Xiaomi opens 500 Mi Stores at once, sets Guinness World Record

20 November 2018
The new wave of brick-and-mortar stores is part of a “New Retail” project, aimed to reach rural India.

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So we're expecting 5,000 more unnecessary stores that will take up space that could be used for something better?

    Nicknam, 24 Nov 2018You said that Pixel doesn't has enough RAM. 4GB of RAM is ... moreMultitasking on pixel is a huge let down. 4GB RAM is not enough. Tabs re-laoding, apps reloading. Apps keep growing and getting more advanced. 4GB RAM is already short now, and will not result in a better experience as a future proof phone.

    Pixel is a flagship priced device, but has the same amount of RAM as a $109 phone. No optical zoom due to only one camera sensor, unimpressive battery cpacity and nothing really to blame it on. Google needs to improve their lineup.

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      Anonymous, 24 Nov 2018no such thing as first or notBut it is.
      Since James Watt invented steam machine everything going a full speed forwards and the tech industry every single year breaked like Santa bag of gifts.

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        AnonD-731363, 23 Nov 2018Well accomplishement or not he made something that noone di... moreno such thing as first or not

          Marco M, 21 Nov 2018Really? I'd choose Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 over any other. It ha... moreYou said that Pixel doesn't has enough RAM. 4GB of RAM is a lot of space. You just need a lot of bloatware to fill it.

          Samsung is example, where 4GB RAM is filled with bloatware, so only about 1GB is left free. It will suffer from lags, when more memory is needed.

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            Anonymous, 21 Nov 2018No . They don't even have a proper flagship that can compet... moreMan but they have many Pocophone for example. Top specs lowest possible price.
            Anything else other flagships have are just useless gimmicks which cost a lot more money and not everybody would find usefull.
            Like Iris scanner, jack, Qled display, Ultra elite camera etc.

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              AnonD-558092, 21 Nov 2018There's a world record entry for this? I doubt that's even ... moreWell accomplishement or not he made something that noone did before him,.
              And because it was a world first it should be in GWR pages.

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                Xiaomi, the number one flatterer of Apple lol

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                  Marco M, 21 Nov 2018Really? I'd choose Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 over any other. It ha... morewhats the point of having all of that, and in the end your battery is not even able to reach the 7 hours of screen? what is it for ? having a button on the side for xiaomi assistant in chinese? not able to change this to google asssitance. Having exactly the same cameras of mi mix 2s. In technology if you after 9 mounths presented a device with the same specifications, that is not a sign of stagnation is actually a sign of going back and lose the leading group... Really hope mi mix 3S is going to knock everybody out. Because for now xiaomi is loosing the train...

                    Bewildered , 21 Nov 2018Having physical stores enables people to play with the phon... moreIt's an extremely smart business move. Kinda reminds me of how Amazon started out

                      AnonD-558092, 21 Nov 2018There's a world record entry for this? I doubt that's even ... more*hides book*
                      Noooooo

                        Anonymous, 21 Nov 2018No . They don't even have a proper flagship that can compet... moreReally?

                        I'd choose Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 over any other. It has flagship power, plenty of RAM and storage, no notch and a great camera. Their MIUI and updates offer great support.


                        Huawei has giant notch on their flagship and EMUI is not favourite of mine. Apart from that, I would consider it.

                        Samsung has bent displays that leads to poor ergonomics. Touchwiz still sucks and updates come way too slow. Hopefully One UI will fix both SW problems.

                        Motorola opted to make their 2018 flagship a 2017 flagship.

                        LG notch again and poor camera performance

                        Sony still has too big bezels and focuses too little on camera performance, despite having the best starting point. Too scared to bite into their own P&S camera sales, or scaring their sensor customers to others?

                        Pixel has the ugliest "single notch", huge bezels, buggy SW, not enough RAM and way too high price for the HW. Sure the camera gets a lot of help by SW, but it's still a single camera, still only 4GB RAM, still a small battery, they are already the makers of google android - it should cost way less. Too afraid to compete with the others making them go Tizen etc?

                        Pixel is a cheap phone with a high price, and that's apples territory. Google should stay away from such nonsense.

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                          nik.007, 20 Nov 20182018-19's the last year Xiaomi is the "No. 1 smartphone bra... moreNo . They don't even have a proper flagship that can compete with other brands . How can it be the top 1 ?

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                            I doubt xiaomi will set a Guiness World Record of 500 stores that shutsdown a store at the same time.

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                              • 21 Nov 2018

                              That's potentially quite dangerous. Many big companies have fallen from expanding physical locations too quickly. The operating overhead is not insignificant.

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                                AnonD-731363, 20 Nov 2018Man you have no idea what people can do to get into the GWR... moreThere's a world record entry for this? I doubt that's even a record, he was just the first to do a non quantitative task. That's like a record for the first carbon fiber phone. It'snot a record. That's an accomplishment. The book must be filled with "guy jumped under a fence" records. There's people buying those books?

                                  Hope they open physical stores in my country soon. God knows that'll be highly appreciated.

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                                    nik.007, 20 Nov 20182018-19's the last year Xiaomi is the "No. 1 smartphone bra... moreOnce they start using ads, sell using offline route and provide decent service network they will cost like big brands. Poco will be the value for money brand which xiaomi was few years ago. The way honor and realme exist. Like sub brands with online only availability and ads.

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                                      Walter C. Dornez, 20 Nov 2018Woah, the amount of planning this must have takenHaving physical stores enables people to play with the phones
                                      I imagine that there are not many contracts attached to Xiaomi phones (idk and haven't checked) so having shops giving people a chance to check out all the products
                                      https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_posts_profitable_q3_highlighted_by_good_performance_in_india-news-34292.php

                                      This is the article below showing Xiaomi just returned to profit.
                                      Charging the opening to one quarter may be a reason for the loss

                                        Woah, the amount of planning this must have taken