xiaomi parries apple with new products, design comparisons, marketing savvy - air purifier sale

If anyone at Apple complains in the media about the similarities between its iphone and the smartphone sold by Xiaomi, it will stop the explosive Chinese competitor, then they are wrong.
At a frequently noisy product conference in Beijing, 2,000 people, including 1,200 "Xiaomi fans", were in front of them, xiaomi has repeatedly compared two new Xiaomi Note models and performance and prices in its design.
Xiaomi also launched a new headset.
On June, the 45-year-old Xiaomi billionaire CEO and lead singer Lei Jun joked with the crowd, taking selfies and selling products for more than an hour.
He answered recent criticism by citing patent data that the company did not have much of its own intellectual property rights.
Xiaomi, less than five years old, has quickly reached the world stage in the past year, ranking first.
Smartphone sales were third in the third quarter of 2014.
It successfully squeezed out middlemen through the online sales model and offered reliable products at a relatively low price.
Its market share is the first in the world in China.
More than the biggest smartphone market for Apple and Samsung.
Earlier this month, the company reported 61 sales.
In 2014, there were 12 million smartphones, more than three times that of 18.
7 million units were sold in 2013. Tax-
Including sales of 74.
$3 billion, or $12 billion, was 135% more than $31.
A year ago, 2 billion yuan.
The unlisted company did not announce its earnings.
This rapid growth has driven the valuation of Xiaomi.
The company announced last month that it had raised $1.
$1 billion, valued at $45 billion, has become one of the world's most valuable unlisted companies.
Forbes Asia, in recognition of Lei's subversive success at the company, appointed Lei as 2014 businessman of the year in November.
This month, Xiaomi announced on the connected home internet market that it will invest about $0. 2 billion in the Chinese home appliance maker Midea.
Last month, it introduced air purifiers for homes or offices.
Hugo Barra, vice president of the company, told reporters after the event that the company is looking to expand its investment in India and plans to start selling in Brazil this year.
Xiaomi still has no plans to sell smartphones in the United States.
This may be the only good news for Apple, which comes from a vibrant marketing mind, fluid sales skills and amazing ambitions today for Lei and Xiaomi. --