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Why Xiaomi is not selling phones in US & Europe ???

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG7wMsXJirVV40d44YpbHiJxLd7-NE23wPjCmgHPMPO9hlrh67aUp7GMa4CSc7Rv7bEjnKGVufrczLC7yOdjJoLCIiLEcEcVej6bFf9Zo9OoXc8fFnoNo4eXVEVU54TlnKNwapOMyE1g/s1600/xiaomi-logo1-100048314-gallery.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Xiaomi, the Chinese startup that makes really nice phones that cost half as much as the iPhone, is growing like crazy in emerging markets like China and India. <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">But, the four-year-old company is not selling its phones in the US and Western countries just yet.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">Why?</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">According to Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra, who spoke at the Mobile World Congress Tuesday, the US mobile market is a lot different than the emerging markets where Xiaomi phones have been really successful.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">For starters, US carriers already subsidize pricey phones like the iPhone, HTC One, and Samsung Galaxy S5. Those devices normally cost $650 or more, but carriers sell them for around $200 if you sign a two-year contract.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">That's a strange arrangement compared to the way other international carriers work. Outside the US, customers buy phones at full price without help from the carrier. Xiaomi's phones usually cost $300 to $400 for the best models, so they make a very attractive offer to those who want a high-performance device but can't spend very much.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">Barra also said Xiaomi's phones aren't designed to work on the fastest 4G networks in the US, so it doesn't make sense to start selling there yet. It'd have to redesign some of the internal components.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">"Yes, we would love to be in the US with our flagship products, but it's not at the top of our priority list," Barra said.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">In the meantime, Xiaomi will continue to focus on countries where the carrier model is more in line with China's, with a big focus on India.</div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 13.125px; padding: 0px;">S<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Why-the-hottest-phone-company-in-the-world-wont-sell-in-the-US/articleshow/46445693.cms">ource </a></div></div>

Why Xiaomi is not selling phones in US & Europe ???

Xiaomi, the Chinese startup that makes really nice phones that cost half as much as the iPhone, is growing like crazy in emerging markets li...

reason behind why Xiaomi is not saling Smartphone in USA and one more thing " Patents are not only a issue.. ??? "

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Chinese mobile tech darling Xiaomi held a press event in Silicon Valley yesterday to introduce itself to the US. And while some thought the company might announce that its popular phones are finally coming to America, that is not happening this year. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEG7wMsXJirVV40d44YpbHiJxLd7-NE23wPjCmgHPMPO9hlrh67aUp7GMa4CSc7Rv7bEjnKGVufrczLC7yOdjJoLCIiLEcEcVej6bFf9Zo9OoXc8fFnoNo4eXVEVU54TlnKNwapOMyE1g/s1600/xiaomi-logo1-100048314-gallery.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Xiaomi president Bin Lin and VP Hugo Barra maintained at the event that the decision not to launch phones in the US has to do with things like America’s already-high smartphone penetration rate, but an obvious reason – and one raised by many journalists at the event, apparently – is patents. Xiaomi doesn’t have many of its own, and especially in the US market, that could open it up to tons of additional expenses. Beyond patents, though, there’s another reason Xiaomi is taking things very slow when it comes to the US market: carrier subsidies. In the United States, most smartphone purchases are tied to a specific plan and a specific telecom carrier. That carrier subsidizes the price of the phone in return for a multi-year service contract from the customer. If I were to buy an iPhone 6 in New York, for example, I could get one for just US$200 – so long as I also signed up for two years of mobile service with one of the iPhone’s available wireless carriers. Of course, I’d still end up paying for the iPhone – the rest of the price is just factored into everyone’s wireless bills each month, and this system is part of why Americans pay some of the highest wireless bills in the world. But the up-front cost of a current-gen iPhone – the “sticker price” to the average consumer – is still just US$200. That’s in sharp contrast to most Asian markets, where phones are usually sold separately from wireless plans. If you want to buy a current-gen iPhone in China, you’d better have more than US$800 ready to go when you walk into the store. And that massive up-front expense is a big part of why high-performance, low-cost alternatives like Xiaomi’s phones have done so well in Asian markets. With carrier subsidies of its own, an American Xiaomi phone would almost certainly be free with a two-year wireless plan. But the iPhone costs just US$200, meaning that buying a Xiaomi saves the American customer just US$200. In China, in contrast, a consumer who picks Xiaomi over Apple will be saving more than US$500. The prevalence of carrier subsidies in the US guts Xiaomi’s price advantage. Without an enticingly low cost to lure people in, the US is likely to be a difficult market for Xiaomi to crack. Although its brand cachet is growing, there’s no doubt that brands like Apple and Samsung have far more recognition, and if offered the choice between a Chinese Xiaomi for free or an iPhone for US$200, I suspect most American consumers would take the iPhone. Until Xiaomi has some sort of answer to that (in addition to its patent woes), I wouldn’t expect to see any Xiaomi phones touch down in the USA. China isn't like the United StatesXiaomi could do a better job than Amazon, but we wouldn't bet on it -- at least not in the current environment. Americans may love a deal, but they're able to afford more expensive technology. American consumers are, as a whole, wealthier than their Chinese counterparts, and American carriers are more generous with subsidies and financing. Unlike China, the U.S. is a mature smartphone market, and Google's services are well-established. While Google Play largely doesn't exist in China, it's dominant in the U.S., as is Google Search and Google Maps. If Xiaomi hopes to compete in the U.S., it will either have to use a different business model, shipping devices with a more conventional version of Android, or offer smartphone owners something so compelling that they're willing to give up Google's services  -- something no company, including Amazon, has been able to do. Xiaomi is certainly a threat to Google and Apple in China, and possibly other emerging markets, but given the company's business model, it's unlikely to find success in the United States.</div>

reason behind why Xiaomi is not saling Smartphone in USA and one more thing " Patents are not only a issue.. ??? "

Chinese mobile tech darling Xiaomi held a press event in Silicon Valley yesterday to introduce itself to the US. And while some thought the ...

Hello USA !! Xiaomi to enter in U.S. market with earphones and bands

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> accoring to Reuters publish reports - Xiaomi, China's largest smartphone company, will begin selling headphones, smart wristbands and other accessories online in the United States in coming months, taking its first tentative step onto Apple Inc's home turf without its signature Mi mobile devices. The company also said it is close to securing a manufacturing partner in Brazil, which will help it skirt punishing tariffs on imported electronics when it begins sales in Latin America's largest economy in the first half of this year. Xiaomi, a five-year-old upstart whose name means "Little Rice," came out of nowhere to become China's fastest-selling mobile brand. It has been rapidly expanding its global footprint through direct, online sales. The company was valued at $45 billion in a December funding round that drew investors ranging from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund to a private capital firm backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd co-founder Jack Ma. Its Mi devices, which scored with Chinese users because of their low cost and the company's heavy reliance on user interaction and feedback, are now sold online across Asia, including most recently India. Brazil marks the company's first foray with smartphones outside of its home continent. Global operations vice president Hugo Barra said Xiaomi intends to begin selling its phones there in the first half of this year. The company is in "extremely advanced discussions" with at least half a dozen manufacturing partners there, Barra, a former Google Inc executive, said without revealing names, which will help it side-step a roughly 60 percent tax on foreign electronics. The industry is particularly curious about Xiaomi's potential to make a dent in the United States, which is the world's biggest mobile market in dollar terms but one where phone sales are controlled by telecoms carriers and where Apple holds sway. Co-founder and President Lin Bin told reporters on Thursday that Xiaomi will launch its first online sales site, Mi.com, in a few months, directly selling items from earphones to smart bands to American consumers. The company is eschewing bigger-ticket items like phones and tablets for now partly because of the United States' carrier-sales and phone subsidy structure, which eliminates Xiaomi's cost advantage. More generally, Bin and Barra talked about the time and effort needed to tailor its MIUI Android-based operating systems for individual markets and obtain certification, among other things. Xiaomi's main intention for now is to engage American consumers and try and build a community there the same way it has in China and India - through fan events, interaction with users on social media such as a dedicated Facebook page, and gradually coming to know both local preferences and building its brand. For example, Barra told Reuters how Xiaomi might put its self-branded headphones in front of U.S. audiophiles and tweak the product depending on their detailed feedback. "We're keen on being in the conversation in the U.S.," he told reporters. source; <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/13/xiaomi-usa-idINKBN0LH04O20150213">reuters.com</a> </div>

Hello USA !! Xiaomi to enter in U.S. market with earphones and bands

accoring to Reuters publish reports - Xiaomi, China's largest smartphone company, will begin selling headphones, smart wristbands and o...