Xiaomi is a Chinese multinational electronics company which was founded in the year 2010. It is headquartered in Beijing. It deals and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, home appliances, consumer electronics, and many other products. In the year 2014, the company announced its business expansion outside China, with its first international headquarters in Singapore. Next year later, the multinational company released its first smartphone in August 2011 gaining strong market share in China and became the country’s largest smartphone company by 2014.
Xiaomi decided to expand its business further to international markets which include Greater China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Russia, South Africa and most countries and regions in Southeast Asia and Europe and also India.
It operates on a vertically integrated model that enables the company to sell hardware at cost or below in order to attract users and earn money by selling content. Xiaomi also has a sub-brand named POCO under its flagship. This announcement was made in August 2018 that POCO will be a mid-range smartphone line. It sooner became a separate sub-brand of Xiaomi on 17 January 2020 with entry-level and mid-range devices, while Xiaomi itself produces upper-range and flagship Mi phones.
All the POCO phones use the Xiaomi MIUI user interface on top of Android.
In this Special Report, India Today’s Editor for Emerging Tech, Cyrus John, discusses the government’s controversial directive mandating the pre-installation of the ‘Sanchar Saathi’ app on smartphones. Speaking to anchor Sonal, John explains the technical nuances of data privacy, warning that ‘your data is never gone’ even after uninstalling an app. He highlights the challenges for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), noting that while Android devices might comply, it is ‘not going to be easy for iOS devices’ as Apple does not entertain third-party apps. The discussion also covers the potential for snooping and the need for third-party security reviews.
Xiaomi has launched its latest flagship, the Xiaomi 14, in the Indian market for Rs 69,999. It comes with some of the top specs in the market but can it take on rival phones in the same category like the OnePlus 12? Watch the full review to find out.
How does the newly launched Redmi Note 13 Pro+ fare in the gaming test? Watch this video to find out.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has issued show-cause notices to the Indian arm of Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi, its chief financial officer and director Sameer B Rao, former managing director Manu Kumar Jain and three foreign banks for alleged violations of the foreign exchange law to the tune of more than Rs 5,551 crore.
Recently, Bihar’s Sanjeev Raja claimed that his Xiaomi 11 Lite NE caught fire. This is not the first time we are hearing about phones exploding. But why exactly do smartphones blast and what can you do to keep yourself safe? Watch the video to find out.
Xiaomi 13 Pro was unveiled during MWC 2023 in Barcelona. The flagship phone by Xiaomi comes with Leica-backed cameras and Takes on the Samsung Galaxy S23, OnePlus 11, iPhone 14 and others. Here is the Hands-on experience of the phone.
The Oppo A78 5G and Redmi Note 12 5G are priced under Rs 20,000, but there are noticeable differences between the two phones. On paper, the cameras differ quite a lot, but results in real life are not so different.
