china's xiaomi unveils two thinner, lighter phablets - a good air purifier

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi released two flagship tablets in Beijing on Thursday, directly comparing them with Apple's largest iphone.
In June, Chief Executive Lei launched the Xiaomi Note, saying it was shorter, thinner and lighter than the iPhone 6 Plus.
The price is 2,299 yuan ($371; £244)
The 16g model costs less than half the price of Apple's phone and Samsung's Galaxy Note 4.
Analysts say Xiaomi became the world's third-best-selling mobile phone company in 2014.
Tablets are usually mobile devices with smartphone and tablet functions, but they are too large or too small to be classified as either. Xiaomi -
Established in 2010-
Announce Mi Note to 6. 95mm (0. 27in)
161g thick (5. 7oz).
This makes it 1.
05mm thinner than the iPhone 6 Plus and 11g.
It also has 13 pixels (MP)
The rear camera made by Sony and the 4MP front camera.
In addition, Xiaomi announced
End Mi Note Pro and will be released later.
This model has: the price is 3,299 yuan ($532; £350).
The company has been accused of copying the iphone in the past, and Wee Teck Loo, head of consumer electronics research at market research firm Euromonitor, said people attach great importance to this --by-
Compared with the iPhone 6 Plus at the beginning of the release.
"Xiaomi looks like a teenager who wants to act like an adult, but he grabs the blanket tightly for comfort --
"Apple," he said.
Kiranjeet Kaur, senior market analyst at IDC Asia Pacific, said that the comparison between Xioami and the iPhone means that the company thinks it is the product they are looking forward.
"They are trying to oppose Apple or try to attract Chinese consumers who are still hungry for the iphone," she said . ".
In terms of functionality, analysts said that the specifications of the new Xioami equipment did not show a "breakthrough in innovation", and its low price is still the biggest attraction.
"Xiaomi has changed the game to some extent.
Instead of focusing everyone's attention on the ground
"Breaking the innovative features of the flagship phone, it has turned its attention to packaging excellent specifications at a moderate price," MS Kaur said . ".
"The point is if they exceed their competitors and their early models at these prices --points.
"The flagship device has basically expanded the field that Xiaomi is good --
The models for Apple and Samsung are the only companies that still surpass Apple and Samsung, Loo added.
"Compared with their predecessors, the new model is definitely an upgrade --
Xiaomi urgently needs to update product line
Keep up with the pace of the competition, "he said.
Xiaomi released a variety of shiny new products at its latest launch: two smartphones, headphones, and even powerful air purifiers.
However, the company's chief executive also used the event to enhance the company's image.
Lei said in June that he did not want his company to be called a cheap Chinese company selling cheap mobile phones.
He is well aware that critics believe that Xiaomi is rising under the impetus of Apple's product innovation.
Instead, Mr. Lei spent a lot of time and effort detailing the time and effort that Xiaomi designers put into their work.
He told viewers that Xiaomi applied for 2,318 patents last year, including 1,380 in China and 665 in international patents.
Lei promised that in 10 years, his company will apply for tens of thousands of patents every year.
Lei said in June that Xiaomi is "the world's leading innovator ".
However, until his phones and tablets look very different from those sold by Apple, people will still question Xiaomi's ability to be a leader rather than a follower. The Beijing-
China-based Samsung overtook global market leaders last year to become the world's number one.
China sells mobile phone brands in the world's largest smartphone market.
Just last month, Xiaomi was also known as the world's most valuable technology startup ".
After raising $1. 1bn (£708m)
In a round of financing, the valuation is $ 45bn.
This is more than the value of the taxi app Uber 40bn.
The Chinese company reported revenue more than doubled in 2014 to 74 pounds. 3bn yuan (£7. 8bn; $11. 97bn)in pre-
Tax sales last year rose 135% from 2013.
In 2014, the company sold 61 million mobile phones, up 227% year on year.
Despite the intellectual property challenges India faced last year, its sales soared. After the Swedish Ericsson filed a patent complaint, sales in India temporarily stopped.
The company has set a target of selling 100 million mobile phones in 2015, but ou Rui's Lu said the target is a bit "stretched" and its success depends on overseas expansion. It did not succeed as it hoped.
"Millet is not good --
Only technology companies except China
"Other market savvy consumers have heard of Lenovo, which is a household name in the world," he said . "
Despite the large number, Xiaomi's phones are only sold in specific Asian countries outside mainland China, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, India and Indonesia.
It was speculated that it might announce entry into the US soon, but it was not mentioned at a recent press conference.
Andrew Milroy, senior vice president of Telecom at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific, said the company will face challenges when entering developed markets such as the United States and the United Kingdom, because the majority of consumers there get subsidized contract plans for smartphones from service providers instead of buying them in advance.
"If you live in a developed market, the actual price of your phone doesn't matter to you, which helps companies like Apple and Samsung," he said . ".
"In Western countries, it's hard to find people who are willing to trade high-spec Sony, Samsung or Apple phones for Xiaomi.