Micromax IN Note 1 price in India hiked, is it still value for money?

Micromax IN Note 1 arrived in India last year with a big display, 48-megapixel cameras.

Micromax IN Note 1 has got a bit costlier in India. The latest smartphone with pure Android software arrived in India last year in November. And it has been one of the best-selling smartphones of Micromax, which began its second innings last year in the online and offline smartphone market of India, riding high on anti-China sentiment. Now, after six months, the Micromax IN Note 1 price in India has gone up, although the company has not specified the reason behind that. So, as part of the new pricing, the Micromax IN Note 1 4GB RAM and 64GB storage version now costs Rs 11,499, as opposed to its previous cost of Rs 10,999. However, the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage version still costs the same, i.e., Rs 12,499. And you can see the new price for the base variant of the Micromax IN Note 1 on the company website and other mainline channels. But we could not immediately verify if the price hike is applicable to the units sold through offline stores. Although there is no direct explanation from companies for the price hike, one that everyone is speculating is the shortage of chips. The global crisis that has crippled the automobile industry a lot more than it has impacted the smartphone and tablet industry is probably responsible for the increase in prices because it is becoming difficult to procure ample chips.