Xiaomi's rise above Apple in numbers

[cheng96]

Official website:

 

http://www.mi.com/en

 

It launched in 2010, sold its first smartphone in 2011, and by 2013, sold 100,000 phones in under 90 seconds.

Xiaomi is now the third most successful smart phone maker in China, overtaking Apple.

 

Original article:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/10880247/Xiaomis-rise-above-Apple-in-numbers.html

 

 

Xiaomi's sub-$130 budget line, the Redmi (previously known as Hongmi aka "Red Rice"), has been credited for accelerating the company's expansion into Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, with nearby countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand soon to be addedto the list. While this is a recent development, the company's already prepping a follow-up model, according to four new listings on China's TENAA certification database. As you can see, this upcoming device is marked with red Android buttons on the front, which gives away its Redmi identity. It'll feature a 5.5-inch, 720p IPS display (a bump from the current 4.7-inch version), as well as Android 4.2.2, 1GB of RAM and an octa-core processor (our guess is MediaTek, again) coming in two versions: 1.4GHz and 1.7GHz.

 

Original article:

 

http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/13/xiaomi-redmi-2-octa-core-leak/

 

 

This year, Xiaomi have become king of the flash-sale, selling incredible amounts of devices in an increasingly short time. In Malaysia they have been known to sell out significant numbers of powerbanks and the Mi 3 in minutes but it looks like Taiwan has everyone beat. According to Xiaomi Taiwan, they sold 10,000 units of the incredibly priced RedMi Note in just 1 second.

 

Original article:

 

http://www.lowyat.net/2014/07/more-records-fall-as-xiaomi-sells-10000-redmi-notes-in-taiwan-in-just-1-second/

 

Personal opinions:

I am a proud owner of the Xiaomi Mi3 and would like to let the rest of the world know about this brand since they are cheap and very good. Miui has a very nice interface and is comparable to Cyanogenmod

 

In addition to that, I chose the Mi3 over the HTC one M8 which was actually my targeted phone because of Linus(don't judge me haha) but after finding out about Xiaomi I decided to give it a try since the price was very low and I have no regrets.

 

P.S this is my first time posting a new topic in this forum so apologies in advance if I made any mistakes here.

 

 

[terrytek]

Yeah, probably in China, but here, it's either Apple or some other brand.

[cheng96]

Which is why I want people to notice..

 

The phones are good but people get worried because it's chinese

 

And no I'm not from China(in case people wonder)

[terrytek]

Which is why I want people to notice..

 

The phones are good but people get worried because it's chinese

 

And no I'm not from China(in case people wonder)

Yeah, pretty much every phone is made there (except LG, which I know for sure).

[Liam-McShane]

I've never even heard of them.

[Spoilt]

I'm just not a fan of their buying system outside China although it is much fairer than oneplus's model. They are using flash sale method where limited number is available for sale each time. Also the fact that they refused to release the source code for their current flagship phone is a violation of the GPL license (I'm not an expert in this) and this stops other rom developers to release anything to MI3 just irks me a little bit.

 

That said, I have a MI3 on its way from Malaysia as my parents is visiting me later  

 

140 GBP for that spec is a steal.

[CtW]

Doesn't their skin make android look like a bad copy of iOS 7?

[cheng96]

I'm just not a fan of their buying system outside China although it is much fairer than oneplus's model. They are using flash sale method where limited number is available for sale each time. Also the fact that they refused to release the source code for their current flagship phone is a violation of the GPL license (I'm not an expert in this) and this stops other rom developers to release anything to MI3 just irks me a little bit.

 

That said, I have a MI3 on its way from Malaysia as my parents is visiting me later

 

140 GBP for that spec is a steal.

 

They did release the source codes for their previous gen phones though. I'm sure that they just haven't release it(I too am not a pro).

[cheng96]

 

Doesn't their skin make android look like a bad copy of iOS 7?

 

It does feel a little weird but it's not really a bad copy. But nothing can really give the same experience as the IOS

[qwertywarrior]

I've heard about Miui waaay before xiaomi

How the hell Dont u people know about them

Hugo bara left Google to work for them

they are making top notch quality devices but the very last few devices they are selling are direct one to one rip offs of apple devices and they aren't being discrete about it

Like the.mi pad and the mi router mini

[bbqsauce]

they version of android feels really clunky and weird, i actually noticed spelling errors in the ui.

they're price is unbeatable though. even the redmi doesn't have that cheapo phone feel. imo, it beats samsung phones in build quality.

[steffen_anywhere]

they version of android feels really clunky and weird, i actually noticed spelling errors in the ui.

they're price is unbeatable though. even the redmi doesn't have that cheapo phone feel. imo, it beats samsung phones in build quality.

 

Wait in the mandarin version or the english (the latter would not surprise me tbh)?

[bbqsauce]

Wait in the mandarin version or the english (the latter would not surprise me tbh)?

english. yeah i know, but it's an obvious typo, not like a translation error or something. although it's nothing huge, i just lol-ed at it.

[Misanthrope]

Here's a video hands on off it by one of my favorite mobile reviews channels:

 

[cheng96]

Here's a video hands on off it by one of my favorite mobile reviews channels:

 

 

They do have a kitkat rom now and the price has dropped drastically.

[snes]

they version of android feels really clunky and weird, i actually noticed spelling errors in the ui.

they're price is unbeatable though. even the redmi doesn't have that cheapo phone feel. imo, it beats samsung phones in build quality.

 

english. yeah i know, but it's an obvious typo, not like a translation error or something. although it's nothing huge, i just lol-ed at it.

 

they're = they are

 

Their version. Their price.

[bbqsauce]

they're = they are

Their version. Their price.

Oh lol, I guess my keyboard autocorrect screwed me.

[kuddlesworth9419]

Believe it or not Apple don't sell that many phones compared to other manufacturers. High end phones don't sell that well it's like how the 780 doesn't actually sell all that well compared to the lower end GPU's. Most people just buy low end phones because it's what they can afford and what is actually worth the money.