<p style="text-align: justify;">‘Make in India’ is certainly catching on as a number of device makers have already committed to the program. Big names like Samsung, Sony, Lenovo and Motorola have shown their interest and have already started or are planning to locally manufacture products in the country. The newest name to hop on the boat is the Chinese device maker Xiaomi as the company today announced its first manufacturing unit in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh. The company has partnered with Foxconn which has already started producing the Redmi 2 Prime, which will be the first handset to come out of this new unit and will also be Xiaomi’s first ‘Made in India’ smartphone.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Redmi 2 Prime is the first smartphone from Xiaomi to be assembled in our facility in Sri City. We would like to thank Andhra Pradesh government for helping us to start local manufacturing within just six months. Initial talks started in February and today we have already started to sell the Redmi 2 Prime,” said Xiaomi Global Vice President, Hugo Barra.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Xiaomi will be initially importing components from China and will be assembling smartphones at the new facility but plans to completely produce the handsets locally. The new facility in Andhra Pradesh is Xiaomi’s second production unit, apart from Brazil, which will be based out of China.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Redmi 2 Prime will look at exactly like the Redmi 2 but will have double the memory and storage. The smartphone will feature a Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 4.7-inch 720p HD IPS display, Android 4.4.4 KitKat with MIUI 6, an 8MP rear camera, a 2MP front camera a 2,200 mAh battery and dual 4G SIM card slots. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 6,999 and surprisingly will be available without any flash sales on Flipkart as well as the Mi store from today. The smartphone will also hit retail stores in the coming months as Xiaomi wants to increase its outreach.</p>
