Today Apple published sales data for the iPhone 6, indicating that they broke a new record, with 10 million smartphones sold the first weekend. However, the truth is that there is a smartphone that sells at an even higher rate. In fact, so high is the sales rate of this smartphone, the Xiaomi Redmi 1S, which in the same time as the iPhone 6, could have sold 2.304 million units.
Xiaomi Redmi 1S, a very cheap smartphone
The main characteristic of the Xiaomi Redmi 1S, which we already classify as the smartphone that has been sold at a higher rate in history, is its price, since it is a really cheap terminal. And despite being very cheap, it also has very balanced technical characteristics, so we are probably talking about one of the smartphones with the best quality / price ratio on the market. It actually looks a lot like last year's Motorola Moto G, although this is somewhat larger, with a 4,7-inch high-definition screen and a resolution of 1.280 x 720 pixels. In addition, it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 as a processor, and a 1 GB RAM, so it is a smartphone that will work very well, even in the case of a mid-range smartphone. To all this we must add an eight megapixel main camera and a 1,6 megapixel secondary front camera. All this without forgetting Android 4.3 with Xiaomi's MIUI interface. Its price? It can be obtained for about $ 100, which is about 77 euros at the current exchange rate, a price that could not be cheaper. From Spain, right now, it can be bought for about 125 euros.
80.000 smartphones in 9 seconds
And if it seems surprising that the iPhone 6 can be able to sell 10 million units in a weekend, more surprising is that the Xiaomi Redmi 1S, a smartphone that is by no means the newest, is capable of selling 80.000 units in 9 seconds. In reality, the figures we have come from two rounds of sales, in which the Xiaomi Redmi 1S was not on sale for more than four and a half seconds, selling 40.000 units of the smartphone in each round. If we calculate the sales rate, we can arrive at a very clear figure. In a second they are capable of selling just under 8.999 units, which means that in a single minute they could sell half a million smartphones.
Comparing it to the iPhone 6
Now, what interests us is to compare this smartphone with the iPhone 6, on which Apple today claimed that it had broken a sales record by reaching 10 million units in the first weekend. What happens if we compare the sales rate of the iPhone 6 with that of the Xiaomi Redmi 1S? The iPhone 6 has sold those 10 million units in three days, starting on Friday. If we multiply the number of units that the Xiaomi Redmi 1S can sell in one minute by the minutes of three days, we obtain a truly surprising figure, of nothing more and nothing less than 2.304 million units. Against the 10 million units that the iPhone 6 has sold. It is surprising, but true. If not, do the account yourself. 40.000 units in 4,5 seconds to obtain the number of smartphones sold per second. Multiply by 60 to find those that sell per minute. Multiply by 60 again to find those sold in an hour. By multiplying by 24 you will find those sold in a day, and a multiplication by 3 to see those that are sold in a full weekend. In total, 2.304 million units, a real madness.
IPhone 6 sales are from two mobiles
And someone will be able to affirm that in reality I am only manipulating the numbers, because we would never know what the Xiaomi Redmi 1S would sell if not only 40.000 units were put on sale, but a much larger quantity. And it is true, in reality it is most likely that users will not buy the smartphone so quickly. But at the end of the day, what we are talking about is sales rhythm, right? And in that case, it must be said that the record is held by the Xiaomi Redmi 1S, having sold 40.000 units in four and a half seconds. On the other hand, it is not that Apple is fair when considering the sales figures. It counts the sales figures of two smartphones and publishes it as if they were a single one. The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are not the same smartphone, because if they were, the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy S5 Mini, the Galaxy S5 Active and company, or the HTC One M8, the HTC One M8 Mini, and the HTC One Max, they would also be the same smartphone, and we do not consider that they are. Another topic would be to talk about the total sales of all the smartphones of the brand. Then ask companies like Samsung who is the company that has the record. Although, one should almost be happy about the figures published by Apple in this case, because at least it is not a manipulation, as removing the camera from web photos to make iPhone 6 look slimmer.
What a nonsense article, and what an absurd way to count the possible sales of Xiaomi. 2.300-odd million units… ..one third of the world's population with their Xiaomi in their pocket. More rigor, please.
I also see the calculation absurd. It is as if Apple said only the figure sold in its best 4,5 seconds and multiplied it by the seconds of three days. Surely it would be a lot higher than the 10.000 billion units announced. Or that instead of a weekend he would have announced that he would only sell them for those 4.5. Surely the figures extrapolated to 3 days would be infinitely higher. These calculations are cheating, they compare pears to apples and it is not comparable. Pure anecdote.
Conclusion: you are doing this article to try to leave the sales of the iPhone 6 as poor or disappointing, comparing 2 terminals that have nothing to do with it, starting because they are not aimed at the same range or the same audience, and continuing because one already has several months on the market and the other one has been out 4 days ago. A little objectivity doesn't hurt. Don't you like the iPhone 6? Perfect, we can all have an opinion, but it is another thing to manipulate the truth or modify it as it suits us.
I like the page, but this series of articles make me sick, they harm you.
nonsense of article and price, € 125 from Spain? It will be that you order it from Spain without guarantees and without paying customs