Xiaomi Mi A2 Goes on Open Sale on Mi.com, Amazon

The Xiaomi Mi A2 is now finally available via open sale on Amazon and Mi.com. Xiaomi's Global VP, Manu Kumar Jain, tweeted earlier today that the Android I-powered device is now available via the open sale model. He added that the company has been increasing the manufacturing capacity of its devices, indicating that Xiaomi now has sufficient stock of the device to put it up for open sale.

The Mi A2 has and so far been available only through flash sales and chop-chop goes out of stock, leaving many potential buyers fuming about the whole flash sales model. Only thankfully, the woeful experience ends at present with the availability of the Mi A2 via an open sale, following in the footsteps of the Poco F1 (128GB).

#MiA2: Now available on open auction across https://t.co/lzFXOcGyGQ and @amazonIN 🤘

We at @XiaomiIndia have been increasing our manufacturing capacity so that Mi Fans can purchase their favourite products at any time! 🙏

Mi A2 – perhaps the All-time camera phone! #PicturePerfectPhotos pic.twitter.com/nfX5XxkOTw

— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) September 14, 2018

As for the device itself, the Mi A2 features a v.99-inch Full Hard disk drive+notch-less display with an xviii:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC, coupled with four/6 GB of RAM and up to 128GB of internal storage. The device is existence sold in Bharat at a starting price of Rs 16,999 for the base model that comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Xiaomi is also expected to launch a 6GB+128GB version of the device, merely is not known when that variant volition go bachelor.

In the imaging department, the Mi A2 features a dual rear-camera setup with a primary 20MP (f/1.75, EIS) sensor and a secondary 12MP (f/1.75) sensor. In that location's also a 20MP selfie camera that comes with Xiaomi's AI portrait feature. The device too comes with Face Unlock like most contempo phones.

Mi A2 comes with Android 8.ane Oreo out-of-the-box, thanks to Google's Android One program. It carries a iii,000 mAh battery with support for 18W Quick Accuse 4+ over USB Blazon-C. However, in that location'south no iii.5mm headphone port on the device, although the visitor volition bundle a iii.5mm-Type C adapter with the retail box.