Xiaomi eyes offline market pie, steps away from Flipkart

Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra literally turned himself into demigod of Mi devices at the Redmi Note 3 launch (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3’s India launch on Thursday saw two, less reported, announcements. One was of course that the new, premium Mi 5 smartphone will be coming to India in April, just one month after going on sale in China. The other was that the company’s smartphones will also soon be available in offline retail as well.
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