They are obviously concerned about long term viability of their core cellphone business, enough that they are diversifying into a massive range of products from

They are obviously concerned about long term viability of their core cellphone business, enough that they are diversifying into a massive range of products from alkaline batteries[0] to reverse osmosis water purifiers[0]. Some of their offerings, such as wifi routers and rice cookers (yes, Xiaomi make rice cookers[2] that send notifications to your phone when your meal is ready) are mildly successful while others are received with either apathy or outright animosity such as their drones which crashed during a livestreamed demo flight. And nobody wants to buy their laptop computer for sure. [0]:http://list.mi.com/14 http://list.mi.com/14 [1]:http://www.mi.com/water/ http://www.mi.com/water/ [2]:http://www.mi.com/dianfanbao/ http://www.mi.com/dianfanbao/