Redmi officially released the Redmi Note 11 series about two weeks ago. This series has three models including the Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11 Pro, and Redmi Note 11 Pro+. Today, the company officially announced that the sales of the Redmi Note 11 series exceed 1 million units. The Redmi Note series has always been very popular. At the launch event of the Note 11 series, Redmi’s General Manager, Lu Weibing, revealed that the global sales of the Redmi Note series exceed 240 million units. In May of this year, Xiaomi announced that the global sales of the Redmi Note series exceeded 200 million.
Regarding the sales of the Redmi Note 11 series, the company said…”Thanks to all Mi Fan friends for their support and trust and 1 million loves. Redmi will continue to popularize high-end products and give everyone good products that continue to exceed expectations”. This series was officially released on October 28th and the first sales commenced on November 1st. This means that it took just 12 days for the Redmi Note 11 series to hit 1 million units.
The starting price of the Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11 Pro, and Redmi Note 11 Pro+ is 1199 yuan ($188), 1599 yuan ($251), and 1899 yuan ($298) respectively. It is quite interesting that even the top model costs less than $300.
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At the first sales of the Note 11 series, it took only an hour for the sales to exceed 500,o00 units. Of course, it is expected that after the first hour, the demand will drop exponentially. During the 11.11 sales period, Redmi’s general manager, Lu Weibing, claims that the Redmi Note 11 series is selling very well and ranks among the best on almost all e-commerce platforms.
Redmi Note 11 series global version
According to ThePixel, the Redmi Note 11 global version will hit Vietnam in the first quarter of 2022. Furthermore, the report shows that the Redmi Note 11 global version is very different from the Chinese version. The global version will adopt a completely new design and there will be major changes in the specification.
The report also reveals that the Redmi Note 11 global version will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Recall that the Chinese version uses MediaTek Dinensity processors. Unfortunately, details about the processor are not available. According to Twitter leakster, Tipster Chun, Xiaomi’s stocks of Dimensity chips are low. Thus, he speculates that the Redmi Note 11 global version could use the new Snapdragon 778G Plus and Snapdragon 695.
According to ThePixel, this smartphone will also return to China, however, it will arrive with a different name. As of now, we can not ascertain the authenticity of this report. Furthermore, there is no official information from the company regarding the global version of the Note 11 series.