazil than in India,” All of the Redmi 2 Prime devices produced there will be sold in India."
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