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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Completes Its 2018 Goal of Shipping 100 Million Units of Phones (zdnet.com)
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has shipped 100 million units of phones as of October 26, completing its annual target more than two months ahead of its original plan, Xiaomi's founder and CEO Lei Jun announced on the company's Sina Weibo account. ZDNet: The smartphone brand, currently sitting behind Huawei and Oppo in China, is reporting a better sales result this year. It only shipped 70 million smartphones for the first 10 months in 2017, though it nevertheless also completed its shipment target for last year ahead of time, according to Lei's Sina Weibo post in November 2017. The 100 million shipment benchmark set in less than 10 months this year is also higher than the full-year shipment result of Xiaomi, which shipped a total of 90 million mobile handsets last year.
I've been using a Mi Mix 2s now for about 4 months. Not officially released here in the US, got it imported. (No warranty) One of the best phones I've owned (and I've had my share.. it's a joke at my work about what phone am I using this month). I'm finally happy with a phone. Recommend. If you don't like the MIUI launcher, put Nova on it and it'll be more like the stock experience. The camera takes awesome pictures, the build quality is great. There's no reason to buy a Samsung or LG phone when you can have an equivalent Xiaomi at like half the price. I'll concede if you want more timely updates and a pure stock experience of course pay the money for the Pixel 2 (or 3). But on a budget Xiaomi makes some of the best phones for the price.