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I think in 2-4 years, xiaomi will be a market leader. I believe this for three reasons: 1. the Chineese government got their backs. (e.g. foreign competitors h
by pawadu 10y ago
I think in 2-4 years, xiaomi will be a market leader. I believe this for three reasons:
1. the Chineese government got their backs. (e.g. foreign competitors have been forced to agree to not sue these guys to get their mergers approved)
2. they make long term strategic decisions. xiaomi is owned by the employees and don't have any short-sighted shareholders to please
3. their engineering and manufacturing teams have a very efficient iterative workflow. many other companies ship a product and move on to the next but xiaomi updates and improves their products every four weeks (eight ?).
- li-ch 10y agoNo they will not. 1. Chinese Gov has Huawei's back, not Xiaomi. 2. Their decision to make their OS to show crazy amount of ads is really short sighted. 3. They are falling dangerously behind Huawei in both sales and quality of product.
- pawadu 10y agoMIUI showing ads? Are you sure they come from first party apps?
- snnn 10y agoMIUI has another popular name: ADUI
- philliphaydon 10y agoThere's no ads. At least not here in Singapore versions.
- partiallypro 10y ago> 1. Chinese Gov has Huawei's back, not Xiaomi. The Chinese government backs several companies in the same industry, there's no reason to believe they don't have both company's backs >2. Their decision to make their OS to show crazy amount of ads is really short sighted. This must be a Chinese mainland thing, I've never seen this on any of their devices. > 3. They are falling dangerously behind Huawei in both sales and quality of product. I don't think so, I find the Xiaomi products to be very inticing and well built for the price. In the new era of smartphones where people will no longer be willing to shell out big bucks and subsidies of smart phones from providers are faltering (or just ending.) Companies like Xiaomi stand to gain.
- MasterScrat 10y ago> I don't think so, I find the Xiaomi products to be very inticing and well built for the price. Have you ever used actually used a Xiaomi product for some time? Sure they are cheap and look ok but they are so unreliable it gets unbearable after a few months.
- howlingfantods 10y agoI have: Xiaomi speakers, plugs, air purifier, water quality tester, water purifier, router, backpack, portable charger, fitness tracker, lightbulb, etc. They all work very well, and are exceptional quality, considering their price.
- webkike 10y agoAnd yet you don't own one of their smartphones.
- SexyCyborg 10y agoSame, bought the Xiaomi air filter. Was blown away by the quality. Bought the water filter. Bought the pillow of all things from their curated online store. All great. In my apartment complex you never see the cheap generic style "hoverboard" anymore but there are dozens of the Xiaomi Ninebot scooter in hard daily use. All of the owners love them. Xiaomi is the only Chinese tech brand I can think of that is competitive with top foreign brands. Much of this is they have great support but only in China. Outside of China if you did not get this support it might not be worth it.
- ferentchak 10y agoMy experience doing business with Huawei and being on site for a while was that they even pit different divisions against each other. The fear of competition or being beaten by another Huawei division was much more evident than any external company. They hide ideas for other divisions and act very competitive with each other.
- ci5er 10y ago> 2. they make long term strategic decisions. xiaomi is owned by the employees and don't have any short-sighted shareholders to please How is it "owned by the employees" when the founder owns 3/4 of the stock? Do you mean "private"?
- justicezyx 10y ago1. Not true at all. 2. Exactly the opposite. 3. Their software department is decent but falling behind; their hardware depart is quite weak.