Xiaomi Says Sold 800,000 Redmi Note 2 Handsets in 12 Hours

Xiaomi has announced that it has sold 800,000 Redmi Note 2 smartphones in its home turf China within 12 hours during the first flash sale on Sunday. It is worth noting that this is a new record of smartphone sales for the Chinese company. The firm has also made its presence in the Guinness book of World records previously for selling a total of 2.11 million smartphones within 24 hours in China.The company made the announcement in a blog post. The second flash sale of the Redmi Note 2 is scheduled for August 24. Xiaomi had last week launched the Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime smartphones alongside its new MIUI 7 custom ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop, at an event in Beijing, China.