Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Quarterly Shipments Hit Record 880,000 Units

Xiaomi on Monday announced it had shipped 1.75 million units of the Redmi Note 3 in just five months. The company also pointed to a recent IDC report that said it had shipped 880,000 units of the smartphone in the online channel in Q2 2016 – which it claims is almost twice the volume of the next-highest shipped smartphone in India during the period.

The Chinese company quotes Karthik J, Senior Market Analyst, Client Devices, IDC India, to say, “Redmi Note 3 was not only the top selling model in online channel but also a star product for the vendor contributing to the majority of Xiaomi’s total shipments in Q2 2016.”

A separate IDC statement quoted by Xiaomi adds, “Redmi Note 3 is the single highest-shipped smartphone ever in the history of India’s online market in any given quarter.”

To recall, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Review) was launched in India in March.

Xiaomi entered the Indian market in July 2014, and in the two years till July 2016, the company claims to have enjoyed a 72 percent year-on-year growth rate in terms of smartphone sales in the country.

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