Xiaomi India on Tuesday announced that the Redmi Note Prime will be now offered at Rs. 7,999, a cut of Rs. 500 from the launch price.

Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime smartphone was launched in India in December 2015 priced at Rs. 8,499.

The Chinese company also publicized new offers as part of "Mi Week" on Amazon India from Tuesday to Friday, where the Mi 4 and Mi 4i will be available at reduced prices for the four days. Under the offer, the Xiaomi Mi 4 can be purchased at Rs. 12,999 while the Xiaomi Mi 4i at Rs. 9,999.

The dual SIM Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime runs Android 4.4 KitKat-based MIUI 7 and features a 5.5-inch IPS display with a HD (720x1280 pixels) resolution. The handset is driven by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor along with 2GB LPDDR3 of RAM. The smartphone comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). The Redmi Note Prime rocks a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash, and 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

A 3100mAh battery completes the package. The connectivity options offered are GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot functionality, Bluetooth v4.0, FM radio, Micro-USB 2.0, USB-OTG and GPS/ A-GPS.