> detailed rip-off of the latest iphone
Mi Mix 2 looks way nicer than iPhone X.
And iPhones are actually late comers for this bezel less trend. Sharp starts it, but it is Mi Mix 1 really advertises this idea to the market.
Mi Mix 2 looks way nicer than iPhone X.
And iPhones are actually late comers for this bezel less trend. Sharp starts it, but it is Mi Mix 1 really advertises this idea to the market.
Loose sim cards, really? I've had experience with 6 Xiaomi phones to date and never noticed that. Shaky GPS? Yes, this happened on one bottom-line Redmi, but it's hardly pervasive as far as I can tell. Software is debatable – it's not Pixel experience, I'll concede, but also definitely not TouchWiz. Battery is on average better than for most Chinese brands or for Apple, though inferior to, say, LG and Samsung. (One actual issue: camera performance is varying, typically it's bad without customization).
I won't argue that at least some models are clearly very closely copying a major brand (for instance, MiA1 is openly compared to iPhone, Mi Note 2 has Samsung S6 design), but this does not appear to be a crucial part of their business strategy (unlike the more abstract "Chinese Apple/cheap Samsung" sales pitch), and comments like yours strike me as repating a vague stereotype. In the post-iPhone era, striking design originality is rare to find, and Xiaomi doesn't seem more prone to copying than most others. They jump on the bandwagon as soon as the new technology becomes available/popular, and that's about it.