Xiaomi Misses Smartphone Targets
Xiaomi's co-founder Lei Jun holds up one of the company's smartphones, with the company revealing it has shipped over 70 million smartphones in 2015. Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

Xiaomi launched a new Natural Bamboo Edition of its Mi Note smartphone in March at a higher price than the regular edition of the phone. Now, Xiaomi has reduced the price to that of the regular version.

According to Xiaomi Today, the regular Xiaomi Mi Note with 16 GB storage is priced at 1,999 yuan ($322). When the Xiaomi Ni Note Bamboo Edition was released, it carried a price tag of 2,299 yuan ($370). It is now available for $322.

The 64 GB Xiaomi Mi Note Bamboo Edition is still costlier, at 2,299 yuan. As of this writing, the special edition is exclusively available in China. Also, it is not known whether the price cut is temporary period or permanent.

The Xiaomi Mi Note was launched alongside the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro. The former 7 mm thick and weighs about 6 ounces. The dual-SIM handset is fitted with a huge IPS LCD of 5.7-inch that supports a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

It is powered by the older Snapdragon 801 chipset that houses a 2.5 GHz quad-core processor along with Adreno 330 graphics. The device is available in storage options like 16 GB and 64 GB. The chipset is coupled with 3 GB of RAM.

There is a 13 MP camera powered with Optical Image Stabilization and dual-LE flash on the back of the device. On the front, it features a 4 MP camera. The device supports 4G LTE connectivity and is packed with a nonremovable battery of 3,000 mAh.

The Xiaomi Mi Note Pro is a powerful edition of Mi Note. It also features a 5.7-inch display. However, it supports Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. It is powered with Snapdragon 810 chipset that has a 64-bit octa-core processor. The SoC is supported by 4 GB of RAM. It is also equipped with a 3,000 mAh nonremovable battery.