Xiaomi Mi3 sold out in a few seconds; Flipkart website crashes

NEW DELHI: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Tuesday sold all its 15000 Mi 3 devices in its third flash sale online on Tuesday in just a few seconds.

The company made available 15,000 units of the Mi3 smartphone today, as against 1,50,000 registrations for the device. With these units, Xiaomi through Flipkart has sold 35,000 Mi 3 smartphones till date in the country.

The Flipkart website crashed seconds after Xiaomi's Mi 3 went on sale today. At 2 PM, noon, when sales began, the site showed a server related 502 error. A few minutes later it showed an out-ofstock message on the page promoting the device.

The website had also crashed temporarily on July 22, minutes after Xiaomi's Mi 3 went on sale for the first time in the country. In the second flash sale online on June 29, Xiaomi sold out the entire Mi 3 stock in just five seconds.

Now, the Flipkart site says that registrations for the phone will restart at 6 PM today with the next sale on August 12.

The price of Rs 13,999 pits Mi 3 against mid-segment devices such as the Moto G and BlackBerry's new Z3 device. Xiaomi Mi3 features a 5.0-inch full HD display and is powered by a 2.3GHz snapdragon processor and 2GB RAM. It runs on highly customised Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system.