Xiaomi Redmi 6, Redmi 6A get expensive! Indian rupee to blame

Xiaomi, which is dominating the Indian smartphone market on the back of its low-budget smartphones and amazing features, is now trapped by the country's currency crisis. The Chinese smartphone maker has recently decided to hike prices of its various products including smartphones, LED TV and power banks. Xiaomi has blamed it all on the Indian rupee. But as for you customers, it comes as a bad news if you are planning to buy the latest Redmi 6 series smartphones. Among the smartphones, it would be Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A that have seen an uptick in their market price, hence, they are now more expensive for you. 

Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain released a notification on its Twitter account saying, "Mi Fans! INR has depreciated against US$ by ~15% since the beginning of this year, resulting in significant rise in input costs."

Jain said, "We are adjusting the prices of Redmi 6, Redmi 6A, Mi Powerbank  2i & Mi TV (32" Pro & 49" Pro)."

In the notification, Xiaomi mentioned that, the company has always worked on bringing you innovative technology with incredible specs of the highest quality and we also strive to ensure that these are available to you at the most honest price."

Hence, Xiaomi explains that, to offset this, a few of the products will witness marginal price adjustment and will now move on from their introductory price phase announced during the September. 

Following which, Redmi 6A price in 2GB plus 16GB storage and 2GB along with 32GB storage has seen a price increase of Rs 600 and Rs 500 respectively. Now these two variants will be available at Rs 6,599 and Rs 7,499 respectively. 

Redmi 6 in 3GB and 32GB storage, on the other hand, saw Rs 500 hike in their market price and will now be available at Rs 8,499. 

Whereas, Mi LED TV 4C Pro and Mi LED TV 4A Pro 49 will be available at Rs 15,999 and Rs 31,999. These two TVs have seen a price hike of Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 respectively. 

New prices are in effect from November 11 onwards.