Chinese smartphone brands are gaining momentum in their Russia expansion efforts, according to a research report from Counterpoint. As forerunners in this initiative, Xiaomi, which made its official debut in April this year after six months of operation through a distributor, is now the fifth largest smartphone brand in Russia during Q3 this year, grew by 325% YoY. […]
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Xiaomi goes into smart air-conditioning… again
Xiaomi recently announced that it aims to save us from the high temperatures with a new air-conditioner. The AC unit—made in cooperation with Chinese electric appliance manufacturer Changhong (长虹)—just passed the national quality certification test (in Chinese). This is the second time Xiaomi has made a foray into air conditioning, the first being marked by controversy. In […]
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Qualcomm signs up to $12bln deal with China’s top smartphone brands
The high-stake visit of US president Donald Trump to China has recorded positive results today as the US smartphone chip maker Qualcomm announced non-binding memoranda of understanding (MoU) with three of China’s top smartphone makers: Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo. Each of the companies expressed a non-binding interest in the purchase of components with an aggregate value […]
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Chinese smartphones increasing market share in India in Q3: report
India’s market has become another battlefield for China’s mobile phone manufacturers. The second largest market after China showed 36 million units of smartphone sales, a 7% increase YoY. Four of China’s companies are putting greater pressure on Samsung, according to an Indian smartphone market third-quarter report released by Yonhap news agency on Sunday. The report […]
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Chinese phones are taking over Southeast Asia while domestic market shrinks: report
Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi came in the top 5, after Samsung and Apple, in the Southeast Asia region during Q3 2017, according to data from research firm Gartner. Among them, Xiaomi’s phone shipments grew nearly 80%, and the market share increased from 4% last year to 7% (in Chinese). Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo are the […]
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Beijing opens whole subway system to mobile phones
From now on, all Beijing subway lines will support NFC-enabled mobile phone entrance. The passengers no longer need to use public transport cards or tickets, and can just swipe their phone to enter the subway, Chinese media Beijing Youth Daily is reporting. Smartphones installed with NFC (near-field wireless communication) module can support the public transport […]
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Xiaomi turns to brick-and-mortar to bolster decreasing market share
Xiaomi, a once red-hot Chinese hardware startup touted as the China’s answer to Apple, is encountering serious challenges from local competitors of Oppo, Vivo, and Huawei in the past year. It’s even been being moved from the first to the fifth spot in the market share list. The reasons behind this disastrous drop were multi-faceted and involve […]
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Xiaomi Expects Mijia Hardware Sales to Reach $2.2 Billion in 2016
Correction: An earlier version of this story’s headline implied that the expected sales are to come from Xiaomi’s first-party hardware. The expected sales are to come from third-party companies that Xiaomi has invested in. Lei Jun, CEO of Chinese smart device maker Xiaomi, is known for making ambitious predictions. This year is no different: At […]
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Smartwatches are being used to track thousands of left-behind children
Smartwatches designed for children have typically been used only by China’s concerned middle classes to track their children. But now the authorities in rural Guizhou are giving the devices to thousands of elementary school-aged left-behind children with the hope that they will be safer and the data generated will help them tackle the social issue. […]
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Analyse Asia Podcast: Xiaomi (Part 2/2) – The Future Of Xiaomi
http://content.blubrry.com/analyseasia/Episode_130__The_Future_of_Xiaomi_with_Eva_Xiao.mp3 Eva Xiao from TechNode continued our discussion on Xiaomi, focusing on what kind of company Xiaomi truly is, and the current challenges they are facing to justify their US$45B valuation. We discussed the company’s recent failures to hit their 100 million smartphones target, their loss of smartphone market share, their failure to expand aggressively […]
