There's a game Samsung usually likes to play, and
it's called 'launch more color versions for a device once it's been out for a
few months'. Now it looks like Xiaomi felt inspired by this strategy and
decided it was time to apply it too. First we saw the white Mi Mix yesterday,
and now the Chinese company is showing three new colors for its Mi Note 2
flagship phablet at CES, ones never before seen for the handset that launched
in black, gold, and silver.
At some point in the future you'll
be able to purchase a Mi Note 2 in green, pink, and purple too. We assume that
the new colors will be limited to the Chinese market, at least at first, but
perhaps they will eventually launch elsewhere.
Unlike pink, which is a pretty common sight
(definitely more so on some continents than others though), it's not every day
that you get to see a green smartphone. Or a purple one, for that matter. So
from this point of view the new color versions do make the Mi Note 2 pretty unique.
Now what remains to be seen is whether people are
actually willing to buy a green or purple handset. If Xiaomi's experiment
proves successful, perhaps we'll see more devices in such hues in the coming
years. Unfortunately there's still no word on when these new Mi Note 2 colors
are going to be available, or whether there will be a price premium to pay for
them. The phablet's specs should remain unchanged, however.