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The Xiaomi shock
- m3rc 12y agoThey certainly got the disruptive part down, their pricing is ridiculous. I'm now the owner of a fitness band despite my previous reservations about how useful they actually were, because the Xiaomi MiBand was $17. It's pretty incredible how cheap these guys sell things for.
- feelslikefelt 12y agoI think this article touches on many good points, but I can't see Xiaomi makes huge gains in America until they distance themselves from the Chinese government. They are in the same situation as Lenovo. Not many businesses will use their devices because of security reasons.
- FreakyT 12y agoWhat I like about Xiaomi is that, despite their crazy-low prices, they actually put some value in design, both on the industrial side and on the software side. For example, take the fitness band that another commenter mentioned. Sure, there will are all sorts of similar cheap products (some of which even have OLED screens -- just look up Chinese fitness bands on sites like AliExpress and DX for examples), but the Xiaomi one stands out by being (A) actually kind of nice looking and (B) having software that works well[1] [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiaomi.hm.health&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiaomi.hm....