Xiaomi MiPad: Price Cut, Best List, International Sales

The 16GB version of the Xiaomi MiPad gets a 200 yuan price cut. So soon after 11/11 sales? 

Weibo:

Phone Arena did a list of the ten “best” China tablets and the Xiaomi MiPad was number one. Weibo:

And plans to sell the Xiaomi MiPad internationally are being formulated. Weibo:

Lei Jun: Xiaomi Could Be Number One In Smartphones

I didn’t know until I saw those tweets that Lei Jun has a (mostly unused) Twitter account.

What Lei Jun says could come true. But I wonder about the underlying factors that led to the MiPad, which violated all of the principles that Xiaomi used to rise to success. Whatever created the MiPad could grow to derail all of Xiaomi. Sometimes grand ambitions are not the best things to have …

Also:

Well, that’s rather clever. Alibaba’s Jack Ma is seeing just what it means to have a post-IPO company.

By the time Xiaomi does an IPO, it won’t really need the money. It will be more of a marketing move: “Look. Now we’re World Class.”

Xiaomi Final 11/11 Sales Tally

Xiaomi Final 11/11 Sales Tally

Weibo:

Some Xiaomi outlet sales aren’t yet factored into that. The MiBand, for example, sold over 100,000.

The sale of 22,000 MiPad isn’t impressive up against Apple and other global brands outside of China. Since the MiPad topped the tablet sales chart on 11/11, think of how few everyone else sold!

Previously here:

More 11/11 Sales Data
Final Overall 11/11 Sales Figure
Xiaomi Final 11/11 Sales Total
Teclast’s 11/11 Shipping
Xiaomi 11/11 Sales Figures
Xiaomi 11/11 Sale Record
11/11 Sale: Incredible New Record Created
11/11 Sale Breaking Records
A Variety Of Photos From The 11/11 Sale

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