If you thought that Xiaomi might have problems shifting their high-end and high-priced Xiaomi Mi Note then think again as the first rounds of sales has sold out in just 3 minutes.
Earlier today eager Xiaomi fans sat at their computers waiting to pre-order the latest Xiaomi flagship. At $370, the Mi Note costs slightly more than the base model Mi4, and many commenters believed Xiaomi might struggle to shift a comparatively expensive device.
However after only 3 minutes online Xiaomi closed the pre-order system claiming a staggering 220 million reservations for the phone had been made.
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Although plenty of those reservation will have been made by Xiaomi fans a great deal of them are likely to have been made by resellers hoping to get stock of the 5.7-inch Mi Note for international sale.
The Xiaomi Mi Note boasts a Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM and 13 mega-pixel camera with OIS. A more expensive Pro version will also be offered with 2K display and Snapdragon 810 at a later time.
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I am pretty sure it will have no problem selling in china, people who really want it there will fork out the money for it. However the international sales will probably be lower than expected (especially for on-line shops that sell phones out of China) since by the time you actually import one of these phones it will cost you the same as a flagship from a well known brand. And of course you will rather go with a Samsung or HTC phone if they cost the same as the Xiaomi phone.
On the contrary, I would rather go for XIAOMI than for SAMSUNG or HTC even if they were similar price. I think also many other customers who have once tried their phone…
As for 220 milion reservations think that is authors typo… 😉
I’ll go forma xiaomi even is expensive than samsung and doesn’t have a really warranty here in spain
i think 220 million is possible because there are 1.2 Billion people in china.So, i believe 220 Million still a possible number