Xiaomi Mi Note sold in 3 minutes – Economy News

Print Today started selling the new flagship Xiaomi – Mi Note. Started … and then ended, because all the available gadgets were sold out in three minutes. How many were there – the question, but the number of pre-orders reached monstrous 220 million.

Who did not, that was late!

For information on the dynamics of sales Mi Note published edition of Android Central, but it refers to the official representatives of the Xiaomi so that you can believe. 220 million pre-orders have been issued by Chinese buyers, who were hoping to get the first device. These applications without nominal deposit and do not reflect the actual number of units purchased. But after all available Mi Note were sold out in 3 minutes, it became clear that for online orders are real people with real money.

Fans have become accustomed to participate in sales, which arranges Xiaomi. The most expensive technology startups always throws out their new products to the market in small batches. Who did not, that was late: the next time Xiaomi Mi Note will sell on February 3. Small series to minimize costs, adjust the volume of production under real demand and to avoid participation in the implementation of physical stores, adding to the cost of gadg ets margin.

Masthead Phablet for $ 370

For the Chinese market Mi Note – this certainly a new hit. Phablet worth only $ 370, and for the money offers Full HD-display with a diagonal of 5.7 inches, SoC system Snapdragon 801 with 3 gigabytes of memory, and even slots for two SIM-cards. In China, a lot of similar manufactured units, but the quality of the individual assemblies and components, as well as the weight and compactness Mi Note bypasses local competitors. “Chinese Apple” has long been criticized as “copy” of the American approach to creating a smart phone, but together with the design and failed to repeat the things that Apple fans appreciate the most. This primarily is just about quality.

This is not a copy

In the case of Mi Note, most experts say a new stage in the development of business Xiaomi. According to analysts, the Chinese start-up has finally created a truly original gadget without abandoning defined by Apple and on Android devaysa top-end quality standards.

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In March will begin selling Mi Note Pro – an even more powerful version of the smartphone with eight cores and display 2K. If an ordinary Mi Note can be compared to the specifications with the iPhone 6 Plus, which became a big hit in China, the Pro version is far ahead of “apple” development and should correspond to the top-end solutions that will prepare the spring Korean Samsung.

Trade-in for iPhone

Earlier it was reported that Xiaomi plans to launch an exchange program used on the new iPhone handset own production. This is reported by sources familiar with the company’s plans. So far, the information relates only to the home market Xiaomi, but it is possible that the program may be extended to other countries where the products are sold so-called “Chinese Apple”. The latest smart phones and Mi Note Mi Note Pro and so quite successfully demonstrate Xiaomi ambitions in terms of price positioning. Trade-in program is designed to put a bullet in the selection, because in terms of the technical characteristics of new items Xiaomi surpass iPhone.

In addition, the new Xiaomi smartphones already sharpened by the opportunity to work with SIM-cards format nano-SIM. That is an iPhone owner can directly rearrange SIM-card in the smartphone Xiaomi. The company is also preparing an application for the iPhone, which will facilitate the migration of personal d ata in preparation for buying a smartphone Xiaomi. But the most important thing is that the owner of a used iPhone does not have anything extra. iPhone 5S “city” can be exchanged for a brand new Mi Note, and the owner of an iPhone or iPhone 6 6 Plus can get Mi Note Pro.