What you need to know
- Xiaomi has sold 30 million Redmi Note 8 series globally.
- The Redmi Note 8 series was announced in August last year.
- Redmi Note 8 was the highest-selling Android phone in the fourth quarter of 2019.
As per data from Canalys, the Redmi Note 8 was the most popular Android phone in the world during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the sixth best-selling smartphone overall. The Redmi Note 8 Pro also managed to make it to the list of the Top 10 smartphones in the same period.
Weibing revealed in his post on Weibo that Redmi sold 1 million units of the Note 8 series in the first month. In the second month, sales increased to 5 million. It took three months to cross the 10 million sales milestone and five months to get to the 20 million mark.
The Redmi Note 8 series has actually set a new sales record for the brand, as the Redmi Note 7 series could only cross the 20 million mark in seven months. Due to COVID-19, however, it looks unlikely that the new Redmi Note 9 series will be able to beat the record set by the Note 8 series. The global smartphone market hit a 10-year low in the first quarter of the year and isn't expected to recover before 2021.
