The sale on September 16 is expected to be no different now that the Chinese company hasannounced that 40,000 units of the phone will be put up for purchase on the said date.That’s because even the first two sales had the same number of devices up for grabs and they were eachover in less than 5 seconds. Priced at Rs 5,999, the Xiaomi Redmi 1S is quite an exciting proposition asit comes equipped with components that are usually part of higher priced smartphones.It features a 4.7-inch display which spews out its visuals in 720p HD resolution. This Xiaomi handsetbears a Snapdragon 400 chipset carrying a quad core processor and 1GB worth of RAM. There’s an 8MP rear camera with flash onboard as well, apart from a 1.2MP front-facing snapper meant for selfies and video calling.
