The Xiaomi Red Mi series are, perhaps, one of Xiaomi’s most popular products, and some of the best-selling Chinese cellphones around.

Tonight, Xiaomi CEO, Lei Jun, announced on his Weibo account that since last July, Xiaomi has shipped 25 million Red Mi phones to stores. This is an unbelievable number for a Chinese cellphone. No other phone in the country must have reached this number before.

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It was reported earlier that Red Mi and Xiaomi are planning to release a new flagship phone this Christmas. Today, a nosy netizen posted what are purportedly the specifications of the new 1499 RMB Red Mi phone.

According to the netizen, the new Red Mi phone seems to have better specifications than the Meizu MX4. It uses the MT6595 chipset, has 3G RAM, and sports a 5.5-inch FHD display screen and 20.7mp camera. It is also said to be powered by a 3500mAh battery. The prices for the 16G, 32G, and 64G are supposed to be 999 RMB (162.70 USD), 1299 RMB (211.56 USD), and 1499 RMB (244.14 USD) respectively. The prices do not seem to fit this phone’s specs so there is some doubt on whether this is true. The netizen even admitted that he was pulling numbers out. Even though this information seems almost impossible to be true, it looks like the Red Mi is trying to steal the MX4’s thunder, so it should not be surprising if its specs are very high.

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Today, insider analyst, Bo Jiutang, revealed that this Christmas, Xiaomi and Red Mi will release a new first-gen phone. Suppliers say that the design and specs are more appealing for both.

Furthermore, Bo Jiutang emphasized that Xiaomi still has a lot of things that are still development. It is just that sales for all their products have been too high right now, (Sales for one device may be second only to Samsung and Apple’s devices) and that they are much more careful now in releasing new products.

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