www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / Technology

Chinese mobile sensation dips toes in US with accessories

(Agencies) Updated: 2015-02-13 11:16

Chinese mobile sensation dips toes in US with accessories

Two men use Xiaomi smartphones at Xiaomi product experience center in Beijing, Jan 12, 2015. [Photo/IC]

Xiaomi, one of China's hottest companies, is bringing its blend of cheap yet fashionable technology and crowd-pleasing antics to the United States.

Although its smartphones won't be available in the US anytime soon, Xiaomi unveiled plans Thursday to test the US market by selling inexpensive headphones and other accessories online. It plans to hew to the Internet-driven, customer-friendly model that has helped turn the company into a major player in mobile computing just five years after its founding.

Xiaomi pronounced schow-mee has made a name in China by selling sleek gadgets at relatively low prices, using online sales and social media to keep marketing and distribution costs low. Some analysts have hailed the company as the Chinese equivalent of Apple, in part because of its intensely loyal fans.

There are some significant differences between the two companies' approach, though. While Apple tends to keep its future product plans secret, Xiaomi has invited customers to nosh on popcorn at company parties, chat on Xiaomi's online forums and review or make suggestions for new features, which Xiaomi frequently builds into its weekly software updates.

"We don't have customers or users. They prefer to be addressed (as) fans,'' said Hugo Barra, who defected from his job overseeing Google's Android products in 2013 to help plot Xiaomi's expansion outside China.

Barra was joined Thursday by Bin Lin, Xiaomi's co-founder and president, at the company's first major press event in the United States.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Barra described the US website as "an experimental launch'' that will help the company raise awareness in the US, which in turn would help its profile in other countries. He said the company also is hoping to get the kind of feedback and ideas from US consumers that the company gathers in China.

Xiaomi has emerged as a mobile-computing sensation with a line of smartphones sold in China, India and six other countries where much of the population still lacks Internet access. The company plans to expand into Brazil later this year. The phones offer a smattering of the sleek technology featured in fancier devices made by Apple and Samsung, but they sell at much lower prices, ranging from about $95 to $280. In comparison, an iPhone 6 starts at $650 without subsidies for signing two-year contracts.

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 91色老99久久九九爱精品 | 亚洲日本高清影院毛片 | 最新国产三级在线观看不卡 | 韩国在线精品福利视频在线观看 | 精品一区二区三区在线视频观看 | 亚洲高清在线观看看片 | 三级黄色在线观看 | 国产女王丨vk | 草久视频在线观看 | 国产精品青草久久福利不卡 | 日本aaaa片毛片免费 | 91精品全国免费观看 | 亚洲 欧美 精品专区 极品 | 在线国产一区二区 | 萌白酱白丝护士服喷水铁牛tv | 亚洲理论片在线中文字幕 | 91精品国产免费 | 九九久久精品这里久久网 | 久久成人国产精品免费 | 免费国产a国产片高清 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久98 | 日本卡一卡2卡3卡4精品卡无人区 | 另类毛片| 国产精品黄 | 日本亚欧乱色视频在线观看 | 成人性色生活片全黄 | 男人女人做性全程视视频 | 免费黄色毛片视频 | 精品国产视频在线观看 | selaoban在线视频免费精品 | 久久精品一区二区免费看 | 黄色福利网 | 免费国产不卡午夜福在线 | 国产精品三级在线播放 | 美毛片 | 一个人看的免费观看日本视频www | 经典三级久久久久 | 国产成人综合91精品 | 98国内自拍在线视频 | 久草在线看片 | 91亚洲成人 |