Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 once again sold out within minutes; next sale on February 15

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 sale which started at 2pm on February 8

Redmi Note 4 sales was carried out on Flipkart as well as its own Mi.com

Redmi Note 4 fourth flash sale

Xiaomi claimed to have sold 2.5 million units Redmi Note 4 in 10 minutes in its first flash sale

Targets 7 million units in sales in 2017

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi's Redmi Note 4 fourth flash sale saw the newly launched smartphone sold out within minutes. The sale which started at 2pm on Wednesday saw a huge surge in demand resulting in it being sold out within minutes. Many buyers who were anticipating the sale were only left to wait for some more time and would have to look forward to their next sale on February 15.

The Redmi Note 4 sales was carried out on Flipkart as well as its own Mi.com website. However, due to high demand for the smartphone many were left with a message saying they were in a queue and for them not to close or refresh their page.

Well at least this lil animation is nice in the @XiaomiIndia website... no luck though! #RedmiNote4 @Flipkart pic.twitter.com/BS77zltOvb

— MuruganSpeaking (@MuruganSpeaking) February 8, 2017

While the earlier sales were offering only two variants currently, ie the 3GB RAM with 32 GB internal memory priced at Rs 10,999 and the 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage priced at Rs 12,999. Today's flash sale offered the 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage is priced at Rs 9,999.

The company has flash sales for the Redmi Note 4 previously on January 24, January 30 and February 3. Xiaomi claimed to have sold 2.5 million units Redmi Note 4 in 10 minutes in its first flash sale. It is now targeting 7 million units in sales by the end of 2017. At this rate it could well achieve this target.

Xiaomi in the previous year sold 3.6 million units of the Xiaomi Note 3 within 10 months of the launch. This enabled the company double its smartphone sales in India last year to surpass the $1 million revenue mark.

The smartphone maker has been selling its phones on Flipkart as well as Mi.com.

It is also offering only two variants currently, ie the 3GB RAM with 32 GB internal memory priced at Rs 10,999 and the 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage priced at Rs 12,999.

The base variant, which comes with 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage is priced at Rs 9,999, is yet be made available on sale.

Redmi Note 4 includes a 5.5 inch full-HD curve glass display. The smartphone is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio X20 coupled with Mali-T880 MP4 GPU. It has a 13 megapixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front facing camera.

Besides this, it has a finger print scanner and an infrared sensor. It also comes with 4G with VoLTE, Bluetooth, GPS, Micro-USB. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is powered by a 4100 mAh battery.