Beijing, China.
The new smartphone Xiaomi should silence critics who dismiss the spoiled Chinese technology company as a crude imitation of Apple, said his main international executive on Friday.
“I think our answer is the new product we just launched,” said Hugo Barra CNN on Friday, referring to the My Note, which was released on Thursday in an auditorium in Beijing completely crowded with thousands of loyal fans.
“I do not think anyone will see this product and say that looks like something that has been designed by someone else.”
The My Note has a 5.7 inch screen, a Sony camera and the ability to hold two SIM cards simultaneously. The president Lei Jun said the phone is thinner and lighter than Apple iPhone 6 Plus and half the price will be sold in China for about.
Xiaomi is the world’s most valuable enterprise, although his name does not have much recognition outside Asia. The company was founded less than five years ago and is now the third-largest of the world’s largest smartphone. It sold 61 million units in 2014 and accumulated more than 74,000 yuan (12,000 million) in sales
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Despite his meteoric rise, Xiaomi has also been beset by allegations that mimics the design of Apple products. In the past, Lei has imitated the style of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, to get dark shirts, canvas pants and even when using the slide mythical Apple with the message “one more thing …” to close their presentations.
Jonathan Ive, the design director for Apple, is one of the harshest critics of Xiaomi. “I think it’s really straight,” he said late last year. “It is theft and is a laziness. I do not think it’s right at all.”
But Barra, a former executive of Google, said critics should take note of the new designs Xiaomi, including the use of curved glass on the back of smartphones.
“I think the conversation has now moved to … where are talking about that Xiaomi going forward with a new innovative design “he said. “I think we’ve reached the end of that discussion that is an imitation.”
Barra said that in 2015 will focus on developing Xiaomi operations in India. Expansion plans for the coming years include the US, Europe and “everywhere”.
“Anyone who works in technology … should make every effort to spend time here in China because your perspective will change. .. and it will change radically. “
Taken CNN.
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