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Xiaomi has launched Mi A3 couple of weeks ago with Android One on board instead of MIUI. It will go on Sale in India today online on Amazon.in. Lowest price for Mi A3 in India is Rs 12,999 ( 64GB + 4GB ram ) . You can also buy Mi A3 128GB 6GB ram variant for a price of Rs 15,999. Since this is an Amazon Special product, it won't be available to purchase from Flipkart or Snapdeal at launch. Mi A3 is an Android One device, which means it is eligible to get future Android Software updates for 2 years and Monthly security updates OTA for 3 years. It comes with Android 9 Pie and will get an update to Android 10 in future. Full Specs and Features 6.08 Super AMOLED screen with HD 720P+ resolution In-screen fingerprint scanner Face unlock Snapdragon 655 Octacore processor Adreno 610 GPU 4030mAh battery 18W Fast charging support ( only 10W charger included in the box ) IR Blaster Smart power amplifier Micro sdcard slot expandable up to 256GB Triple Cameras - 48MP main cam

Before Pixel Series Android Phones were introduced, Google used to launch Nexus series of Smartphones whenever a new major Android version came out. Nexus lineup of Android smartphones and tablets were often developed in collaboration with other OEM partners of Android. For eg, Galaxy Nexus was made by Samsung while Nexus 6P came from Huawei's factories. The software on these Nexus phones were maintained by Google and came with unaltered, vanilla Stock Android.  A few years back, Google decided to kill of Nexus line of Android smartphones and launched Google Pixel series focusing on Computational Photography. Unlike Nexus devices, these were made by Google's hardware team. Prior to this, Google also launched Android One program.  So what is Android One program? Any phone with Android One branding runs on Stock Android like the good old Nexus phones. So, if you were to buy a Xiaomi device like Mi A3, you would get Stock Android UI instead of MIUI. There are a