During today’s Redmi Note-focused event, Lu Weibing, general manager of the Redmi brand, revealed that the Redmi Note series has sold over 240 million units globally. It seems that things have been going pretty fast since May, when the figure was 200 million.
Before that it was 140 million in November last year and 100 million in October 2019. So in the last 5 months, Xiaomi managed to sell 40 million units – that is 8 million a month on average.
Over 240 million Redmi banknotes have been sold • The series will have a price of 2,500 CNY
What does the future hold for the Redmi Note series? Well, the company will follow a strategy for two generations a year. The first generation will increase performance, the second will add polishing. The units in the series will hover around the CNY 2,500 mark ($ 390 / € 340 / ₹ 30,000).
The global expansion is aided by Xiaomi’s ever-growing retail network – by the end of this month there will be 10,000 Xiaomi stores around the world, said Lu Weibing, who is also president of the international division.
Xiaomi will soon have 10,000 stores globally
The 10,000. store will reportedly be Shenzhen Happy Harbor Store. The company aims for 80% coverage of China’s counties, some regions are already 100% covered (Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shanxi).
