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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Says It is Working To Enter the US Market Next Year (reuters.com)
China's Xiaomi is pressing ahead with plans to enter the United States next year, saying its U.S. connections should help the consumer-focused smartphone maker skirt the political resistance met by some of its compatriot rivals. From a report: Senior Vice President Wang Xiang told Reuters on Tuesday that the U.S. market was "very attractive" and that the firm was adding engineering resources to develop versions of its handsets that are compatible with U.S. cellphone networks. "Next year we hope we can do something there," Wang said, adding talks with U.S. carriers are yet to produce concrete agreements.
Xiaomi is a good brand with nice phones however I personally like Oppo more.
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
In the middle of a trade war? Are you serious, Xiaomi?
Don't forget to bribe Trump, or you will never get into the US market.
gotta get those backdoors out there somehow!
For some reason, I'm thinking about Ted Nugent.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Seriously, they are no different than huawei. Nix them.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
I've got a Xiaomi Max 2 from Banggood.com, I think. 5.3A battery, large screen, battery lasts SOT for a day (that's 24 hours SOT) and not on minimal brightness. Charges up in 3 hours or less. There's a few add-ons, I've activated all of them. I would have added in APKs if they were missing.
The ONLY thing it doesn't do is run on the Verizon network -- wrong frequencies. It works fine on WiFi and VoiP, and I have a small Verizon hotspot that fits in my pocket as well. (That's slightly annoying, but the phone makes up for it.)
Samsung should be worried. Apple might be worried, but their users are addicts anyway, so probably not.
If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
Grease the President's palms, either directly or indirectly. Worked for ZTE!
As long as the Chinese Govt doesn't own it, stops hacking US companies, and all the phone-home + backdoors are removed, great.
Oh, and they should have to provide 51% of ownership in the US company to US citizens and transfer all their technology to US companies. You know, like the demand from US companies trying to do business in China.
I wonder if there would be a market for a US company that was "beyond reproach" whose business was to certify foreign tech as being "safe"?
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Screen On Time. How long the screen is on.
I went from the Samsung S4 to the Xiaomi Mi4. What a breath of fresh air, at a third the price of a Samsung flagship, top hardware, good and updated software stac etc. So went on to the Mi5, and, since I travel to the US now and then, I switched to the Mi Mix 2 last year when it came out, as it supports all the T-Mobile US LTE bands among others. That was a bit more expensive (about $500) than the regular flagship series, but it is the first Android phone I've had that got me excited (so far it has been - nice, but my Nokia N9 Meego was exciting). Note that Xiaomi is not a run-of-the-mill Chinese manufacturer, they are sometimes compared (by people not very familiar with them) to Oppo or even Huawei etc, but Xiaomi has a focus on quality which rivals non-Chinese companies, while still keeping their prices low. In effect, they are very hard to beat in quality/dollar.
The negatives: No OLED screens yet - but good LCD screens. Their flagships sometimes don't have the best cameras (so if it matters check which model has what) and tend to not have removable storage/battery (but often give you dual sim at least) and headphone jack comes in a dongle. Some people list their MIUI as a negative, but the majority considers it a positive.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Polar Scope Align for iOS
You go to their web site and download an app that downloads an alternative open boot loader and deploys it to your phone. You need to register an account with them and fill up a 3 fields form asking for the whos and whys (name, phone number and an open text box asking you why you want to unlock you phone).
I wrote "I want to install LineageOS on my phone" and they approved my request in less then a day.
My understanding about this procedure is that they want to make sure only the person who owns the phone can make modifications to it AND to void the warranty per phone serial number. It looked crazy at the time but then the news about the CIA intercepting CISCO delivers and planting backdoors came to view so I got less hang up about it. Sad times when a small Chinese company not remotely known for any security features is more concerned about people's privacy then almost everyone else.
Btw, they're pretty open source friendly regardless. Like, their launcher and apps are all open source and GPLed to boot... To compare, Google hasn't opened their custom launchers (Now and Pixel). So that puts them right on top next to Google and even slightly above Google in many respects.
They're opening stores all over Europe and where I live (Spain) it's not very common to see stores for a single brand. Of the top of my head only Apple does it. Samsung has sections inside malls/phone stores but AFAIK no exclusive stores.
It certainly seems they're doing very well though I wonder if they have any help or ties with the Chinese government