Image credit: C4eTech (youtube) Xiaomi the king the of budget smartphones in India recently hiked the prices on few smartphones ranging from 7k INR to 15k INR. This is the third price hike of Redmi series phones. The reason given by Xiaomi India after the first price hike was of Taxes. But for the third time now they haven’t specified the reason and INR 500 and INR 200 is increased for different models. Xiaomi is always meant for providing value for money smartphones but the Ads in MIUI was the reason of less price. But will Xiaomi India assure that Ads will be removed after the price hike? I think no they will still be silent when this question is asked. For Redmi 8 the price hike is of INR 200 and the latest price is INR 9500 (4+64GB model). Redmi 8A is now available for INR 7500 (2GB model) and INR 8000(3+32GB model). Redmi note 8 suffered a hike of INR 500 and the latest price is INR 12000 (4+64GB model) and INR 14500 for 6+128GB model. So overall INR 2000 price