Xiaomi sells more than one million smartphones within 48 hours

NEW DELHI: Chinese technology company, Xiaomi said that it sold more than one million smartphones within 48 hours between 20 to 22 September.

It was increase from last year’s festive sale celebrations when Xiaomi sold more than one million smartphones in 18 days.

Xiaomi smartphones with attractive offers were made available across leading partner platforms Flipkart and Amazon during their respective festive sales. This achievement marks an industry first, and is a key milestone for Xiaomi India.

Redmi Note 4 is the highest selling smartphone during Flipkart’s Big Billion Day Sale. Xiaomi was the #1 brand during Flipkart’s Big Billion Day Sale and Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale in the mobile category during the first 48 hours. In fact, eight of the top nine selling smartphones within the smartphone category of Amazon were Xiaomi products.

Raghu Reddy, Head - Online Sales, Xiaomi India said, “We are extremely proud to be sharing this milestone with our fans, partners and employees. More than six months of rigorous planning and hard work has helped us set a new benchmark in the industry and within Xiaomi. Last year we sold more than a million smartphones within 18 days, and this year we were able to achieve a similar number within 48 hours. Based on what we know, no other brand has ever achieved this in India. Our carefully planning has also ensured that high selling smartphones such as Redmi 4 and Redmi Note 4 are in stock throughout the festive sale. We are extremely thankful to all our Mi Fans for their amazing support, and will continue to work hard to constantly outdo ourselves as we have done on many occasions in the past”

Flipkart’s Big Billion Day Sale began on 21 September and the partner sold more than 1.3 million smartphones in the first 20 hours and Redmi Note 4 was the top smartphone, contributing significantly to the overall sale numbers.

Amazon’s Great Indian Shopping Festival began on 20 September and Redmi 4, Mi Air Purifier 2, 10000mAH Mi Powerbank 2 and Mi Band - HRX edition were the #1 products in their respective categories.

Xiaomi’s Mi Preferred Partner stores, Large Format Retail partners, Mi Home stores and mi.com also contributed significantly to this milestone.

The offers will also be available across all offline partners, Mi Home stores and mi.com later.