Xiaomi brings Redmi 4X to Pakistan in partnership with Smartlink Technologies

With the launch of Redmi 4X, Xiaomi demonstrates its commitment to the market

One of the world’s leading technology company Xiaomi launches Redmi 4X in Pakistan on Saturday through distribution partner SmartLink Technology. The launch event took place in Lahore on Friday and was hosted by none other than the witty Taimur Salahuddin AKA Mooroo.

Audiences were provided double dose of entertainment with the hilarious jokes of Mooroo and scintillating performances by Pakistan’s leading band Noori and Nescafe Basement band with Altamash Sarver who made audiences dance to their favourite tracks. The stunning Mira Sethi also made a special guest appearance who was all praises for the newly launched Smartphone, equipped with the latest technology in an affordable price.

Smartlink Technologies Marketing Director Ahmed Butt was quoted as saying, “Majority of the Pakistani consumers prefer to purchase smartphones remaining in this price bracket and thus this bracket has always remained a key market for all brands. We have confidence that Redmi 4X will be a hit within its own price bracket, as the smartphone surely outperforms its competition in the market.”

Redmi 4X

Redmi 4X features a full metal body, is the slimmest in design at just 8.65mm of thickness and weighs a mere 150g. Equipped with a 4100mAh battery, Redmi 4X has an impressive standby time of up to 18 days! Bid those dying battery issues adieu! It will be available with a 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, so users can multi-task more efficiently, having more space for their downloaded applications and images. Redmi 4X will be available in the markets from Saturday in black a price of Rs 18,900.

The smartphones will be available offline across the country and online at official mistore.pk and at authorised online sales agents including Daraz.pk and Yayvo.com.

Every Redmi 4X will ship with MIUI 8 which builds in several technology breakthroughs such as being able to clone apps and manage multiple accounts on the same phone. This means that users can have two instances of a messaging app on the same phone that correspond to different accounts, removing the inconvenience of having to log in and out on the same app. With MIUI 8, users can also split their smartphones into two accounts. This means that a different password or fingerprint can allow you to access a different home screen entirely, with independent apps and data. According to their needs, users can choose to merge certain data such as the address book and their call log history.

Key features of Redmi 4X:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 with (Octa-core 1.4GHz)
• 4100mAh battery
• 13MP camera with PDAF; 5MP front camera
• 5-inch HD display
• Dual SIM (3-choose-2 hybrid SIM tray)
• LTE support
• 3GB RAM + 32GB Flash
• Up to 128GB microSD expandable storage
• Rear fingerprint sensor
• Available in Black

About Xiaomi

Xiaomi was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun based on the vision “innovation for everyone”. We believe that high-quality products built with cutting edge technology should be made accessible to everyone. We create remarkable hardware, software, and internet services for and with the help of our Mi fans. We incorporate their feedback into our product range, which currently includes Mi and Redmi smartphones, Mi TVs and set-top boxes, Mi routers, and Mi Ecosystem products including smart home products, wearables and other accessories. With more than 70 million handsets sold in 2015, Xiaomi is expanding its footprint across the world to become a global brand.

About Smartlink Technologies

Established in 2016, Smartlink Technologies is a brainchild of a pool of professionals whose strong vision and even stronger conviction paved the way for an exclusive partnership with Xiaomi. We believe in reaching out to both the low-end and the high-end consumers and still give out state-of-the-art and warranted products at the best possible prices. We live in an age where the digital world meanders from smartphones to smart everything – we see it all around us. Smartlink Technologies strives to connect latest technology with modern and innovative sales techniques to change not only how brands are marketed but also how they define themselves.

Recipe: Pakistani Awami Biryani

To make a delicious Pakistani Awami Biryani, you need to :

1. Take some yogurt of insecurity and beat it well.
2. Marinate the awami chicken with the yogurt of insecurity, garlic paste of high fuel prices, ginger paste of electricity load shedding, unemployment turmeric powder, bus fares coriander powder, chilli powder of illiteracy, shortage of gas cumin powder and of course social difference salt. Let it marinate for some time.
3. Take some target killing onions and chop them very thin. Deep fry them in law and order oil mixed with ¼ cup of clarified sectarian violence butter until crispy.
4. Now its time to take some tension rice. Clean and wash them and then drain carefully and set aside.
5. Clean and chop the mint and coriander leaves of Pakistan steel mills. In the same oil, fry the chopped Railway cashew nuts and PIA raisins until golden brown, drain and set aside. Slit green chillies of cell phone addiction, and mix into the marinated awami chicken.
6. Put the awami chicken and marinade into a political pot in which the target killing onions were fried earlier.
7. Time to add a little water from any unreliable source, cover and cook until the awami chicken is half done.
8. Remove the Awami chicken pieces with a spoon of Police & Rangers and measure the stock. Add more water until diseases are inflicted.
9. Put the tension rice into a rice cooker, add the whole spices of drones, arrange the awami chicken pieces on top, sprinkle three-quarters of the fried target killing onions and all the chopped PIA, Railways and other leaves.
10. Pour in the measured stock into which the garam masala of intolerance has been added.
11. Pour the remaining quarter cup of clarified sectarian violence butter over the whole mixture. Cover and cook until well done.
12. Take some eggs of facebook and chatting and hard-boil them.
13. Soak the saffron of distance from religion in the milk of fleeing the country.
14. When the biryani is done, open the rice cooker, and sprinkle the saffron-soaked milk on top. Mix carefully and cover and leave on very low heat for a few minutes.
15. Just before serving, mix in the juice of half a lemon of protests and strikes.
16. Arrange on a serving dish and garnish with corruption.

The perfect Pakistani Awami Biryani is ready!

Note: Don’t forget to take proper medication after eating in order to digest.

From the cookbook of Chef Hammad Abdul Mateen

It’s FREE!

During a break between overs in a domestic T20 cricket match on TV, I saw an ad which was of a mobile telecom company. You must be wondering what’s worth in it to mention; that’s all that we watch day and night on TV these days. What was strange in this ad though was the offer they we advertising for. The funky looking guy (which was supposed to represent our youth) was trying to impress a girl by shouting that he would talk to her on phone all day and night. The girl showing how much free time she actually had, got both impressed and shocked. The catch was that this particular company is offering a ‘package‘ after activating which you can talk on 3 friends’ and family numbers absolutely FREE for 24 hours for only Rs. 6.99 per day.

As ridiculous as it sounds, I am forced to ponder how people actually buy what these advertisers have to say without even noticing the real deal. I mean, talking for FREE for Rs. 6.99?

 

I couldn’t stop smiling when different manifestations of such offers came to my mind. It’s actually like offering:

1)      Free electricity, just by paying all that is mentioned on your bill.

2)      Free air ticket to Islamabad for only Rs. 7,599.

3)       Free swimming lessons, only if you already know how to swim.

No wonder why our politicians don’t bother considering the ‘intellect factor’ of this nation when they ask for our votes time and again. We are being fooled round-the-clock. Those who are the future of this country are busy switching SIM cards and activating new packages on their mobiles. 

Marketing and advertising has become so easy. Telecom companies are luring their customers by offering Rs. 0.25 less cost than their competitors. This is how much it costs to buy a customer. This isn’t only happening in the mobile telecom sector; almost all the goods that are being advertised are using the same kind of techniques.

Our priorities have changed so much over the past 2-3 decades. We do not need an East India Company now, we already work for one 24/7 by wasting our time, effort and creativity on things that should be of least importance to us.

We aren’t using cell phones anymore, cell phones are using us.

Hammad A. Mateen