Only a few hours back, Xiaomi posted on their Facebook page that one lot of the company’s cheapest smartphone, the Redmi was sold out in Singapore in under 10 minutes.
Redmi is none other than the fabled Hongmi which was launched last year to battle the budget uprising which the company faced from fellow Chinese manufacturers. Months after that, Xiaomi announced foray into Singapore market, as a part of their global expansion project.
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It is typical of Xiaomi to offer limited number of units during a sale, which often results in them grabbing headlines. This is exactly the case here as well, and is, in a way, routine.
Xiaomi haven’t yet announced when the device will be up for sale next, but the company is expected to do so soon, so if you couldn’t book yourself a Redmi yet, keep an eye here for the next announcement.
In related news, Xiaomi’s 2nd-gen Hongmi just passed through network certification and should be made available soon, in both, MediaTek and Qualcomm versions.
[Xiaomi Singapore Facebook]
Price & spec’s?
Seems like there are a lot of thick bezel and outdated soc lovers in Singapore
you can do better, next time try to beat this time by selling 100pc
I easily got one but the highest offer to me was S$190 and I let a person pay for it themselves
mt6589t 1.5GHz & 4.7-inch
Xiaomi crappy marketing tactics as usual, creating hype.
They sold 5000 units, so what?
Nokia X has 1million pre orders only in china, and its just a “ok” phone, they didnt even start selling the phones,
But hey.. im SURE there will be phones for every single buyer, and they will be delivered this year 😛