New Delhi, Tech Desk. Xiaomi India has once again increased the price of its three budget smartphones Redmi Note 8, Redmi 8 and Redmi 8A Dual. This is the third time the price of these smartphones has been increased since launch. Only last month, the company increased the price of these three smartphones. At a difference of only four weeks, the company has increased the price of these devices once again. The price of these three devices has been increased by Rs 500. Last month, the company had increased their prices due to increase in GST rates on mobile phones. This time why the company has done this increase, it has not been clear.
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Redmi 8A Dual was launched by the company at an initial price of Rs 6,499. The company had increased its price by Rs 500 to Rs 6,999 after the new GST rates were implemented in April. The company again increased the price of this smartphone by Rs 200 in May. Now its base 2GB + 32GB variant was priced at Rs 7,299. The company has again increased its price by Rs 200. Now the price of this variant has been Rs 7,499. At the same time, the company has not increased the price of its 3GB + 32GB variants. This variant is available for Rs 7,999.
Like this smartphone, the company has also increased the price of Redmi 8 of this series. Its base 4GB + 64GB variant was launched at a price of Rs 7,999. After the GST rates were increased in April, its price was increased by Rs 1,000, after which its price was increased to Rs 8,999. The company increased its price by Rs 200 in May, after which its price was increased to Rs 9,299. Now its price has been increased by Rs 200 once again. This smartphone is now being sold at an initial price of Rs 9,499.
The price of Redmi Note 8, the best-selling smartphone of the company in the last quarter, has also been increased in a similar way. It was launched in India at a price of Rs 9,999. In April, its price was increased by Rs 1,000 after the new GST was implemented. After which the price of its initial variant 4GB RAM + 64GB was increased to Rs 10,999. In May, the price of this variant was increased again by Rs 500, after which its price was increased to Rs 11,499.
At the same time, its 6GB RAM + 128GB variant was launched for Rs 12,999, its price was increased by Rs 1,000. The price of this variant had increased to Rs 13,999. Now the price of both these variants has been increased by Rs 500. The price of this base variant has now increased from 11,499 to Rs 11,999. At the same time, the price of its high end variants has now increased from Rs 13,999 to Rs 14,499.
