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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Completes Its 2018 Goal of Shipping 100 Million Units of Phones (zdnet.com)
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has shipped 100 million units of phones as of October 26, completing its annual target more than two months ahead of its original plan, Xiaomi's founder and CEO Lei Jun announced on the company's Sina Weibo account. ZDNet: The smartphone brand, currently sitting behind Huawei and Oppo in China, is reporting a better sales result this year. It only shipped 70 million smartphones for the first 10 months in 2017, though it nevertheless also completed its shipment target for last year ahead of time, according to Lei's Sina Weibo post in November 2017. The 100 million shipment benchmark set in less than 10 months this year is also higher than the full-year shipment result of Xiaomi, which shipped a total of 90 million mobile handsets last year.
As a Redmi Note 5 Pro owner,I have to say that this is well deserved and not surprising at all.The phone is excellent especially for something that costs around 200$. The Poco F1 is creating waves too,and along with Note 5 Pro's great battery,it also stays cool as a cucumber at all times. That Xiaomi phones provide bang for the buck is proven by the fact that they are the #1 seller in India And Xiaomi is going in the right direction overall as rooting the Poco F1 will not void warranty. Well deserved overall,and I think Americans and Canadians are missing out on some great budget phones which don't compromise on anything.