Bengaluru: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Monday announced it has sold over 1.5 million devices in the first few hours of festive sale on its own platform -- mi.com, Flipkart's 'Big Billion Days' and Amazon India's 'Great Indian Shopping Festival'.
This translates into 10 devices sold per second in the same period, the company said in a statement.
"The festive season of Dussehra-Diwali has always been the biggest shopping season for customers. This year we launched several new Mi TVs, Redmi 8A and attractive offers on Redmi Note 7 series, Redmi 7, Redmi 7A. We have sold over 1.5 million devices across all online platforms," Raghu Reddy, head of categories and online sales, Xiaomi India, said in a statement.
According to the firm, the highest demand among people was for smartphones, followed by Mi ecosystem devices, accessories and Mi TVs.
The handset maker launched its budget 8A smartphone with a 5,000mAh battery at a starting price of Rs 6,499 (2GB+32GB variant) in India last week.
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