Call it a smart marketing strategy or a monsoon gift, this news will sure excite Xiaomi fans. After teasing the price drop in a partial image on Twitter yesterday, Xiaomi has slashed the price of Redmi 2 by Rs. 1000. The Redmi 2 is now available for Rs. 5,999 on Xiaomi’s own website along with Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon.

#Redmi2 is now only ?5,999. Buy now @ http://t.co/cwYEXdVQIo. RT by 10/7 12pm why you want one to win a dark grey set pic.twitter.com/eFNY1qoiRd

— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) July 7, 2015

Redmi 2, the successor to Redmi 1S, was launched by Xiaomi in [...]