Xiaomi entered Guinness Book of World Records

@ Within the 12 hours of time shipped 500,000 orders. 
@ 1800 CSR answered more than one million calls in a day.  
@ 19 Xiaomi centers, 541 authorized service outlets served better.
     And will serve better at any time to provide users with the best service. 

On Xiaomi fan festival Xiaomi bagged 2.08 billion yuan (equalsUS$ 335 Million)  by capturing 3.05 million total orders, with in the span of 12 Hours. Actually company sales crossed its last year recordafter 8 hours from salse starts. This is an all time record in sales. Really it’s a great record. Congrats to Xiaomi team and Cheers to Mi fans. Today, it is really an exciting day, In Xiaomi fan festival, the only regret is even after stocking a large number of products, still lack observed. For next year some improvement, we will make. Thanks again for the support my friends! - Lei Jun, CEO, Xiaomi Mi Students (staff) have worked hard.  Ebullient performance they seemed. Youth, did a hard work. Thank you all- Lin Bin, President, Xiaomi Congratulations, Xiaomi broke his own record! Everyone was amazing! Xiaomi overseas fans also contributed in this. We must continue to work to break more records.  - Hugo Barra, Vice President, Xiaomi This is the last year's all time record On8th April, 2014, in its fourth fan 1.3 million Smartphones were sold, earning the revenue of 1.5billion Yuan or an estimated US$242 million. Here is the Big data Year Occasion Sales (Units)   Revenue (US$) Time span 2015 5th  Fan Festival 1.9 Million US$ 305 Million (Aprox) 8 Hours (up to 7 pm) 2015 5th  Fan Festival 2.04 MIllion US$ 323 Million (Aprox) 12 Hours (Till 10.00) 2014 4th  Fan Festival 1.3  Million US$ 242 Million 12  hours Finally after realizing all sales records the record salse doubled than last years Fan Festival Year Occasion Sales (Units)   Revenue (US$) Time span 2015 5th  Fan Festival 3.05 Million US$ 342 Million (Aprox) Finally Totally on 8th April 2015- Eve of Fifth fan festival - the record of salse noted as.. @ The total number of orders made 3.05 million @ Total sales revenue reached to 2.08 billion Yuan (equals US$ 342 Million) @ Total 2.12 million units of phones sold. @ 770,000 Units Intelligent Smart Appliances sold off @ 39,000 Units of Xiaomi Mi TV Units sold. @ 190 Million yuan(equals US$ 274 Million) Revenue through Accessories. @ 500,000 units shipped on the same day @ 46.6 % payments accounted via mobiles @ During the period of 12 hours Source: mi.com

Xiaomi launch Redmi 2 And Mi Pad: Descriptions

12.25PM - That’s all for today! Thank you for following our updates here, registration for Redmi 2 launch sale starts at 6PM today !

==Redmi 2 - mi.com/in/redmi2/ :

- Price : Rs. 6,999 (Launch sale March 24th - Registration required)
- Snapdragon 410, 64-bit Quad-core 1.2GHz 4.7” IPS HD at 312 PPI
- Laminated Display + AGC Dragontrail glass
- Dual 4G, Dual SIM
- 1GB LPDDR3 RAM
- 8GB Flash (32GB expandable)
- 8MP BSI camera f/2.2, 5-element lens
- 9.4mm thin, 133g light
- MIUI 6 on Android 4.4
*2GB RAM 16GB Flash coming to India at a later date.

==Mi Pad - mi.com/in/mipad/ :

- Price : Rs. 12,999 (Launch sale March 24th - Registration not required)
- NVIDIA Tegra K1 with 192 GPU cores
- 7.9" IPS display
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB Flash (Expandable to 128GB via microSD card)
- 8MP rear camera and 5MP front camera
- 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO
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12.19PM - At Rs. 12,999, Mi pad launch sale is happening on March 24th with no registration required.
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12.16PM - Mi pad comes with NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor, 7.9" IPS display, 2GB RAM, 16GB Flash (Expandable to 128GB via microSD card), 8MP f/2.0 rear camera and 5MP front camera & more.
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12.14PM - Wait! Redmi 2 is not the only device we are announcing today.‪#‎MiPad‬ is coming to ‪#‎India‬ too, yay!
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12.08PM - Limited Edition of Redmi 2 is coming to India. Yes the 2GB RAM and 16GB Flash version. More details at a later time, we’ll keep you posted!
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12.05PM - Redmi 2 is priced at Rs. 6,999. Registration starts today at 6PM on Flipkart. Launch sale - March 24th.
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12.00PM - Redmi 2 comes with ‪#‎MIUI6‬, with tons of customisation & cool features - you’ll love it!
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11.54AM - With 10% more battery capacity than Redmi 1S, Redmi 2 supports QuickCharge 1.0 - Charges 20% faster than Redmi 1S.
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11.52AM - Redmi 2 has MEMs noise-cancelling microphones - Better signal-to-noise ratio than traditional ECM microphones. Redmi 2 also comes with USB OTG Support. You can read or edit files on USB drives, MicroSD cards and other smart device. Connect to game pads and office tools like a mouse or keyboard.
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11.50AM - Like other Mi phones, Redmi 2 has Beautify feature - We now have 36 filters to make your pictures more beautiful. Yay to pretty selfies!
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11.40AM - Protected with AGC Dragontrail Glass, Redmi 2 has a Sharp/AUO 4.7” IPS HD Fully laminated display. The laminated display brings the pixels much closer to the surface, allows you to have a better visual experience.
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11.35AM - With Redmi 2, you can switch between networks seamlessly. You can also rename the slots. EG : Work SIM, Personal SIM. One smart feature we included allows the phone to remember which contact you called through which particular SIM card, that will be reflected in your future calls to the same contact. Redmi 2 supports both LTE networks in India, just like Redmi Note 4G.
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11.33AM - Redmi 2 comes with a finely textured, matte back cover. It's fingerprint and grease-resistant. The Mi phone comes with Snapdragon 410, 64-bit quad-core 1.2GHz Processor. Cortex-A53 CPU. Adreno 306 GPU.
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11.32AM - Yes, a lot of your Mi fans have guessed it correctly. We are launching ‪#‎Redmi2‬ today! It is thinner and lighter, better than ‪#‎Redmi1S‬. It really feels good in your hand.
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11.31AM - Redmi 1S is a successful product for us here in India, quoting Fonearena - "One of the best budget smarphones ever made"
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11.30AM - It has officially started with Hugo Barra and Manu Kumar Jain sharing a few recent updates.
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source: MIUI India

Redmi 2: Specifications and Comparison with Redmi 1S

Highlights: Qualcomm's Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor Dual-SIM, Dual 4G MIUI 6 based on Android 4.4 RM 449 Available on March 17 2015 (Expected) Full Specifications: 4.7" screen size, IPS display, 1280x720 resolutiton, 312 PPI 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor Cortex A53 structure, 1.5 times faster than A7 Adreno 306 GPU 1GB LPDDR 3 RAM 8GB flash memory with expandable micro sd card slot of up to 32GB Dual-SIM with 2 Micro-SIM slots, standing by concurrently Dual-SIM 4G LTE (TDD/ FDD), connection speed up to 150 Mbps 4G LTE/3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and 3.5mm headset audio jack, 2200 mAh Samsung Lithium polymer battery 8 mega pixel rear BSI camera with LED, F2.2 with 28mm wide angle 2 mega pixel facing camera with auto-beauty function Rear Camera Video Recording up to 1080p, Front camera up to 720p. GPS, AGPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU 133g, 9.4 mm thick 2200mAh Sony/LG Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery with Quick Charge 1.0 Technology. 5 colors for back cover Latest MIUI 6 with Android 4.4 Kitkat Add caption       Improvement from previous Redmi 1S: In this section, I would like to compare it to Redmi 1S only. Below table shows the hardware and software improvement of Redmi 2 from Redmi 1S. Improvements Details Processor By compare to Redmi 1s with 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Cortex-A7 core, Redmi 2 come with 64-bit 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 with A53 architecture. Performance had increase about 50% and power management had improved too. Graphic Redmi 1S come with Adreno 305 and Redmi 2 use the upgraded version - Adreno 306. It bring better performance for gaming. Dual Sim As we know, both Redmi 1S and Redmi 2 provided dual sim. But Redmi 1S only come with 3G/2G while SIM Slot 1 only for 3G and SIM slot 2 only for 2G. There is different to Redmi 2, it come with Dual-LTE-SIM slot, which mean you can put either slot you want to use LTE. Dimension &  Weight Redmi 2 has smaller size (134 x 67.2 x 9.4mm) than Redmi 1s (137 x 69 x 9.9mm). The weigh also reduced from 158g to 133g. Besides that, the design also different from previous which provide user better handing feel. Battery Redmi 2 come with bigger battery by improved from 2000mAh to 2200mAh. Screen Redmi 2 utilises the One Glass Solutions technology for it's screen, effectively increasing it's clarity and light permeability. Compared to the Redmi 1S, the screen shows a deeper and clearer black with the screen turned off besides offering a better contrast while under the sunlight. Front Camera The front camera of Redmi 2 is improved to 2.0 MegaPixels which Redmi 1S only 1.6 MegaPixels. Redmi 2 also come with the second generation 36 stage Smart Beautification to make selfie better. Back Cover  Material Redmi 2 uses a sandpaper texture for it's back cover instead of the high shine glossy one in previous models. This improve the handling feel. It also helps prevent fingerprint stains. Multi-coloured back covers are also available for purchase. Navigation  Button New design Navigation button at bottom of screen. It is just like new Mi phone such as Redmi Note and Mi4. MIUI Redmi 2 come with MIUI 6 with Android Kitkat pre-installed. While, Redmi 1s only come with MIUI V5 with Android Jellybean.

Source: MIUI India