The Xiaomi Redmi 5A launch in India, the entry of Xiaomi company new a warrior, with a starting price of Rs. 5,999. The company announced a discount of Rs. 1,000 for the first 5 million Xiaomi Redmi 5A buyers, meaning the starting price goes down to Rs. 4,999. for the early birds. On top of this, buyers of the new ‘Desh Ka Smartphone’ can get another Rs. 1,000 as cashback, courtesy a partnership between the Chinese brand and Jio. The smartphone buyers will get the cashback as vouchers that can be used to purchase Jio recharges.

Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi India Managing Director, revealed the Jio cashback offer following the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi 5A on Thursday. “All #Redmi5A users now avail an additional cashback of Rs. 1,000 cashback through @reliancejio ‘Better Together Offer’![sic]” Jain tweeted.

Under the new offer, Xiaomi Redmi 5A Users need to continue to recharge their accounts with the Rs. 199 pack for 12 months to get the cashback. The pack includes 28GB of 4G data with a 1GB daily limit, unlimited local and STD voice calls and unlimited SMS with 28 days of validity. Notably, the first recharge should be done between Dec 5, 2017, and Nov 30, 2018.

The cashback will be credited to the subscribers’ account in the form of 10 vouchers of Rs. 100 denomination at the end of 12 months period. It is also worth noting here that only one cashback voucher can be redeemed at a time and against the recharge of Rs. 309 or above packs or against Rs. 201 or above data add-ons via MyJio app before Nov 30, 2019. Also, the Rs. 199 pack will be available for Jio subscribers for the first 12 months after purchasing the Xiaomi Redmi 5A.

Redmi 5A comes in two variants in the country – one with 2GB RAM and 16GB onboard storage and the other one with 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. Both the versions have a 5.0-inch HD display, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor, and a 3000mAh battery. The Xiaomi Redmi 5A sports a 13 MP rear camera sensor with a f/2.2 aperture lens, as well as an LED flash, and a 5 MP front camera sensor with f/2.0 aperture lens. It runs MIUI 9 based on Android 7.0 (Nougat).