Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi, is all set to launch a new smartphone for the Indian and Chinese market in its Redmi series of budget Android smartphones the Redmi S2.

Redmi S2 will be launched today in China and later on in coming days it will be launched in India as well though there is no official word from Xiaomi about the India launch of the Redmi S2.

Redmi S2 Price

1. 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage is expected to be priced at CNY 1,000, which roughly translates to Rs 10,500
2. 3GB RAM + 32GB storage is expected to cost under Rs 12,000
3. 4GB RAM and 64GB storage version – no price specifications found anywhere but expected to be priced under Rs 15,000

Redmi S2 Specifications

As per Chinese certification agency TENAA and the Chinese e-commerce major AliExpress-

1. 5.99-inch HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio
2. Resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels
3. Android 8.1 Oreo-powered MIUI 9 interface
4. Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and Adreno 506 GPU
5. 16MP front camera with portrait mode
6. Dual-lens camera setup with a 12MP primary sensor and a 5MP secondary sensor as the rear camera
7. 3,080 mAh battery
8. Weigh 170 grams
9. Rose Gold, Pink, Red, White, Black and Silver color options

Xiaomi India’s Mi Home Experience Store in Delhi

In an expansion drive and to lure customers for its future products, Xiaomi India has opened its Mi Home Experience Stores. After launching one in Chennai and Mumbai each, the company has launched one in Delhi as well.

The aim to open these Home Experience Stores to displays a variety of smart products available in the international market along with the offerings launched in the country to the customers.

These Home Experience store displays smartphones, TV, router and accessories along with Mi Laptops, Mi Cycle, Mi Robot, Mi Home Thermostat Electric Kettle, Mi Electric Scooter, Mi Rice Cooker, Mi Smart Shoes, Ninebot Mini, and many others.

Such stores help Xiaomi to get the feedback from the customers that again helps the company to understand consumer interest and plan future launches accordingly.

Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi and Managing Director, Xiaomi India, says, “We are delighted to open the first experience store for all our Mi Fans in the national capital of New Delhi. Mi Home Experience Store is an opportunity for us to provide our Mi Fans with the best that we have to offer and in return gain their valuable feedback to continue to delight them with our offerings. We have always given a lot of significance to the feedback that we have received from our users and this is another step towards that direction.”

Apart from the Home Experience stores in Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi, the company has offline presence through 36 Mi Home stores across India and it is planning to open 100 Mi Home stores in 2018.

Most recently, Xiaomi has launched internet-based services Mi Music and Mi Video in India as the pre-installed audio and video apps respectively.

Recently, smartphone maker Xiaomi announced 3 smartphone manufacturing plants in India and also to invest 6000 to 7000 crores in 100 Indian startups in next 5 years.

This month some Indian startups has raised big money from the Angel investors and they are as follows-

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1. Recruitment platform myNoticePeriod has raised A round of INR 18 crore from IDG Ventures. Before this on September 2014, the company had raised over INR 2 crore from individual angel investors and IDG Ventures. This startup ventured by two ex-Yahoo! employees, Manjunath Talwar and Abhijit Khasnis.
2. Bangalore-based growth-stage startup Practo raised USD 30 million from Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners. Practo is a web-based clinic management platform that serves primary clinics.
3. CarDekho parent company Girnar Software Pvt Ltd raised an undisclosed amount of sum from Mr. Ratan Tata. Cardekho, who acquired Gaadi few months ago, had already raised INR 307 crore from Chinese investment management firm Hillhouse Capital and Hong Kong-based hedge fund Tybourne Capital. CarDekho was founded by siblings Amit and Anurag Jain.
4. Bangalore-based Eventifier has been acquired by India’s largest entertainment e-ticketing platform BookMyShow. Eventifier was backed by Kae Capital, Accel Partners & The Startup Centre.
5. NCR-based online marketplace FindYahan has raised an angel round led by Karan Bajwa (MD, Microsoft India) along with Parvesh Bareja (Director, HeliosPacks), Sunjay Kapur (MD, Sona Koyo Steering) and Amanpreet Bajaj (ex-Co-founder, Letsbuy).
6. Pune-based event ticketing platform Townscript has raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding from multiple investors that include Carlyle Group’s MD Mahesh Parasuraman; MindTickle’s co-founder Mohit Garg; and Nipam Shah, founder, NRS Advisors.
7. US based auto-classifieds portal CarTrade has raised an undisclosed amount in investment from ex- AutoTrader CEO Chip Perry.
8. Digital finance company Capital Float has raised USD 13 million in Series A financing to support its rapid growth.
9. 20Dresses has raised USD 1 million in angel funding from several investors. This company is founded by Sumant Kasliwal.
10. Fintech startup CimplyFive recently raised investment from Wipro’s outgoing chief financial officer (CFO) Suresh Senapaty and former Infosys CFO-turned-private investor TV Mohandas Pai.
11. Sports e-commerce startup Sports365 raised USD 1 million in bridge funding from US-based venture capital firm Zolon Ventures and existing investor Powerhouse Ventures.
12. Payment company MineralTree Inc. has raised USD 11.1 million in a Series B round of funding from First Data and 406 Ventures.

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