The Redmi Note 8 was released in India with a starting price of Rs 9,999 (US$130). Xiaomi has slowly byt steadily increased the MSRP of the phone over the past few months with the latest—the fifth of such—putting the phone's price tag at Rs 12,499 (US$165).
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