Today marks the day when Xiaomi revealed its first smartphone of 2017 – the Redmi Note 4. The budget smartphone has been highly anticipated since the huge success of Redmi Note 3 broke all records imaginable. The phone will be exclusively available on Flipkart. 

The Redmi Note 4 sports a premium metal body with anodised high-gloss aluminium lines and symmetric design. In addition to the classic Dark Grey and Gold colours, the Redmi Note 4 will also be available in Black in a sleek new matte finish. 

Hugo Barra, described the phone as a game changer and elaborated on a few features that will be onboard the new smartphone:

Redmi Note 4 has a 13MP CMOS camera with Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF) for faster focusing, f/2.0 aperture, and a Backside Illuminated (BSI) sensor with 1.12-micron pixels, which captures more light than its predecessor. A 5MP, f/2.0 aperture front facing camera on the front makes it great for selfies. 

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The Redmi Note 4 has a fingerprint sensor on its back and can also be used as a selfie clicker.  The phone has a 4,100 mAH battery on board which can last up to 70% longer than most smartphones in the market today. 

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The Redmi Note 4 doubles the storage of its predecessor, offering 32GB of onboard storage in the base model, and up to 64GB flash in the 4GB RAM variant – a first in the Indian sub-15k market – all of which are expandable up to 128GB via an SD card. 

Here are some key features of the Redmi Note 4 

•    Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 with 14nm FinFET technology (Octa-core 2.0GHz)

•    4100mAh high-density battery, 25% longer battery life than Redmi Note 3

•    13MP CMOS camera with PDAF, 5MP front camera

•    Premium metal body, anodised high-gloss aluminium lines

•    5.5-inch Full HD display, dual SIM (Nano- and Micro-SIM)

•    LTE and VoLTE support

•    4GB RAM + 64GB Flash, 3GB RAM + 32GB Flash, 2GB RAM + 32GB Flash

•    Up to 128GB microSD expandable storage

•    Rear fingerprint sensor

•    IR blaster

•    Available in Dark Grey, Gold and Black

•    MIUI 8 beta based on Android N will be available soon

The Redmi Note 4 will go on sale at 12pm on January 23 exclusively on Mi.com and Flipkart with no pre-registrations, starting at INR 9,999 (2GB RAM + 32GB Flash), INR 10,999 (3GB RAM + 32GB Flash) and INR 12,999 (4GB RAM + 64GB Flash).