In November last year, Xiaomi had announced with enthuisasm that it had sold over 140 million units of the Redmi Note series globally. The Note series was first introduced in 2014 meaning it took the company 6 years to sell 140 million units. If you think that is awesome, think again. The Chinese tech giant has now announced that the sales of the Redmi Note series smartphones have exceeded 240 million units. 
This was disclosed today (28 November) by Lu Weibing, Redmi’s General Manager during the launch of the latest Note series – the Redmi Note 11 series. For the first time, the company is unveiling two Note series in a single year. The brand disclosed that this will be a annual occurrence.
Going by the latest figures, the company has sold up to 100 million units of the Redmi Note series smartphones within a year. Only in May of this year, Xiaomi announced that the global sales of the Redmi Note series had exceeded 200 million unit. Thus, it means roughly 40 million units were sold in 5 months, an average of 8 million units per month.
For a company that sells an average of 23.3 million units annually, the massive jump in sales is an indication of the rising profile of the Redmi Note series. The sales figure may have been responsible for the decision to bump the number of Note series launching each year from one to two.
Xiaomi has continued to up its ante in terms of the design and hardware of the Note series. The latest Note 11 series included a shift to OLED displays for the Note 11 Pro and Note 11 Pro+ while still selling for around $250. We expect the new Note 11 series to further extend the sales figure in a short while.
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