Xiaomi to unveil K20 Pro gold phone

Hyderabad: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi would be coming out with 20 units of Redmi K20 Pro Limited-Edition phones that come with diamond-studded gold panel on the backside.

Addressing media here, Xiaomi India Managing Director Manu Kumar Jain said the signature phone, priced at Rs 4.80 lakh (approximately), will be made in India and the company has not yet decide whether to sell or gift and if to be gifted, to whom.

The back cover is made with approximately 100 gms of gold and is not detachable, Jain said.

"We are making this (gold phone) for K20 Pro. We had made only two units. We want to show this to people. We will make 20 units.

We have not decided whether to sell these phones by invitation or gift them or auction them and use that money for charity," Jain told reporters.

According to him, some people who showed interest on the phone, were asking their initial to be put on the gold panel instead of K.