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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Completes Its 2018 Goal of Shipping 100 Million Units of Phones (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the major-milestones dept.

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.

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  1. More to come by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 2

    And this is only the beginning....eventually Xiaomi will bury Apple in terms of sales.

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    1. Re:More to come by thesupraman · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Hard solid facts tell US the US has actively intercepted most of the worlds internet usage.

      'Sources' also told you about WMDs in a country you them bombed into the stoneage, from memory.

    2. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      Crushing I-phone in the two fastest growing markets in the world, China and India.

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    3. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      I-phone has 8% of the Chinese smartphone market compared to Huawei 25%, Oppo 19%, Vivo 18%, Xiaomi 13%. So, yah, crushed, and too bad because China was 33% of global I-phone revenue.

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    4. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      You better lay off those magic mushrooms. I-phone is MIA in India with 1% market share. Not much better in China with 8%, down from 15%. Android totally dominating.

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    5. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      You sick fuck. Read this and stew in your hate.

      "Africa was the world’s fastest-growing continent at 5.6% a year, and GDP is expected to rise by an average of over 6% a year between 2013 and 2023.[3][8] In 2017, the African Development Bank reported Africa to be the world’s second-fastest growing economy, and estimates that average growth will rebound to 3.4% in 2017, while growth is expected to increase by 4.3% in 2018. Growth has been present throughout the continent, with over one-third of Sub-Saharan Africa countries posting 6% or higher growth rates, and another 40% growing between 4% to 6% per year.[3] Several international business observers have also named Africa as the future economic growth engine of the world"

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    6. Re:More to come by johnsie · · Score: 1

      Google and Facebook are spyware and collect a lot more data about people than anything Xioami collects. Not to mention all the thousands of smartphone apps that track your location and useage activities. Apple say they aren't but doing this, but I'd take that claim with a pinch of salt. Even this very web page on Slashdot sends tracking data to 8 different third party web domains (if you don't have a script blocker). Welcome to cloud based computing.

    7. Re:More to come by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 1

      Fun fact: you know who wrote the infamous false flag WMD memo that was used as justification to start the Iraq War? Robert S. Mueller III. Yup, the same one.

      Video evidence of him lying to Congress. He gave the impression that the FBI, the trusted organization that would never lie, approved of the invasion as absolutely necessary. Because Iraq was going to give WMD to Al-Qaeda, despite Saddam utterly hating Islamists and Al-Qaeda utterly hating nationalists like Saddam.

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    8. Re:More to come by Type44Q · · Score: 1

      you

      Who exactly were you under the impression you were speaking to?

    9. Re:More to come by dk20 · · Score: 1

      whenever we have this iphone vs android debate it is inevitable someone will post apple's profits as a "sign of success". Yes, Apple owns almost all the profit in the cell phone market, but no, they do not own the number of units sold.

      what does this tell you? People are willing to pay a huge premium for an iphone.

      If you are proud to contibute to the "11.5 billion in net income over the last quarter' good to you. Xiaomi has a rule around limiting the markup on their products, Apple has the opposite rule, take as much as they possibly can.

    10. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      I-phone dropped from 4% of India a few years ago to 1% today. Meanwhile India's economy is booming. It's because I-phone doesn't deliver value, it's just a fashion bauble for gullible people with bad taste in fashion.

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    11. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      What that article conveniently leaves out: taken as a whole bloc (that is, averaging all the nations), about half of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP comes from foreign aid.

      Maybe because it isn't true. This paper says between 5% and 20% over the years, lately in the 10% range.

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    12. Re:More to come by Tough+Love · · Score: 1

      I notice you didn't reply to blah blah blah

      Because you are sick and disgusting. Sucks to be you.

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  2. Malware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    So much malware in these things...what a waste of time/work/resources just to spy on people.

    1. Re:Malware by johnsie · · Score: 1

      Are you talking about Google App Framework, Facebook's data collecting, thousands of data mining apps or the Icloud? Pretty much everyone is doing it these days. There is no private smartphone.

  3. Mi MIX 2S by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    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.

    1. Re: Mi MIX 2S by BanHammer · · Score: 1

      Xiaomi has its own line of Android One phones for stock fans.Check out the MiA2: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaom...

    2. Re:Mi MIX 2S by jbr439 · · Score: 1

      I've had a Redmi 6 for about a month. I put Nova on it and life's good. The Redmi 6 is not a power phone by any stretch of the imagination, but it is very good bang for the buck. Got mine from B&H Photo. Next phone will likely be a Xiaomi as well.

  4. So where can I get one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I figure I'd rather have the Chinese Security Police tap my phone than the Trump regime.

    1. Re:So where can I get one? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 1

      You can buy Xiaomi phones on Amazon, eBay, etc.

      I have one, but I only use it as my Chinese burner phone. It is a nice phone. I have never used it in America. I use an iPhone stateside.

    2. Re: So where can I get one? by BanHammer · · Score: 1

      Have a friend who travels to India or China regularly? That is how I got mine for a great price. Beware that US networks may not be compatible with some of those phones.

    3. Re:So where can I get one? by johnsie · · Score: 1

      I thought they arrested you in that trump van on Friday. Must have been some other nut.

  5. 100 Million Units of Phones? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 1

    Was that headline copied-and-pasted directly from Google Translate?

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    1. Re:100 Million Units of Phones? by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 1

      Was that headline copied-and-pasted directly from Google Translate?

      Probably. It is a direct translation from Chinese. "100 million cell phones" in Chinese is "Yi bu shouji". The "bu" is the "measure word" for cell phones (shouji) and translates roughly as "units", and that is how Google translates it.

      Linguistic trivia: English occasionally uses "measure words", like "Five head of cattle", "Three ears of corn", "Two pieces of furniture". But in Chinese they are used for almost all nouns, and it is a real pain in the butt to try to remember which measure word goes with which noun. It can even depend on the shape. For instance you say "yi zhi gou" to mean "one zhi of dog" but if it is a long skinny dog like a dachshund you can say "yi tiao gou" where "tiao" is the measure word for long skinny things like belts or neckties, so it means roughly "one strip of dog".
       

    2. Re:100 Million Units of Phones? by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      Was that headline copied-and-pasted directly from Google Translate?

      No, it was copied-and-pasted directly from Xiaomi's PR department, which can surely afford to have a human check over a document after it has passed through Google Translate.

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  6. Xiaomi == Budget Apple by Qbertino · · Score: 1

    I've crossed ways with Xiaomi Hardware a few times in the last 15 months or so because their also starting to make inroads in Europe. The price-performance is through the effing roof. I'm considering switching from Motorola to Xiaomi for my Smartphone and am eyeing a Xiaomi Air notebook as my next portable computer.
    170 Euros for a 6.3" phone with 4/64gb of memory, an Octacore CPU and edge to edge display plus all other current niceties is pretty darn impressive. And the build quality is good and every Xiaomi owner I've spoken to is happy.

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  7. Re:More NIGGERDICKS to CUM in your MOUTH by Bobrick · · Score: 1

    Please elaborate.

  8. The phones are phenomenal by BanHammer · · Score: 1, Interesting

    As a Redmi Note 5 Pro owner,I have to say that this is well deserved and not surprising at all.The phone is excellent especially for something that costs around 200$. The Poco F1 is creating waves too,and along with Note 5 Pro's great battery,it also stays cool as a cucumber at all times. That Xiaomi phones provide bang for the buck is proven by the fact that they are the #1 seller in India And Xiaomi is going in the right direction overall as rooting the Poco F1 will not void warranty. Well deserved overall,and I think Americans and Canadians are missing out on some great budget phones which don't compromise on anything.

  9. Re: I wonder which country bought most of them? by BanHammer · · Score: 1

    They are the number one phone seller in India for sure.

  10. Headphone jack! by BanHammer · · Score: 1

    They are better than apple phones as they come with an SD card slot,can be used with a custom rom and I dont have the benchmarks,but from user experience the battery life is better.

  11. They can beat Apple by BanHammer · · Score: 1

    Xiaomi is the number one phone seller in India.

  12. Re: Thats a lot of spyware. by BanHammer · · Score: 1

    You can use custom roms on most Xiaomi phones,and doing it on the Poco F1 will not void warranty.

  13. Re: Thats a lot of spyware. by johnsie · · Score: 1

    Who makes the custom roms? Google, and some l33t h4ck0r who puts who knows what into the roms. There's no privacy on smartphones.

  14. Re:I wonder which country bought most of them? by johnsie · · Score: 1

    India, and they keep their profit margin down to be able to sell good quality phones at a better price.

  15. Re:Chinese Smartphones by johnsie · · Score: 2

    Same reason as people buy phones with American data mining software like Google Framework, Facebook, Amazon, Icloud etc. They like the apps and are willing to sacrifice their privacy for some of the features provided. If you're concerned about privacy then you should probably avoid smartphones and/or the Internet.

  16. Re: Thats a lot of spyware. by BanHammer · · Score: 1

    Agree with you completely.

  17. Re: Thats a lot of spyware. by Type44Q · · Score: 1
    As you can already figure out if you're not shilling, it obviously varies depending on the ROM.

    I've had success with LineageOS (I'll only run official builds) - its stability on my S5 improved greatly after transitioning from Cyanogenmod.

  18. Using Mi A2. Like it. by bdwoolman · · Score: 1

    My Nexus 5X got Boot Loop of Death. Currently in Ulaanbaatar. Even the mobile phone magicians at the city's black market phone mall could do nothing for it. Grrrr. Past warranty of course. Shopped around and bought the Mi A2 for around three hundred USD. The Samsung phones with similar specs were nearly twice as much here in Mongolia (although comparable in the US.) The Mi A2 is an Android One phone which means fast updates and very little crapware. Snappy and stable. Camera is slightly inferior to the 5X but good enough for my purposes. I will see how it lasts, but so far very happy with it. Dual sim so I can pop my T-Mobile sim into it when I am in CONUS. Woot!

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  19. Re:Chinese Smartphones by johnsie · · Score: 1

    Iphone is as chinese an anything else.

  20. Proof that great minds think alike... by bdwoolman · · Score: 1

    d:-b

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