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Xiaomi May start mfg. smartphone in India with help of Inventec

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.androidos.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Inventec-Logo.jpg" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none medium; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Inventec Logo" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-73611" height="400" src="http://www.androidos.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Inventec-Logo.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0.857142857rem auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="1020" /></a>Contract manufacturer Inventec is planning to set-up production lines in a leased factory in Chennai and will start production in Q2 or Q3 of 2015, reports <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150204PD206.html?mod=2" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Digitimes</a>. Although Inventec has not revealed what it will build in this factory, Digitimes claims it is initially likely to assemble smartphones and other devices for Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to Digitimes, this factory will meet the production demands of Inventec in the next one-two years.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No other details are at this point, but this report lines-up with some old rumours, which had suggested that Xiaomi was in talks with some contract manufacturers to start producing devices for the company in India itself.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Xiaomi currently faces a lot of issues in importing high-numbers of smartphones each week in the country for the flash sales and if Inventec indeed begins to build Xiaomi devices in Chennai, it will be a huge help for the Chinese smartphone maker.</span></div></div>

Xiaomi May start mfg. smartphone in India with help of Inventec

Contract manufacturer Inventec is planning to set-up production lines in a leased factory in Chennai and will start production in Q2 or Q3 o...

Good Bye Flipkart !! Xiaomi now starting to sell smartphones through own website in India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG7wMsXJirVV40d44YpbHiJxLd7-NE23wPjCmgHPMPO9hlrh67aUp7GMa4CSc7Rv7bEjnKGVufrczLC7yOdjJoLCIiLEcEcVej6bFf9Zo9OoXc8fFnoNo4eXVEVU54TlnKNwapOMyE1g/s1600/xiaomi-logo1-100048314-gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG7wMsXJirVV40d44YpbHiJxLd7-NE23wPjCmgHPMPO9hlrh67aUp7GMa4CSc7Rv7bEjnKGVufrczLC7yOdjJoLCIiLEcEcVej6bFf9Zo9OoXc8fFnoNo4eXVEVU54TlnKNwapOMyE1g/s1600/xiaomi-logo1-100048314-gallery.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div id="LeftData" style="background-attachment: initial; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px;"><div class="mainimg1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; position: relative;"><div class="zoomimg1 wd300 clearfix" pg="asStoryPic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; bottom: 4px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; right: 4px; width: 300px;"><div class="photo11" style="background: rgb(234, 234, 234); border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Xiaomi, which currently sells devices in India through homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart, will bring in its website 'Mi.com' to India in the latter part of the year.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="new_class2" id="ftredcmt" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="Normal showpage1" id="artext1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="Normal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">NEW DELHI: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi will start selling smartphones in India later this year through its own portal as it looks to beef up its presence in one of the world's fastest growing devices market.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Xiaomi, which currently sells devices in India through homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart, will bring in its website 'Mi.com' to India in the latter part of the year.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"We are currently looking for warehousing and logistics partners in India, as well as deciding on a payment mechanisms like cash on delivery. It may take anywhere between three-to-nine months," Xiaomi India head Manu Jain told PTI.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />He added that the Beijing-based firm will continue its association with Flipkart.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Currently, the company sells devices through its website in most countries of operations, except India and Indonesia.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Xiaomi recently launched its new handset — Mi 4 — in India for Rs 19,999 as it seeks to expand its operations here.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"We have always stated that India is one of our most important markets. We are big plans for India this year... We are in process of signing the lease on a facility in Bangalore, which will be our R&D unit. This is the first one outside China," Jain said.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />India is one of the largest markets for Xiaomi outside of China. The company has so far, launched three devices in India, Mi 3, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note. The cumulative sales have crossed a million units since the first launch in July 2014.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />According to research firm IDC, India is the fastest growing smartphone market in the Asia Pacific region with about 82% growth in the July-September quarter of 2014 over the same period last year. The growth is being driven by increasing preference of consumers to upgrade to smartphones as well as shorter refresh cycles.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The shipments grew 82% year-on-year to 23.3 million units in the third quarter of this year, while it was higher by 27% on a quarter-on-quarter basis, IDC said in a statement.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Samsung was the leader in the smartphone market with 24% share, followed by Micromax (20%), Lava and Karbonn (8% each) and Motorola (5%) in the third quarter of 2014.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun, Xiaomi is often referred to as the 'Apple of China' and featured in Boston Consulting Group's top 50 most innovative companies in the world list last year. It ranks at the third spot with 5.3% share of the global shipment in the July-September 2014 quarter, after Samsung (23.8%) and Apple (12%).</span></div><div class="Normal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="Normal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">source: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Xiaomi-to-sell-smartphones-through-own-website-in-India/articleshow/46050561.cms">TOI</a></span></div></div></div>

Good Bye Flipkart !! Xiaomi now starting to sell smartphones through own website in India

Xiaomi, which currently sells devices in India through homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart, will bring in its website 'Mi.com' to In...

According to reuters : Xiaomi made $56 million profit in 2013

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">China's Xiaomi Technology Ltd Co  made a profit of 347.48 million yuan ($56.15 million) on 26.58 billion yuan ($4.30 billion) in revenue in 2013, Chinese securities filings dated Monday show.<br /><br />The filings also revealed chairman and chief executive Lei Jun claims 77.8 percent <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8SuRnuH56GauIgacVgdD-NysnpX9HMNABNmJMfOv0p8hj0LsG5c-Jl5CYTKaCYP8RX_u-njy00yTvSifHUxlHa9KNCujUBX6LulYIImRBXvCDaMghiVLheeA2zOjJwypNO3QglvBsJ0/s1600/miui.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8SuRnuH56GauIgacVgdD-NysnpX9HMNABNmJMfOv0p8hj0LsG5c-Jl5CYTKaCYP8RX_u-njy00yTvSifHUxlHa9KNCujUBX6LulYIImRBXvCDaMghiVLheeA2zOjJwypNO3QglvBsJ0/s1600/miui.png" /></a></div>ownership of the company, while unnamed shareholders split the remaining shares.<br /><br />The newly disclosed figures provide a snapshot of a four year-old company that has since become the most popular smartphone vendor in China and the third-largest vendor in the world, thanks to a lineup of handset that are considered high-quality yet relatively inexpensive.<br /><br />The results help shed light on long-running speculation in the technology industry over Xiaomi's margins and the financial impact of business model.<br /><br />The financial results were included in disclosures made to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange after Xiaomi purchased a 1.3 percent stake in Midea Group Co Ltd, a publicly traded electrical appliance company, for 1.27 billion yuan.<br /><br />A Xiaomi spokeswoman could not immediately provide comment.<br /><br />By comparison, Apple Inc reported $25.4 billion in 2013 revenue in Greater China.</span></div>

According to reuters : Xiaomi made $56 million profit in 2013

China's Xiaomi Technology Ltd Co made a profit of 347.48 million yuan ($56.15 million) on 26.58 billion yuan ($4.30 billion) in revenue...

Xiaomi's India debut on Six number on Facebook most talked-about topics in India in 2014

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 0px;">It's that time of the year when Facebook takes a look back at the redefining moments of the year and curates a list of the most talked-about topics and events on its social networking site. This year's list is out and Xiaomi's India debut has come out as one of the most discussed topics on Facebook.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 0px;">Xiaomi entered the Indian market in July 2014 with its then flagship Mi3 smartphone. The company since then has launched three budget smartphones in India alongside a couple of accessories. By dint of cheaper but critically-acclaimed devices, the three-year-old Xiaomi has become one of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 10px 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg-B680pfwxnl1aSBGtmCx4o6FlIxrCzNqesF6glmpRbjvVrxiMKyzV8rCqDnWm-YyqNnZsiiLWwgKuUcQz2QP4nB5y_YTzVGEKfpqiidQ5J7z6jSbbkF-BdHbhJrcR2OCahpSPq3m-s/s1600/XIAOMILOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg-B680pfwxnl1aSBGtmCx4o6FlIxrCzNqesF6glmpRbjvVrxiMKyzV8rCqDnWm-YyqNnZsiiLWwgKuUcQz2QP4nB5y_YTzVGEKfpqiidQ5J7z6jSbbkF-BdHbhJrcR2OCahpSPq3m-s/s1600/XIAOMILOGO.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At sixth place comes Xiaomi’s arrival in India, with this topic having beaten Alia Bhatt, the Mary Kom biopic, the lost Malaysian Airlines flight as well as the Gaza conflict. The Chinese company does not believe in traditional advertising, and does not even have a budget for it. It does all its promotions using social media channels and other new-age methods.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px;">It keeps its products in the market for a very long time than others in order to spin profits from them, since it’s hard to do that in a short time owing to their extremely low prices. Upon its arrival, it showcased three smartphones in the form of th</span></span>e Mi 3, the Redmi 1Sand the Redmi Note, and has managed to infuse the market with all three of them before the end of the year.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the launch in July, the company’s popularity quickly towered a great deal which was evident through its flash sales that led its devices to go out of stock in seconds after them being made available for purchase. For its sales, it relies upon an exclusivity partnership with Flipkart, and the site is currently selling both the Redmi 1S and the Redmi Note smartphones.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With such an influence after just months of its arrival in the nation, Xiaomi seems to have made India a permanent base which is great news for the company as well as its fans</span></div></div>

Xiaomi's India debut on Six number on Facebook most talked-about topics in India in 2014

It's that time of the year when Facebook takes a look back at the redefining moments of the year and curates a list of the most talked-a...

Xiaomi interested in Tesla Motors! watch out google !!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to reports, smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is reportedly interested in making an electric car, despite actively denying involvement in cars over the past six months.</span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoygnNarxwc8Q4JcF3hKP2Oq_OwYoBpD4tsHmrcWTS3hdDzq5PPNcyXfZ9JWKEQTLEV9ugBx7EksTBXInK1bDPO1K-HsMUANiJY9lfiiygyqIFy8ikS2lVnuAH-M4JyRkX6Sv_1aVp5oA/s1600/Tesla-Motors-logo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoygnNarxwc8Q4JcF3hKP2Oq_OwYoBpD4tsHmrcWTS3hdDzq5PPNcyXfZ9JWKEQTLEV9ugBx7EksTBXInK1bDPO1K-HsMUANiJY9lfiiygyqIFy8ikS2lVnuAH-M4JyRkX6Sv_1aVp5oA/s1600/Tesla-Motors-logo-1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CEO Lei Jun has declared Xiaomi's active interest in electric cars behind the scenes according to several outlets and the leader loves Tesla Motors, the U.S. based electric car manufacturer.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg-B680pfwxnl1aSBGtmCx4o6FlIxrCzNqesF6glmpRbjvVrxiMKyzV8rCqDnWm-YyqNnZsiiLWwgKuUcQz2QP4nB5y_YTzVGEKfpqiidQ5J7z6jSbbkF-BdHbhJrcR2OCahpSPq3m-s/s1600/XIAOMILOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg-B680pfwxnl1aSBGtmCx4o6FlIxrCzNqesF6glmpRbjvVrxiMKyzV8rCqDnWm-YyqNnZsiiLWwgKuUcQz2QP4nB5y_YTzVGEKfpqiidQ5J7z6jSbbkF-BdHbhJrcR2OCahpSPq3m-s/s1600/XIAOMILOGO.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If reports are to be believed, Xiaomi VP Li Wanqiang is visiting Silicon Valley and may be trying to hash out a deal with the luxury electric automaker. Tesla already has an active presence in China, but Xiaomi may be looking for a partnership of some kind.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A partnership with Xiaomi could be huge for Tesla in China. Xiaomi has a strong presence with the young audience and could potentially sell millions of electric cars.<br /><br />Tesla has not created a hardware partnership yet, but many critics believe Xiaomi could be a great partner. It offers software and hardware solutions and has various factories in the country, which could become potential homes for Tesla car manufacturing.<br /><br />The new electric car may be a new version of the Tesla Model S or a different model altogether. Tesla is currently working on two new models for 2015 and 2016 release.<br /><br />It is unclear exactly what Xiaomi plans to do, whether they want to go alone in the car-manufacturing world or work with Tesla Motors in some fashion. What is clear is Xiaomi's interest in electric cars, even if the company denies it to the public.<br /><br />The company's leader Lei Jun has interests in many markets and electric cars are definitely one of them. Xiaomi is also working on a smart home platform, which could integrate with the electric car in some way.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">source: <a href="http://manufacturingglobal.com/">manufacturingglobal.com</a></span></div></div>

Xiaomi interested in Tesla Motors! watch out google !!!

According to reports, smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is reportedly interested in making an electric car, despite actively denying involvemen...

Alibaba may invest in Xiaomi

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">China’s smartphone market is getting more interesting by the minute. Xiaomi and Meizu are the two smartphone manufacturers which are expanding at an incredible rate, especially Xiaomi. The two smartphone manufacturers offer high-specced and well-built handset at a rather low price points in China, which makes them more and more popular in the Chinese market and all over Asia for that matter (at least in Xiaomi’s case). Xiaomi even plans expansion to Latin America, India, South-East Asia and Russia in the coming year and in order to do that the company is looking for investors, they need to get a certain amount of money in order to fulfill all of their plans. In comes Alibaba, I bet you didn’t expect this turn of events.<br /><br />Anyhow, Alibaba, which is mainly an online marketplace company, is trying to do something that I really didn’t expect. Alibaba also dabbles in other things other than online trading, this is a huge corporation actually. You might recall that Alibaba tried to invest in Meizu many times before, the ultimate goal was to take over control over the firm, but Meizu never allowed that. The two companies did manage to agree on a partnership though and Meizu’s operating system (Flyme) is now called “Flyme powered by YunOS”, Alibaba’s operating system. YunOS has the much-needed security platform that Meizu needed and the two companies apparently managed to form a partnership.<br /><br />Now comes the most interesting part, Alibaba plans to invest in Xiaomi, according to Bloomberg. This is weird on so many levels, not only did Alibaba form a partnership with Meizu, but they’re now trying to invest a huge amount of money in Meizu’s biggest rival, Xiaomi, things are getting really interested in China it seems. Anyhow, Alibaba is trying to approach the smartphone market in a different way in order to gain marketshare. YunOS is a forked version of Android, it is based on AOSP, but it’s not exactly compatible with Android. Google’s Android OS is the main player in China now, no doubt, and Alibaba wants to change that to some extent, at least that’s what the reports are saying.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see what happens with Alibaba’s Meizu partnership if the company decides to invest a huge amount of cash in Xiaomi. Even acquiring Xiaomi is mentioned in the report, I doubt that will happen considering the pace Xiaomi is growing, but… who knows, Alibaba is now worth more than Facebook for example, so they certainly have the cash to do so. Alibaba could acquire a huge stage in Xiaomi and that could seriously worry Meizu in the end, we’ll see. Anyhow, what do you think about all this, do you think that Alibaba will invest in Xiaomi? Do you think that’s a smart move by the company?<br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-07/alibaba-must-deploy-cash-to-challenge-android-real-m-a.html">Bloomberg</a></span></div>

Alibaba may invest in Xiaomi

China’s smartphone market is getting more interesting by the minute. Xiaomi and Meizu are the two smartphone manufacturers which are expandi...

Xiaomi is holding launch event in China on December 9

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xiaomi sent out media invites for a December 9 launch event in China. They contain a rather mysterious message, whose rough translation from Chinese means “Up In The Wind Together.”</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxsGaVCM7Ndw3L9ho4BE_yOhKP3SxKs1gxdBGA2kF95PkRj8Roczh6wGjSdkxOFr_qsA1dNGCmSeXGFld9vHUi2YHFgE44KuoCFK8C-JeRyxJ7KtpgyN1aixLgnCDdwqb2opNLpe544I/s1600/XIAOMI+EVENT+ON+9DEC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxsGaVCM7Ndw3L9ho4BE_yOhKP3SxKs1gxdBGA2kF95PkRj8Roczh6wGjSdkxOFr_qsA1dNGCmSeXGFld9vHUi2YHFgE44KuoCFK8C-JeRyxJ7KtpgyN1aixLgnCDdwqb2opNLpe544I/s1600/XIAOMI+EVENT+ON+9DEC.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We don’t know what will the Chinese tech giant announce early next week. A previously leaked, budget-friendly LTE tablet with 9.2” 720p display and 64-bit Snapdragon 410 is a likely candidate to make a debut. It will sit below the Mi Pad 7.9 in the company's range.<br /><br />Furthermore, a word got out that Xiaomi might unveil its next-generation smartphone flagship during CES in Las Vegas early next month. Allegedly leaked in the past, the successor of Xiaomi Mi4 is rumored to pack Snapdragon 810 SoC, 2K display, and fingerprint scanner.</span><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://weibo.com/xiaomishouji" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Source 1 (in Chinese)</a> | <a href="http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-12/04/content_19025923.htm" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Source 2</a> | <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/xiaomi-invites-released-for-pre-ces-event-05358521/" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Via</a></span></div></div>

Xiaomi is holding launch event in China on December 9

Xiaomi sent out media invites for a December 9 launch event in China. They contain a rather mysterious message, whose rough translation from...

Xiaomi wants to Enter the US Market with Mi5 at CES 2015

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xiaomi has promised that its next flagship is going to be a blockbuster addition to the company's portfolio and we have heard rumors that it will be a beastly spec'd device. Images of the handset have already leaked online, but today we had a new one as the chassis of the Xiaomi Mi5 was revealed, super slim profile and all.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJi8H3ohEspbq9T8yLj8ys2tZtfixlOgyucVzsrEadTUy9CCA_BAzZaTSFFT2hyfIUeok9WxE0iC695YR1Dsi_yTzGuhcvq2ryerAoLjObZsteEd0GEO4qvcHQWIP9SeTjmQPRLgfzgw/s1600/Xiaomi-Mi5-leaks_1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJi8H3ohEspbq9T8yLj8ys2tZtfixlOgyucVzsrEadTUy9CCA_BAzZaTSFFT2hyfIUeok9WxE0iC695YR1Dsi_yTzGuhcvq2ryerAoLjObZsteEd0GEO4qvcHQWIP9SeTjmQPRLgfzgw/s1600/Xiaomi-Mi5-leaks_1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tQ2UKFu5wZcqdaui1YQdpkcjeq0tlK1N9dMlrY7lqTlHwUG2EgLbUTWHIi8NaJjAMK4TVOfvJNaJNRyt0_eEKur8hYskrAdk_VfA_SPBnP5nOb_gQ22Zv-dwdmV-6jBPqQ9lDctQyso/s1600/Xiaomi-Mi5-leaks_2.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tQ2UKFu5wZcqdaui1YQdpkcjeq0tlK1N9dMlrY7lqTlHwUG2EgLbUTWHIi8NaJjAMK4TVOfvJNaJNRyt0_eEKur8hYskrAdk_VfA_SPBnP5nOb_gQ22Zv-dwdmV-6jBPqQ9lDctQyso/s1600/Xiaomi-Mi5-leaks_2.jpg" /></a><br />Chinese blogger IT Home posted the picture that shows the device will be very slender. The handset is expected to make its debut at the CES trade show in Las Vegas early next month, and considering that is a US based even, could it means Xiaomi will release the Mi5 in North America? That is still unlikely as the company has not actually ever launched a smartphone outside Asia and I doubt the strategy will change abruptly in January.<br /><br />As for the specs, they are expected to be stellar and will arguably usher in the next generation of flagships. That will especially be the case if the Mi5 has a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 under the hood, but it could be too easy for that new chipset. Other goodies include a 5.7-inch Quad HD 1440 x 2560 resolution display, 3GB of RAM (although it could be as high as 4GB), and a Sony made Exmor 29.7 megapixel rear camera. That is an exciting cocktail of top shelf innards, while a nice design should accompany the handset too. The good news about the package is that Xiaomi's new flagship will cost just $325.</span></div><br /><br />

Xiaomi wants to Enter the US Market with Mi5 at CES 2015

Xiaomi has promised that its next flagship is going to be a blockbuster addition to the company's portfolio and we have heard rumors tha...