Redmi Note 5 Pro, Mi TV 4 Price in India Hiked

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, Mi TV 4 Price in India Hiked on Import Costs and Rupee Depreciation

Xiaomi Mi TV 4 price in India has been revised from the original Rs. 39,999 to Rs. 44,999. The new price will be effective for the 55-inch Mi LED TV 4 variant starting Tuesday, May 1 across Mi.com, Mi Home stores, and Flipkart. It comes alongside the revised prices of the Redmi Note 5 Pro 4GB RAM, 64GB storage variant that has now been available at Rs. 14,999 - Rs. 1,000 more than its original price of Rs. 13,999. Xiaomi says that the revised pricing is a result of the recent changes in tax structure on PCBA imports and the depreciation experienced by the rupee since the beginning of the year.

"[I]n order to meet the demand of Mi LED TV 4 55-inch, we are also importing significantly more TVs. Due to the recent import tax structure change and the rupee depreciation this year, we are marginally increasing the price of the Mi LED TV 4 55-inch by Rs. 5,000 and it will retail at Rs. 44,999 starting Tuesday, 01 May 2018, across Mi.com, Mi Home stores, and Flipkart," Xiaomi wrote in a forum post.

It is worth noting here that the prices of the Mi TV 4A that was launched in 43-inch and 32-inch variants earlier this year remain unchanged. This means the 43-inch Mi TV 4A is available in the country with a price tag of Rs. 22,999, while the 32-inch Mi TV 4A is priced at Rs. 13,999.

Mi TV 4 SPECS:

Despite the increase in its price, the Mi TV 4 is still a compelling option against the models offered by companies such as LG, Samsung, and Sony. The TV comes with a 55-inch Ultra-HD display panel that supports HDR and measures only 4.9mm in total thickness. The panel is touted to offer a viewing angle of 178-degree and has a response time of 8ms. Under the hood, the Mi TV 4 is powered by a 64-bit quad-core Amlogic Cortex-A53 SoC, coupled with Mali-T830 GPU and 2GB of RAM. It has 8GB of onboard storage and offers features such as Dolby+DTS Cinema Audio as well as two 8W duct inverted speakers. The TV runs Android-based PatchWall UI that provides artificial intelligence (AI) powered personalised recommendation and universal search. In terms of connectivity, there are three HDMI 2.0 ports, two USB (one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0) ports, an Ethernet port, an S/ PDIF port, dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Wi-Fi 802.11ac, and Bluetooth v4.0. The Mi TV 4 also comes bundled with an 11-button Mi Remote that works with most of the Indian set-top boxes. Besides, over 500,000 hours of content is available on the Xiaomi TV, of which 80 percent is claimed to be accessible as free content.

Redmi Note 5 Pro price in India

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro price in India has been increased by Rs. 1,000, and the smartphone will now start at Rs. 14,999 for the 4GB RAM + 64GB variant. Alongside, the 55-inch Mi TV 4 has also received a price hike for the same reasons, effective from the same date. The 6GB RAM variant price remains the same as its Rs. 16,999 launch price in February.

Making the announcement in a tweet on Monday, Xiaomi India MD Manu Kumar Jain added that the company will be honouring the Rs. 13,999 pre-orders already placed for the Redmi Note 5 Pro (Review) on Mi.com - an offer that was only started recently.

Redmi Note 5 Pro Specs:

The Redmi Note 5 Pro is powered by 1.8GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Redmi Note 5 Pro packs a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 20-megapixel front shooter for selfies.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro runs Android 7.1.1 and is powered by a 4000mAh non removable battery. It measures 158.60 x 75.40 x 8.05 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 181.00 grams.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.