Apart from the Mi 4 flagship phone, Xiaomi also revealed that it’s bringing the new MIUI 6 interface update to its devices in India and the roll-out of the fresh software has already commence. The highly popular Mi 3 handset is the first to get the new visuals enhancements and the Redmi series will follow suit soon.

The MIUI 6 update is already seeding to the Xiaomi Mi 3 and it runs on top of Android KitKat. Same will be the case for the Redmi Note 4G which is already on version 4.4 of the OS. The software will arrive for the phablet as soon as next week, but owners of the dual SIM HSPA model will have to wait until late March for the firmware to arrive.

The Redmi 1S isn’t going to be seeing the update arrive until the end of next month either. MIUI 6 brings various improvements over version 5, mainly by introducing more colors and simple, yet beautiful icons. Xiaomi has put a lot of focus on the little things in its custom UI by improving animations, especially when moving between screens, deleting apps and unlocking the device.

The way notifications are displayed have also been augmented as only important alerts will show up, while the others will be kept hidden so that they’re not a disturbance and can be viewed later. There are also floating notifications which work in a similar fashion to how Lollipop displays alerts. These are just some of the many new features you’ll find on MIUI V6, albeit not all of them will be milking their debut in India.

Xiaomi notes that update is being seeded over the air and you’ll also be able to manually download it through its official forum for the Mi 3, Redmi Note and Redmi 1S smartphones

The Economic Times is reporting that Xiaomi’s India Head, Manu Jain, informed PTI about the brand’s plans to set up its own shop in the country. He disclosed that they’re still in process of choosing partners for warehousing and logistics and still have to decide upon payment methods like COD.

It could take them anywhere between three to nine months to open device sales on the official website. The Xiaomi Mi 4 flagship smartphone was recently launched in India and it’s scheduled to go on sale on February 10 via Flipkart for Rs 19999 with 16GB of internal storage.

Here’s a recap of what the Xiaomi Mi 4 offers in specs:

– Android 4.4.4 KitKat w/ MIUI 6
– 5-inch 1080p FHD LCD
– 2.5GHz quad core Snapdragon 801 SOC
– 3GB RAM, 16GB storage (64GB arriving soon)
– 8MP front camera, 13MP rear snapper
– 3080mAh battery

Xiaomi has time and again said that India is one of its most important markets and apart from opening its own online store in the country, the company is also in process of starting an R&D unit in Bangalore.

Lenovo on Tuesday announced its third fiscal quarter report where the company claimed a net profit of $253 million (roughly Rs. 1,559 crores), a slight drop from the year-ago quarter. The Chinese giant also revealed that Motorola, now acquired by Lenovo, sold more than 10 million smartphone, up 118 percent from a year ago in the same quarter. Additionally, Motorola has announced that the Moto X (Gen 2) reached 1 million pre-orders in China since being introduced last week.

Lenovo however did not reveal breakdown of Motorola handsets sold in last quarter. Considering that Motorola's Moto E, Moto G, Moto X, Moto G (Gen 2), and Moto X (Gen 2) received tremendous response in various markets, we can expect these handsets played a major role. Additionally, Google launched the Motorola-made Nexus 6 that must have been a part of the 10 million figures.

Commenting on Motorola's performance, Yuanqing Yang, chairman and CEO of Lenovo said, "Motorola is already a global strength: for the first time it sold more than 10 million units in the quarter and it is now re-entering the China market."

Last week, Motorola India announced that it sold 3 million Moto devices in 10 monthsthat include the Moto E, Moto G, Moto X, Moto G (Gen 2), Moto X (Gen 2), and the Moto 360 smartwatch. The company also revealed plans to set up exclusive customer experience zones in few cities. To recall, Motorola India back in November announced that it sold 2.5 million Moto smartphones in India.

In other news, Motorola China has announced that the Moto X (Gen 2) that was launched last week alongside the Moto G (Gen 2) LTE and Moto X Pro has received 1 million pre-orders. The company in its Weibo post claimed that the figures were as of February 1.

The Moto X (Gen 2) will be available early February at a starting price of CNY 3,299 (roughly Rs. 32,400) for the 16GB variant, the Moto X Pro after Spring Festival aka Chinese New Year (from February 19-25) alongside the Moto G (Gen 2) LTE.

Flipkart founders on Tuesday sent an email to its customers apologising for the problems they experienced during the Big Billion Day Sale the day before.

"Yesterday was a big day for us. And we really wanted it to be a great day for you. But at the end of the day, we know that your experience was less than pleasant. We did not live up to the promises we made and for that we are really and truly sorry," says the email from Flipkart co-founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal that was sent to all customers.

Unlike the media statement the company released on Monday that boasted of $100 million (Rs. 615 crores approximately) sales in 10 hours but was strangely silent on theproblems customers experienced during the day, the Flipkart email addresses almost all issues that people complained about on Monday.

This included the price change issue, wherein many alleged that Flipkart had increased prices of products leading up to the sale, which misled customers to believe the discount on offer was higher than usual.

"As we were preparing various deals and promotional pricing in the lead up to the sale, the pricing of several products got ​changed to their non-discounted rates for a few hours​," the email from Flipkart says. " We realise that this breaks the trust our customers have put in us. We are truly sorry for this and will ensure that this never happens again."

On the inability of people to access the website at times, Flipkart said it had deployed nearly 5000 servers, and had prepared for 20 times the normal traffic growth, but "the volume of traffic at different times of the day was much higher than this."

The email also addresses other problems Flipkart customers faced like cancellations and out of stock issues.

Here's Flipkart email in full:

Dear Customer,

Yesterday was a big day for us. And we really wanted it to be a great day for you. But at the end of the day, we know that your experience was less than pleasant. We did not live up to the promises we made and for that we are really and truly sorry.

It took enormous effort from everyone at Flipkart, many months of preparation and pushing our capabilities and systems to the limit to be able to create this day. We were looking at fulfilling the dreams of millions of Indian consumers through deals and offers we had painstakingly put together for months.

And though we saw unprecedented interest in our products and traffic like never before, we also realized that we were not adequately prepared for the sheer scale of the event. We didn't source enough products and deals in advance to cater to your requirements. To add to this, the load on our server led to intermittent outages, further impacting your shopping experience on our site.

An unprecedented 1.5 million people shopped at Flipkart yesterday. While we stand humbled by the sheer faith that such a large number of customers have shown in us, we are unhappy that we were unable to live up to the expectations of millions more who wanted to buy from us yesterday.

And this is not acceptable to us.

Delighting you, and every single one of our customers, is absolutely the top most priority for Flipkart and we have worked very hard over the last seven years to earn your trust. Yesterday, we failed that trust. We have learnt some valuable lessons from this and have started working doubly hard to address all the issues that cropped up during this sale.

Price Changes As we were preparing various deals and promotional pricing in the lead up to the sale, the pricing of several products got ​changed to their non-discounted rates for a few hours​. We realise that this breaks the trust our customers have put in us. We are truly sorry for this and will ensure that this never happens again.

Out-of-stock Issues We ran out of the stock for many products within a few minutes (and in some cases, seconds) of the sale going live. For example, most of our special deals were sold out as soon as they went live. We had ensured availability, anywhere from hundreds to a few lakh units for various products, but it was nowhere near the actual demand. We promise to plan much better for future promotions and ensure that we minimise the out-of-stock issues.

Cancellations We had large number of people buying specific products simultaneously. This led to some instances of an order getting over-booked for a product that was sold out just a few seconds ago. We are working round-the-clock to ensure availability of additional units for these products and will do our level best to ensure that we minimise any cancellations.

Website Issues ​We realise that the shopping experience for many of you was frustrating due to errors and unavailability of the website at times. We had deployed nearly 5000 servers and had prepared for 20 times the traffic growth - but the volume of traffic at different times of the day was much higher than this. We are continuing to significantly scale up all our back end systems so that we do a much, much better job next time.

Everything that we have achieved at Flipkart is purely on the basis of our customer's trust and faith. This is why we come to work each day and continue to remain extremely passionate about building the best possible customer experience for Indian consumers. We failed to live up to this promise yesterday and would like to apologise once again to every single customer for our failure.