Chinese Phone Upstarts Sell With Personality, Not Product

It looked like a classic tech product introduction: There was a room packed with fans, a huge screen lit with slick shots of smartphones, and an entrepreneur in dark clothes. But while Apple’s Timothy D. Cook would most likely gush over the aesthetics of the new iPhone and Xiaomi’s founder, Lei Jun, would earnestly enumerate the number of cores in

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OnePlus One v Xiaomi Mi 4: Which One Is Right for Mi?

Two of the most exciting smartphone launches of recent times have come in the highly competitive mid-range segment. The OnePlus One offers top-tier specifications for an amazingly low price of Rs. 21,999, while the more recently launched Xiaomi Mi 4 could be better value for many with its price of just Rs. 19,999. The two are close competitors but there

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Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra Talks About Selling Movies and Music; Mi 4 in Q1 2015

It has been four months since the Xiaomi Mi 3 was launched in India in July, concurrent with the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 4 in China. At the time, the company had talked about an aggressive rollout strategy, and said that its other handsets, such as the Xiaomi Redmi Note and the Mi 4 would be launched in India

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After Big Sales and Some Scares in Debut Year, Manu Jain on Xiaomi India’s 2015 Plans

After a tumultuous launch this year, Xiaomi says it has big plans for 2015 – the question is whether it can stick to the script or if it will face unexpected challenges as it did in 2014. Country head Manu Jain says that Xiaomi’s plans for 2015 will continue unabated, even as he admits an injunction from the Delhi High

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