Xiaomi Mi A2 goes on pre-order today: Price and availability

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi's Mi A2 will go on pre-order in India on Thursday.

The Mi A2 was launched in India on Wednesday. Running Android One, the Mi A2 debuted in three variants globally –4GB+32GB, 4GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB.

The 4GB+64GB variant of the MiA2 will be available at Rs 16,999. Xiaomi has said that the phone's 6GB+128GB variant is coming soon to India. There is no word on  4GB+32GB variant though.

The pre-order for the device will start on Thursday at 12 noon on both mi.com and Amazon.in. The first sale of MiA 2 will start onn August 16 at 12 noon on both the online platform.

Xiaomi has tweeted:

Of course you can take such great selfies on #MiA2. Featuring August, Mi A2 goes on pre-order today at 12 noon on https://t.co/D3b3Qt4Ujl and @amazonIN #PicturePerfectPhotoshttps://t.co/D3b3Qt4Ujl - https://t.co/RGfTxt4hNk
Amazon - https://t.co/vf5Qu93XtA https://t.co/QbLoXY5cCv pic.twitter.com/Rgayc41Zq6 — Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) August 9, 2018

As part of the launch offer, Reliance Jio users will get Rs 2200 instant cashback and up to 4.5 TB free data.

The phone features 5.99-inch 18:9 Full Screen Display, protected by a 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

Mi A2 sports 12MP+20MP rear AI dual camera and 20MP front camera. Mi A2 users can manually select the 20MP or 12MP rear camera according to environment lighting. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chip with the powerful Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence Engine (AIE).

Xiaomi said that all the units sold in India of  Mi A2 will be made in India. “Our component supplier Holitech Technology has signed an MOU with Andhra Pradesh government to start local manufacturing of 5 components in India,” it said.