Too Hot To Handle! Xiaomi Mi3 Launch Ends Up Crashing, Flipkart Buyers In A Tiff

The much awaited Xiaomi Mi3 went up for sale earlier today and within minutes everything has gone awry. Online site Flipkart.com, the exclusive partner for selling Xiaomi products in the country has shown its true colours yet again with the site crashing down on more than 100,000 pre-ordered customers looking to find their way through to buy the Mi3.

This is not the first time we’re hearing about Flipkart crashing owing to heavy traffic issues as similar incident occurred when Motorola decided to take the online-only route with Moto E and Moto G smartphone in the country earlier this year. And now, the same has occurred owing to high-traffic reading on the site for buying the affordable Xiaomi Mi3.

The curious part about this mishap for Flipkart reflects on the company’s inability to weather the storm which was predicted much earlier than it actually occurred. Just last week, Flipkart announced that more than 100,000 customers have registered/ pre-ordered the Mi3 on their site which was going to be made available from 22nd July i.e. today. Much reminiscent to the Indian Railways booking site, IRCTC.in, Flipkart goes for a toss, the moment anyone tried to make the payment for Mi3 and instead of getting the expected message of “You purchase was successful”, all one can see is this error message.

Social networking platforms like Twitter and Facebook are flushed with complaints, hues and cry from the set of consumers who have registered to buy the smartphone. Giving you a quick recall on the Mi3, this is a 5 inch Full HD laced device, running on Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS layered over MiUi interface and packs a Snapdragon 800 chipset clubbed with 2 GB RAM and comes fitted with 13 MP rear and 2 MP front cameras. The phone was launched at a striking price of Rs 13,999 in the country and requires interested buyers to register themselves first before buying the phone on the date mentioned by the seller separately. Anyone looking to buy the Mi3 in the coming weeks will be glad to know that the Flipkart has started taking pre-orders for the Mi3 again, limited up to 28th July after which you will be able to buy the phone on 29th July as per the details shared by Flipkart.