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How about Xiaomi? Wikipedia says that as of 2017 they're the world's 5th largest smartphone company. I don't know how popular their products are in the US, but
by eridius 9y ago
How about Xiaomi? Wikipedia says that as of 2017 they're the world's 5th largest smartphone company. I don't know how popular their products are in the US, but I have at least heard of them before (which is more than I can say for ZTE).
- prklmn 9y agoI’d venture to say 98% of the US population couldn’t tell you if Xiaomi was a tech company or a Chinese food dish.
- eridius 9y agoThat's true of Huawei and ZTE too, and yet the government thought it was worth saying don't buy their phones, so I'm not sure what your point is.
- prklmn 9y agoMy point is that Xiaomi phones are not popular in the US, at all. Xiaomi had zero official distribution in the US up until recently when they started selling directly on amazon. ZTE and Hauwei phones have been sold through official distribution channels for a while. ZTE phones are given away or nearly given away for free to every cricket wireless customer.
- free652 9y agoI am more aware of Xiaomi than Hauwei. ZTEs were around, but those are garbage phones. I know that Xiaomi makes phones, smart bands and a smart tv. I literally had no idea what Hauwei was making until I looked up right now.
- emodendroket 9y agoHuawei made one of the Nexus phones.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoConsidering that the name literally means little rice, they wouldn't be necessarily wrong. (at least it isn't 小蜜, which has a different meaning...)
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoXiaomi has almost zero presence in the US market, you can't get their phones here unless you go via a grey market importer.
- Retric 9y agoOr Amazon.com...
- ajoy 9y agoFYI, Xiaomi is very popular in India, because they offer perceived good value for the cost.
- sbrm1 9y agoXiaomi now has the largest market share amongst phone manufacturers in India.