[Exclusive] Redmi Note 10 and Mi 11 series India launch plans revealed

Published On: January 20, 2021

Highlights

Redmi Note 10 and Redmi Note 10 Pro India launch will be in February
Redmi Note 10 series prices in India will be pretty aggressive
Mi 11 and Mi 11 Lite India variants and colour options also revealed

The Redmi Note 10 and Redmi Note 10 Pro will launch in India in February as the company gears up to bring its next set of budget smartphones to the country. Noted industry insider Ishan Agarwal told 91mobiles that the Redmi Note 10 series prices in India will be pretty aggressive too considering the competition it faces from fast-growing rival Realme. This information is part of the company’s early plans for the upcoming budget smartphone series. To recall, Redmi Note 10 and Note 10 Pro have been certified by a host of certification agencies around the world, including in India. Apart from this, the tipster has shared with us information about the Mi 11 and Mi 11 Lite variants that will launch in India.

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Mi 11, Mi 11 Lite India variants

The Mi 11 India launch has already been confirmed by the Mi brand’s marketing lead Sumit Sonal. While Sonal had previously said that the company is still discussing which SKUs to bring to the country, Agarwal says the Mi 11 will come in Gray and Blue colour options and will come in 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB configurations. On the other hand, the Mi 11 Lite India variants will be 6GB + 64GB, 6GB + 128GB, and 8GB + 128GB. The handset will come in Pink, Black, and Blue hues. However, there’s no timeline for the Mi 11 series India launch at the moment.

Mi 11 has already launched in China, whereas the Mi 11 Lite has been leaked several times over the past few weeks and rumoured to release in late February in Xiaomi’s home market.

Redmi Note 10 price in India, colours

Coming back to the Redmi Note 10 series, the Xiaomi sub-brand plans to launch the vanilla Note 10 in Gray, White, and Green colours. Both the regular and the Pro models will be priced in India quite aggressive as the Redmi Note 9 series did not perform as well as expected in sales terms, says Agarwal. We will have to wait till the phones’ February launch to see how aggressive the company plans to go with this lineup.

The Redmi Note 10 and its Pro sibling have been certified by the FCC in the US, BIS in India, and IMDA in Singapore over the past few weeks. These certifications reveal that the smartphone will come in 4G and 5G variants, and list the usual suspects like dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, etc. As for the specifications, Redmi Note 10 Pro is rumoured to sport an IPS LCD screen with 120Hz refresh rate, Snapdragon 732G chipset, Android 11-based MIUI 12, 64MP primary sensor, and 5,050mAh battery with fast-charging.