Xiaomi's second smart phone release in India, Redmi 1s, is going out of stock in mere seconds in its every flash sale. Its high end specs at the below mid range cost making people go crazy for the mobile. Need less to say few people using this as quick money source by putting it on olx and quickr for second sale at lil higher cost.
Flipkart has been Xiaomi's exclusive online store since its first smart device in India, Mi3 sale. in this 3rd sale, on 16th Sep. stock emptied in mere 3.4 seconds. as per Flipkart's Mi store page, its next sale will be on Sep 23rd and as usual you should register in Flipkart to grab the phone in its next sale. we wish you a good luck in next sale.
Related: Better alternatives to Xiaomi's Redmi1s and Mi3
we are posting this even though it is lil off topic here in "trends in 16", cause we saw few frustrated smart phone bees with xiaomi's stock and supply, where buying a xiaomi device involves lot more luck.
below are few alternative we propose for you, how ever, its your decision ultimately.
Micromax, ASUS and XOLO companies got lot of fame these days since they started production of premium looking smart phones. how ever, people are complaining about after sale services. but people are not sure about xiaomi's after sale services quality as well.
coming to redmi1s, we can look at Asus zenfone series, micromax canvas series below 9k range and moto E- people are considering these options cause these manufactures well trusted than xiaomi in India, as these brands are Indian based.
Asus Zenfone A450* model offers close specs range of redmi1s. and this mobile looks premium than redmi1s. remaining models in the Zenfone series have better features for lil more pricing; zenfone A500*/501*/600*.
Asus Zenfone A450CG
Asus Zenfone A501CG
XOLO Q series(Quad core series) in price range of 7k-10k and Micromax canvas 2/2.2/turbo mini offers almost same features as redmi1s. but its no doubt that redmi1s is a best device we can get @5999 /- Rs. with well packed specs.
now, lets see for few mi3 alternatives. first of all i would like to mention Micromax canvas nitro here.
it offers a great specs bundle at 12,999/- cost sheet. it has killer looks, nice specs and awesome design. we may need to compromise a lil while coming to its battery capacity, comparing mi3 battery.
Micromax Canvas Nitro-
and as previously mentioned, Asus Zenfone A500/501/600CG models are also considerable options.
Asus Zenfone 600CG-
and XOLO offers it octacore series XOLO 8X-1000 and 8X-1100 in the range of mi3 specs.
XOLO 8X-1100
and our late night star mote-g's come back moto-g 2nd gen is also a great device and better option for people who looking for a trusty manufacturers.
moto-g(2 gen)
It is sure that we can not get the same specs as redmi1s and mi3 offers at their price range, but looking at the demand and supply graph, we may need to consider different options here.
Please share with your friends, who are thinking of buying a xiaomi device and do suggest your options here in comments.
related: check top 5 well reviewed phones in 15k price range
What is the challenge?
Ice bucket challenge- dumping bucket of ice cold water(may involve ice cubes as well), also called as ALS ice bucket challenge, is a challenge you have to take if someone requests/nominates/challenges you or else, you have to donate a 100 dollors to ALS association.
What is ALS association?
The ALS Association is an American nonprofit organization that raises money for research and patient services, promotes awareness about and advocates in state and federal government on issues related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The ALS Association is broken up into distinct chapters each servicing a particular geographic area of the United States all working under the umbrella of a national charter and administrator. While each individual chapter is basically autonomous, some smaller chapters rely heavily on the national organization for assistance. Each chapter provides education, advocacy and essential services to ALS patients, their families and caregivers, while the national organization funds research and supports the cause as a whole (from Wikipedia).
From where and who?
We are not sure, who started this challenge, But it was started in United States, in mid 2014 and it went viral over the web and social media. initially, they used to call this task as "cold water challenge" cause, People who takes the challenge, has to jump into cold water otherwise, Has to donate money to organizations.
ALS version involves, dumping/ pouring bucket of ice old water or else, you have to donate a 100 dollars to ALS association. we could see this kinda challenge started in Newzealand, used to get donations for charity (from different web sources) .
How to play?
After being challenged, with in 24 hrs. participants has to film themselves while taking the challenge. First, their acceptance of the challenge is done by pouring ice into a bucket of water. The bucket is then to be lifted overhead and poured over the participant's head. Then the participant can call out a challenge to other people. In another version, Participant is expected to donate $10 if they have poured the ice water over their head and donate $100 if they have not.
How it went viral?
Usually, ALS association films the process of taking the challenge, which can be shared over internet, social sites, is the main reason for this.
However, personalities of US famous TV program 'Morning Drive', performed a live Ice bucket challenge in June'14. this is when, it came to all kinda people when it performed live in Television. after this so many, famous personalities took the challenge and started posting the videos in their social sites.Aand from this it went to all people and finally all over internet.
In India??
Here in India, lot of people took the challenge, donated lot of money to ALS association. We have collected some information on how it started in india and list of people who made it popular here.
Indian Tennis player Rohan Bopanna was the one who started this
challenge in India after being nominated by former tennis player Amrit
Narsimhan. After taking up the challenge, he nominated actor Rahul Bose,
sports editor Digvijay Singh Deo and the entire team of Bengaluru
Football club.
Bengaluru FC did a group challenge and, in turn, nominated Badminton
star Ashwini Ponappa, after,
Sania Mirza took the challenge and challenged fellow Tennis players Cara Black
and Mahesh Bhupathi, Yuvraj Singh, her sister Anam Mirza and actor
Riteish Deshmukh, thus, taking the challenge from Indian sports to
Bollywood.
Bollywood too has not been far behind with Abhishek Bachchan challenging Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and the entire team of Happy New Year. Riteish took it up while shooting for one of his upcoming films. He went on to challenge a few of his friends from the industry.
After this lot of people took the challenge and donated as well, this is really a good spirit of Indian people. and we should encourage this and spread as well. however, there are people who opposes this. thinking, we are least bothered about problems in India and always following the western countries.
(All information written here is collected from different web sources and we are not related to ALS association or those websources in any way. this is purely for information purpose for audience who comes here.)
