The Xiaomi story: from zero to US$16 billion in seven years
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This is funny though that a company worth $16B can’t implement Treble on a supposed Android One official phone. Um, Hi Nokia!
Xiaomi’s ecosystem that aggregated other small companies also lead to their quick growth.
See Amazfit’s rise for example
There was a bunch of interesting UI stuff that MIUI did before Android or iOS, too. It was very quickly more than an iOS ripoff.
They used to charge for MIUI themes.
> The first comprehensive study of China’s STEM research environment
> There were links to other articles in the main thread that covered other studies
I’m not saying you’re wrong or anything, you’re just not making a great case for me to take your word for it and I’m not interested enough to investigate on my own.
There were links to other articles in the main thread that covered other studies that showed this problem is systemic. It also makes sense… it’s a country where if you say the wrong thing you’re going to disappear. That doesn’t make for bold innovation.
This has *always* been a problem with Chinese culture. At one point it was arguably the most sophisticated culture on Earth, far ahead of Europe technologically. It fell far behind, however, and the problem was a “not invented here” syndrome. This is different from Japan, which was capable of borrowing from other cultures and adapting (especially after WWII).
that article says fuck all because it made no comparison with other STEM faculties in other countries.
the only thing it says is “China has these issues”, it doesn’t say if anyone else has them, and the topic we’re discussing is Chinese innovation vs other nationals’ innovation.
Because their culture frowns upon it. Reddit even covered this recently….
[The first comprehensive study of China’s STEM research environment based on 731 surveys by STEM faculty at China’s top 25 universities found a system that stifles creativity and critical thinking needed for innovation, hamstrings researchers with bureaucracy, and rewards quantity over quality](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/8apfmm/the_first_comprehensive_study_of_chinas_stem/)
Well, if you count stealing trade secrets, I guess not.
This is complete generalization. The Xiaomi Mi Mix used bone conduction technology for the earpiece. I don’t think any other phone has done that.
In fact I think we have a severe lack of innovation in NA right now, with no real answer to the headphone jack other than to remove it, and everybody copying Apple’s questionable design decisions.
p20 pro? did that come from the usa gods?
so you’re saying the phone that launched the bezel-less race, Xiaomi Mi Mix, isn’t Chinese innovation?
I’m having a hard time understanding why Chinese people should not be innovative because they’re Chinese.
> and innovation isn’t Chinese companies strong suit.
the year isn’t 1980 anymore. it’s been a while since China simply knocked out cheap copies of western products as default.
what they mean is they make you purchase the large ticket items and then continue selling to you regarding service & support, as well as additional items which might be required, i.e you buy a TV, well how about a soundbar? mounting gear? stream box? need help setting it up, we got two guys that can come over tomorrow and help you out, etc.
essentially they’re entering the entire lifespan of a product, and not just the initial sale.
I know of one service that they have and it’s basically a cloud storage solution of some kind. I think I may have seen it in some options menu for one of the few Mi apps I can’t remove…
Probably ads in the file manager and theme manager
>“We created this business model that we call “tipping”, which is to sell our hardware at zero-or-low profit margin, but monetise our complementary services.”
What are some examples of these monetised complementary services?
16 billion here is in annual sales