In a telephonic interview with BGR, Hugo Barra VP Xiaomi apologized for the limited stocks as per the huge demand of Xiaomi Mi3 in India. Xiaomi has so far sold 35,000 Mi3 units in 3 flash sales. The units were sold within seconds.
There are over 3 Lakh users who had registered and eagerly waiting to grab the Mi3. With such a huge demand and limited stocks no doubt the product will go out of stock within seconds / minutes. Flipkart their official online partner also had issues with the first flash sales and they did made some modifications for the next two. When a user clicks on the buy button and if the product goes into the users cart it is considered as a sale, the user can make the payment later on.
Hugo mentioned that the demand in India was too much, they underestimated it. The demand as of now is 10 times the available stock. He stated that the company cannot react quickly, they are new and will take some time getting used to in this new (Indian) market. They are a new start-up here and do have manufacturing constrains, their manufacturing plants are working round the clock. As for the flash sales well, it will continue as they believe it is the best model that works for Xiaomi.
The flash sale model is simple and Indian users are new to it, they are trying to make it as transparent as possible. Hugo promised that in the next subsequent sales they will make stocks available.
As for the Redmi 1S and the Redmi Note, they have not yet finalized the launch dates but could probably happen in the next couple of weeks. The same goes for the Mi accessories – it will be launched along with the Redmi series.
Extract from Hugo Barra
https://www.facebook.com/hbarra76/posts/10152175849466612
When I check for update its saying ur miui is up to date but still running on 16.00 version please help me gogi
Manoj, they seem to have removed the update, but don’t worry it will be back may be some people faced issues that forced them to revert back, I already updated and using 22.
Mi3 is a awesome phone with every thing you want from a smart phone but then they should had a external memory port it would help to use the phone to its best, as only 16gb is available in India. Xiaomi should reconsider for Indian user.
Mi3 is the best phone presently at this price tag no one can defeat this for sure. Every aspect of phone is awesome the only thing is that its not providing us the head phone with the phone itself. Display, Camera, Speed of hardware all are g8 and performing d best…!!! It feels awesome holding this phone because of its g8 look n finish..!!! Hugo Barra has provided superb phone to India but he should provide more units to India who are eagerly waiting for this phone to buy…!!!
Is it true that mr barra told 2 hrs…bcoz there lots of shouting that jholo is very angry..and taking this very seriously…they called their board meeting and decided a whole new strategy about after sales.
…now their ceo will anounce any time in a press meeting that they are very much concern about excellent AS. So cheers to jholo fans ..this could be seen as next milestone towards excellency…from now onwards jholo will try to resolve any problem in 3 months instead of reagular 4 months , if it can be or if we could be… Looking for a long relation who trusted our jholo. Have fun jholo buyers…we are striving to save ur one month. ***like xiaomi we do not tell our customer to stick with one mobile for long….just throw it and have new one….we are launching sets on daily basis ..for whom ????
It is for u my dear jholo buyers.
Redmi note is not as poweful as MI3 but it has SD Card option…. Waiting for it…..
Mr.Hugo Sir
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Thanks
MI products are really good as per what has been read and understood so far and there is no denying but…
Apology ??? If we accepts this then I can say….Hugo Barra is an X Google employee with an excellent track record. Entering India, one of the largest mobile market with 10K pieces raises doubt about their Pre Market Research capabilities. With a population of over 100 Crore how can one enter the market with 10K mobiles only. (((( So I feel this is all publicity to create more craze among the users)
As per the below report, MotoE was out of stock in 16 hours and next batch was available soon. A total 2,85,000 units were solved. If they have sold the product in 10K-10K-15K batches then by now still they would have been selling the product.
(http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/motorola-sold-2.85-lakh-units-of-moto-e-in-india/1/367777.html)
As said by them that they have underestimated the demand then also they should have entered with 50K units for India. Can’t think of any Company who entered India with just 10K units.
Won’t be surprised if the next lot after 12 Aug will be for 50K units. Better to speed up and sell Mi3 before RedmiS to avoid shift of consumers.
I got my Mi3 in the very first flash sales. And for all those who are having a sour grapes kind of a situation, I can tell you that it’s worth waiting even a month for this phone at such a low price. I really happy with my Mi3.
I never seen such a WROST concept of buying a phone. FLASH SALE. When the process is of registration, the company mush should charge to get the registration done for BOOKING of a phone, Flipkart can charge 1000 bucks or full payment to book the phone. this will fetch mostly the geniune buyer, in INDIA mostly ppl book the phone and didnot pay, makes the competition tough. if i am a real buyerm i will pay in advance while booking of the phone. this will generates the reveanue also, will makes the loosen down the manufacturing constrains also.
The best possible way to get one right now is People pissed off at Xiaomi=less demand=I will finally get one 😀
To my knowledge, they are not going to launch the 1S and Note any where in near future. Cause, they are trying to catchup the mad rush for Mi3. Once they are done with this, they might launch other handsets as well. If they follow this strategy, they will loose their customer base as many other competitors are lined up (ex. XOLO) who will beguile their customers/market share.
No hoga barra, massive people waiting for 1s since last month.
Going by Flash sale will definitely hamper Xiaomi’s brand image. It doesn’t work in India, after initial Euphoria dies down, they will struggle. They should make Customer King which as of now has became pauper.
I am fed up of this gimmick. I am going to buy Galaxy Grand 2 instead. Its way better than Chinese phones.
That VP of Xiomi speaks non-sense and trying to keep the hype alive trash it sensible indian customers should start cancelling the pending registrations immediately and watch the aftereffects,
So that you can buy one? LOL…..
Buying a grand 2 is a super bad idea.You should atleast buy moto g or x or Asus or nexus phone.
Actually, Moto G Has same hardware as compared to Grand 2,Only difference is that Ram and Screen Size but ppi,gorilla glass mainly Android Updates is + of Moto G.
Keep trying buddy,don’t give up grand is nowhere near snapdragon 800 powered mi3.
Mi3 has a damn good quality. They sold 35,000 units and hardly 2-3 units had a problem. One was with display issue which was replaced as per the info and other 2 had sim tray ejection issue which was resolved as those were user end issue I think 🙂
If this is the situation, then Xiaomi India team must be well prepared for the big rush for Note & Redmi 1s. I strongly believe there will be big wave for Redmi 1s. So they better start working on their import logistics properly to avoid any shortages and creating any sort of inconvienence to the consumers.
How much units for next sale? 20,000, 50,000, or 1,00,000.
Dear Mr, Hugo Barra
Best remedy to save reputation of Xiaomi is
Cancel sale of 12th Aug.. put stock of 1 lac units of Mi3 on sale on 30th Aug,@ 13999 ea on first come first served..against full payment, This way serious buyers will get the phone and Xiaomi will be redeemed.
I Think Gogi Bhai is the one who is responsible for this ! 🙂 . . . .
In His review, he described the mobile as ‘Awesomely Awesome’, well dats made all gadget lover people crazy for getting this fone 🙂 !!!!
Truly said…
Hahahahah… well said.
Am scared for Mi4 if i will get it or not if this is the condition. Xiaomi needs to bring huge stock in a market like India man.
Hopefully they don’t increase the price because of high demand. I’ll be depressed since I couldn’t score one in the last three flash sales 🙁
Sir..xiaomi wale aisa kabhi nahi karta…badiya company hai
They will not be increasing the price for sure, If they do they will be loosing their popularity, don’t worry after few weeks it will be available in stock even I tried booking yesterday but was unsuccessful.
I am in Chennai and I can sell mine to you on cost price. I feel it is too big for me.. Not even put a sim card in it yet.
I am waiting for Redmi Note… Mr. Gogi any idea about what will be the price of Redmi Note?
10000 Rs sir!
The official online partner of xiaomi mi3 is flipkart. However, they are not shipping the items throughout in India. So, I am dissatisfied with flipkart as I am from Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar (India). As such, it is my suggestion to Hugo that they should create more official online partner to reach the product through out in India.
It shouldn’t happen like the Story… “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and people stop buying it.
Sorry to say Hugo, Till now, you and your company did handle all of this very poorly!