I hope they come up with a name that's easy to pronounce if they do.
I also doubt they will do well in the rest of the world for the same reason Huawei aren't - lack of trustability.
I also doubt they will do well in the rest of the world for the same reason Huawei aren't - lack of trustability.
Xiaomi (Show (as in shower) me) are after consumer market. I think they will have better success
That's how Hugo Barra described it, but listening to the pronunciation of "Xiao", it doesn't sound exactly right - you lose the sound of the 'i'.
Happily, reading it as a Portuguese word sounds exactly like the Chinese seem to pronounce it.
Xi is typicial a Si (like italian) mixed with a soft sh (like shoosh). Northerners emphasis the "sh" more southerners emphasis the "Si". I believe the 'correct' should be somewhere in between.
Chinese phones, electronics and cars do very well in my country (China displaced the U.S. as our main trade partner some time ago).
Plus the U.S. isn't exactly "trustable" over here (Japanese and Korean brand might be).