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Wiki: " Xiaomi is a high-end smartphone, using a Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 (dual core, 1.5 GHz) as its CPU and an Adreno 220 as its GPU,[4] but its price (RMB1999/

Wiki: " Xiaomi is a high-end smartphone, using a Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 (dual core, 1.5 GHz) as its CPU and an Adreno 220 as its GPU,[4] but its price (RMB1999/around USD310)[5] is less than half the cost of a typical dual-core CPU smartphone.[6] " So they're selling the phone equivalant of a Nexus 7 (decent hardware that deeply undercuts the competition.)

taligent 14y ago
Did I miss something ? Nexus 7 is the same price than the Kindle Fire.
- drzaiusapelord 14y ago
  The Fire is a locked down Amazon appliance with a proprietary app store and all manner of restrictions running on a heavily modified version of Android. The Nexus is a proper tablet with access to all of Google's tablet services including Google's unfiltered app store. Sure, you can put some ROM on it, but Joe and Jane Public aren't.
  - taligent 14y ago
    I don't think Joe and Jane Public are going to know the difference between a filtered and unfiltered app store or what an unmodified Android version means.
    - bishnu 14y ago
      Nope they aren't. But for damn sure they know the difference between "Amazon" and "Google".
      - brudgers 14y ago
        One of them has an ongoing relationship with the customer and probably a credit card on file. The other is Google.
- Steko 14y ago
  Yes and the Kindle Fire is substantially lower spec'd and is often claimed to sell at a loss while the Nexus 7 has weaker distribution but is claimed to sell at cost. Exercise left to the reader.