"Ukubabamba bancinci" yinto eyaziwayo esetyenziswa kwihlabathi lonke, kodwa ngokoqobo Xiaomiinokuba ubambe enye yeenjineli zakhe zexesha elizayo. Inkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-9 ubudala sele ibonakalisile ubuqhetseba kunye nomdla kwii-smartphones ngokuthatha i-smartphone Redmi 1 kunye nokuguqula onke amacandelo kubugcisa obuzinikezelweyo. 
Umdlalo ophumeleleyo wenkwenkwe engenagama yaqala yathunyelwa kuWeibo ngutata wenkwenkwe, apho yabamba khona umdla we-Xiaomi CEO u-Lei Jun, owayembiza ngokuba uyile. Ubuye wacebisa ukuba abo banee-smartphones ezingasetyenziswanga bazenze imisebenzi yobugcisa eya kuthi incede ukuqonda ubume bangaphakathi be-smartphone. U-Lei Jun wachukumiseka kangangokuba wade waqhoboshela umyalezo kwiphepha lakhe le-Weibo. 
Ukuba awazi, iRedmi 1 yeyokuqala iXiaomi ye-smartphone phantsi kohlobo lweRedmi. Isixhobo sakhutshwa ngo-2013 kwaye umgca waso ukhule waya kwiminyaka esi-7. I-Redmi 1 isebenzisa iprosesa ye-quad-core ye-MediaTek ye-28nm kwaye isikrini sanikezelwa yi-AUO ngesisombululo se-HD see-pixels eziyi-1280 × 720. 
Ngokwenkwenkwe leyo, ifowuni yayisasebenza ingekahlulwa, kodwa kuthiwa icotha kakhulu. Mhlawumbi oku kungenxa yokuba ayenzelwanga ukusetyenziswa okunzima. Ukongeza, ifowuni ixhotywe nge-1GB ye-RAM kunye ne-4GB yokugcina, kunye nebhetri encinci ye-2050mAh. Ukuseta kunokucacisa ukuba kutheni ishiyeka.
