Chinese giant Xiaomi finally landed in Brazil. After suggestive pictures on Facebook and suspense, the company announced on Tuesday (30) that it has begun to sell: the Redmi 2 smartphone, the activities monitor Mi Band and the PowerBank super charger.
The smartphone is the flagship: direct competitor of the iPhone 6, the Redmi has 4.7-inch screen, the operating system Miui 6 – based on Android – the Snapdragon 410 processor (the same as the Galaxy Duos A5), and 8GB of memory; as technical differential, the device is the first to have support for 4G Dual Sim – that is, one can use 4G in two chips from different operators.
What draws attention in addition to the technical characteristics, is the price. R$ 499 per smartphone – compared to R$ 3,200 for the 16GB iPhone 6. According to Hugo Barra, vice president of Xiaomi, this is one of the company’s traditions: to offer quality at a fair price.
The phone is available in several colors and, at first, will be sold only via the mi.com website from July 7. Pre-sale is available since today.
The Mi Band, in turn, is a bracelet that monitors user activities, including their sleep.
Finally, the third product to be sold in Brazil, the Mi Power Bank is an energy bank, famous 10400 mA “portable charger”, capable of charging the Redmi 2 up to 3.5 times without having to be connected to a source.
For now, the smartphone is the only product of the company manufactured in Brazil, in the city of Jundiaí. The other products still come from imports and will also be sold through the website, on the same dates.
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