Why Xiaomi is One of My Favourite Technology Companies

Not just any typical smartphone maker

Tushar Gupta
3 min readJun 13, 2020
Photo by Sebastian Bednarek on Unsplash

Xiaomi, also known as Apple of China. It is a Chinese technology company known for providing flagship-grade specifications at affordable prices in their smartphones. In 2019, Xiaomi sold more than 120 million smartphone units. They also have a presence in other product categories. I have been using Xiaomi products from last three years. Here is my experience of using their products and the reason I think it is one of the best Technology company in the world.

Smartphones

Xiaomi is the 4th largest smartphone maker in the world and number one in India. India is a price-conscious economy, and people can’t afford to buy a thousand-dollar smartphone. Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi has solved this issue by offering great specs at $100-$250 price segment; as a result, many other smartphone makers started focusing on this price segment. These phones come with good functional design, mid-range specs, average camera performance and all other basic features required in any smartphone.

Other than specs, Xiaomi smartphones have good software experience with their MIUI skin on top of stock Android. Yeah, I know they tend to copy Apple a lot, but I believe it’s fine until what they are doing is satisfying their customers. MIUI…

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