It looks like Chinese smartphone company XiaoMi will start selling its phones in India very soon. It has set up an official MIUI website for India and is asking people to show support by liking its Facebook page and spreading the word about the website. Xiaomi is also organising a fan meet on June 29 in Mumbai and several officials from the company are expected to participate. The company had hired co-founder of Jabong Manu Kumar Jain, to head its operations in India, earlier this month. Former Google VP and Xiaomi CEO Hugo Barra had said earlier this year that the company will start its services in India after launching in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. It's worth noting that the company has set up similar websites for Malaysia and Philippines, but it hasn't started selling its devices in either of these markets from the looks of it. It is currently offering Mi3 in both these markets and it might follow the same strategy in India as well. However, everyone is expecting the company to launch the cheaper RedMi in India first. Xiaomi's devices are available in India unofficially on e-commerce websites like eBay, with Mi3 costing a little under Rs 25,000 and RedMi priced at a little under Rs 13,000. Barra had visited India in March this year and around the same time the company had made a post on its forum asking for volunteers to help translate its MIUI ROM into Hindi. Barra had also stated that it will set…
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